User guide
26 Operation
3.8 Adjusting the Camera
3.8.1 Adjusting Light Level and Color
CAUTION! Except for lighting adjustments and lens replacement, all other configuration and
adjustments should only be performed by a trained service technician.
NOTE If power to the camera has been interrupted, or if the PC has been rebooted, the camera
system provided will need up to two minutes to establish a new connection to the
Ethernet (Figure 3-6). Attempting to open FmXP prior to establishing this connection
could result in vision errors. If this occurs, close FmXP, wait until a good Ethernet
connection is established (Figure 3-7), and then open FmXP.
Figure 3-6 Connection being established,
Camera Offline (Do not open FmXP)
Figure 3-7 Connection established,
Camera Online (OK to open FmXP)
To adjust lighting intensity and color level:
1. Open the hood, place a workpiece on the tooling plate, and close the hood.
2. Open the Position Control dialog box using one of the following methods:
a. Select
Jog from the FmXP Main Menu.
b. Click the Jog
button in the Production Window.
c. Press [Ctrl]+[J] on the keyboard.
3. Click on Video.
The Video Window opens.
4. Click on Reticles (Figure 3-8).
The Video Reticles Setup Window opens.
5. In the Video Reticles Setup Window, use the position controls to move the dispensing head
over the sample workpiece so that the video display reticles are aligned with a fiducial.
6. View the fiducial in the video display screen while adjusting the two lighting controls until
you get the highest contrast between the fiducial and substrate or between the part being
dispensed upon and the surrounding area.
Adjust the brightness and red/blue color balance by vertically moving the control slides
on the right side of the dialog box. Clicking on the light bulb icon
toggles the light
control slide from a linked mode to an unlinked mode that permits up to 255
independent color level/brightness levels.
NOTE For more information concerning fiducials and video display contrast, refer to the
Fluidmove Users Guide or Online Help.