标准图像处理软件，Windows系统32位英文版本。2006年发布，NI Vision Builder AI3.0与LabVIEW8.0同期发布。

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National Instruments Vision Builder for Automated Inspection

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Readme.wri file for Vision Builder for Automated Inspection 3.0


General Information

1) This version of NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (Vision Builder AI) runs on Windows 2000/XP.
Note: If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed, refer to the Known Issues section for information about how Windows XP SP2 affects Vision Builder AI.

2) Vision Builder AI requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. Go to www.microsoft.com to download Microsoft Internet Explorer.

3) Vision Builder AI requires a minimum screen resolution of 1,024 ′ 768 and a 16-bit color (65,536 colors) display minimum. National Instruments recommends a 24-bit or 32-bit display.

4) Perform the following steps to install Vision Builder AI:

Note: You must be logged in with administrator privileges to install Vision Builder AI.

a. Insert the Vision Builder AI CD into your computer. If the CD startup screen does not appear, use Windows Explorer to run the Setup.exe program from the Vision Builder AI CD.

b. Follow the setup instructions on your screen.

5) The Vision Builder AI installer creates the following directory structure under the Vision Builder AI 3.0 directory:

⦁        Program and support files.
⦁        Plugins folder—Additional support files.
⦁        UserPlugins folder—Custom step files are saved here when you use the Vision Builder AI Development Toolkit.
⦁        DemoImg folder—Sample images.
⦁        Products folder—Product inspection files.
⦁        Help folder—Vision Builder AI online help files.
⦁        Manuals folder—Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of the release notes, NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Tutorial, and NI Vision Concepts Manual. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to use these documents.
⦁        ActiveX Support folder—Example programs that demonstrate the use of the NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection ActiveX server in Microsoft Visual Basic and National Instruments LabVIEW.

New Features

⦁        An updated, more flexible process model, which allows the user to create a state diagram that controls the flow of execution for the inspection.
⦁        Defect Detection step which compares areas of an image to a golden template and returns differences.
⦁        Dynamic Region of Interest step which allows the user to define and manipulate dynamic regions of interest within an inspection.
⦁        GigE Vision camera support which allows you to acquire images from GigE Vision cameras.
⦁        Global Variable step which defines and references data from within an inspection, and allows the user to pass data among states within the inspection.
⦁        Updated Display step for overlaying graphics, data, and text onto the inspection image.
⦁        Updated Read Text step which now supports optical character verification.
⦁        Enhanced Read Data Matrix step, with improvement in speed and accuracy, and support for the ISO 16022 (AIM) grading standard.
⦁        Updated I/O Steps, with support for both Digital and Analog NI-DAQmx devices, and single shot pulse generation and change detection on NI-IMAQ I/O devices.

How to Activate the Vision Builder AI License

If you choose not to activate a license when you install Vision Builder AI, you are prompted to activate a license when you launch Vision Builder AI for the first time. If you do not activate a valid license, Vision Builder AI runs in Evaluation Mode and continues to prompt you to activate a license on each subsequent launch. While Vision Builder AI is in Evaluation Mode, all features are available, except Migrate Inspection to LabVIEW. The duration of the evaluation period is 30 days, at the end of which you are required to activate the Vision Builder AI license to continue using the product.

Complete the following steps to activate the Vision Builder AI license using an Internet connection.

1.        Run the product you want to license.
2.        Click Yes when prompted to interactively activate your product.
3.        Ensure that Automatically activate through a secure Internet connection is selected, and click Next.
4.        Enter the product serial number, and click Next.
5.        Enter your registration information, and click Next.

TIP: Enter your email address to receive a copy of your activation code for your records.

After you complete these steps, the product(s) you installed are activated. 

National Instruments Device Support

1) This version of Vision Builder AI supports the following National Instruments image acquisition devices: 

⦁        NI PCI-1405
⦁        NI PCI/PXI-1407
⦁        NI PCI/PXI-1409
⦁        NI PCI-1410
⦁        NI PCI/PXI-1411
⦁        NI PCI/PXI-1422
⦁        NI PCI-1424
⦁        NI PCI-1426
⦁        NI PCI/PXI-1428
⦁        NI PCIe-1427
⦁        NI PCIe-1429
⦁        NI PCIe-1430
⦁        Sony XCI Smart Camera, refer to Getting Started: NI Vision Builder AI and Sony XCI Smart Cameras available on ni.com/manuals for more information

Note: If you are using an image acquisition device, you must install NI-IMAQ 3.6 or later before you install the image acquisition device. The NI-IMAQ 3.6 or later driver software gives you access to Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), which is software you can use to configure National Instruments devices.

