Monitor 4 CVS 1456 Vision systems at the same time on one computer, and be able to do online tolerance adjustments

[jimbonic]

I currently use 4 CVS 1456 Vision Systems with VBAI 2.5 every day.  I now need to be able to monitor each Vision System constantly on one Desktop PC.  Currently you can only connect with one at a time.  Is it possible or will it be possible to connect to several machines (specifically 4 machines...atleast 2) at the same time in VBAI?  In addition, I would like to be able to make online tolerance changes to steps in inspection mode.  Is this possible?  Please inform me how.  If not, when will it be? Thank  you

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I also think that this is a fair requirements that would increase the use of the devices, and as a frequent user and buyer, I think it really should be implemented.

[Steffen Hoog]

1.) VBAI 2.6 has an ActiveX interface. You could install a development enviroment like LabVIEW, CVI, VB, etc on your host PC and call the VBAI-Sequence running at the target via ActiveX to transfer step results or images to the host for example.
2.) ActiveX could be also an interface to change tolerances during runtime.
3.) you can use the serial IO step to set tolerances dynamicly. After that typecast the string into a numeric value, and compare this value with a constant (min, max) in a decision making step. Do not set the limits in the analyse step. Because you use the decision making step therefore.

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Hummm I like your third step very much : this is a brilliant ID!!