User`s manual
405-00026-00iNspect Express User’s Manual
82 Rev 1600; 12 July 2010
The origin will follow the horizontal and vertical movement of the part, if it is attached to a posi-
tion anchor, but does not follow rotation. The origin will not follow movement of the part if it is
not attached to a position anchor (attached to a corner of the image, or any other location in the
image).
a. Click on the “Origin” button in the Navigation panel. The Configuration and Status panel
changes to show the Origin options: Show ans Flip.
Axis Origin
normal or default
Axis Origin
flipped
+
+
Origin Properties
b. Click the check box beside ”Show” to display the Origin location The default position is the
top–left corner of the image.
c. Click the check box beside ”Flip” to change the direction of the Y axis and the direction of
Rotation. Rotation is ”positive” from the X axis to the Y axis. In the default setting, clock-
wise rotation is positive. In the ”flip” setting, counter-clockwise rotation is positive.
d. Move your cursor in the Image Area to the desired location of the origin, and click. The
origin appears at that location.
Snap to a Corner – Hover the cursor over the top or bottom left of the image area. You will see a
red highlight in the corner (if you zoom out, you will see an un-circled cross hair). Click on the
corner of the image. (the origin can be moved to the top right or bottom right corner, but it does
not snap.)
Snap to a Locator Anchor – Hover the cursor over the cross hair of a locator, or over the label
(Loc1) of a locator. If the cross hair and label turn red, click to snap the locator to the anchor point.
Snap to a Point – Hover the cursor over a point. When the point turns read, click to snap the
locator to the point.
5.Set up Communication and Outputs
1. Click the “Control” button in the main panel.
In this panel, you can define a PLC, and use Variable Assignment Equations to communicate
with a PLC or other devices. Enable or Disable saving images and data in the BOA memory (His-
tory Log) or images to the hard drive (Image Log to file) on the client PC.