Note: Your image acquisition device may require a later driver. Refer to your image acquisition device documentation for more information about driver requirements for your device.

2) If you want to use IEEE 1394 industrial digital video cameras with Vision Builder AI, you must install the NI-IMAQ for IEEE 1394 Cameras 2.0 or later driver software or NI-IMAQdx 3.0 or later driver software (which includes Legacy NI-IMAQ for IEEE 1394 Cameras Support), included on the Vision Acquisition Software CD, before you connect the camera to the computer. 

Note: Your image acquisition device may require a later driver. Refer to your image acquisition device documentation for more information about driver requirements for your device.

Note: This version of Vision Builder AI supports the NI PCI/PXI-8252, NI PCI-8254R, and NI PCIe-8255R IEEE 1394 host adaptors.

3) This version of Vision Builder AI supports the following NI-IMAQ I/O devices:  

⦁        NI CVS-1450 Series compact vision system
⦁        NI PCI-8254R
⦁        NI PCIe-8255R

Note: If you want to use the digital I/O available on the CVS-1450 Series, NI PCI-8254R, or NI PCIe-8255R device with Vision Builder AI, you need to install NI-IMAQdx 3.0 or later after you install Vision Builder AI 3.0. Also, when you install this driver software, you must select the NI CVS-1450 Series Support feature or the NI-IMAQ I/O feature available on the Features screen of the installer. 

4) In addition to NI-IMAQ I/O devices, this version of Vision Builder AI also supports static digital I/O from any National Instruments device using NI-DAQmx Global Virtual Channels. To support NI digital I/O devices, Vision Builder AI requires NI-DAQmx 8.0 or later driver software. 

5) Use MAX to create NI-DAQmx Global Virtual Channels. Refer to the DAQ Assistant Help in MAX for information about creating NI-DAQmx Global Virtual Channels.

6) To support serial communication, Vision Builder AI requires NI-VISA 3.4.1 or later driver software, which is included with Vision Builder AI.

Migration to LabVIEW

Vision Builder AI 3.0 can create LabVIEW VIs that implement the steps of your inspection diagram. This feature requires LabVIEW 8.0 or later and NI Vision 8.0 or later.        

Known Issues

⦁        When you choose Select Network Target in Vision Builder AI while the Windows XP SP2 Internet Connection Firewall is enabled, a dialog box may open, giving you the option to allow Vision Builder AI to receive information over a network. National Instruments recommends that you select Unblock this program so that Vision Builder AI can configure your remote NI CVS-1450 Series device. You must be logged in with administrator privileges to configure this networking option. Visit ni.com/info and enter winxpsp2 for more information.
⦁        Vision Builder AI might not display an inspected image if the image is large and your computer is running out of memory.
⦁        If you are using the Vision Builder AI ActiveX component from LabVIEW, you must use LabVIEW 8.2 or later.
⦁        When using the Vision Builder AI Development Toolkit, you must close all open LabVIEW VIs before attempting to create a new step or importing a Vision Builder AI 2.6 step.
⦁        When using the Vision Builder AI Development Toolkit, if you import a Vision Builder AI 2.6 step that uses previous measurement results, when the step executes, the array of measurements in the XXXX - User Interface and XXXX - User Programming VIs will be empty. Refer to the NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Development Toolkit User Guide for information about using previous measurements in Vision Builder AI 3.0.
⦁        When using the Vision Builder AI ActiveX component while the Windows XP SP2 Internet Connection Firewall is enabled, a dialog box may open, giving you the option to allow VBAI_Server to receive information over a network. You must select Unblock this program to use the Vision Builder AI ActiveX component. You must be logged in with administrator privileges to configure this networking option. Visit ni.com/info and enter winxpsp2 for more information.
⦁        When using the Vision Builder AI ActiveX component, the NIVBAITargetMode setting is not available. Therefore, the connection to a target always allows full control.
⦁        When using the Vision Builder AI ActiveX component, if the connection to a local target fails the first time you try to connect to the target using the NIVBAITarget control, restart the computer and retry the connection.