Batch processing with Vision Assistant.

[cybanical]

I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with the batch processing function. I looked through the last 8 months of posts and didn't come across this topic.

I found that the batch processing system:

Creates a separate file for each script step.
-The results for each subsequent image is appended to the data file with filename,date,time stamps
-The file names are however, not updated when stamped.

Is there a way to have a single output file per image, with each script step appended to it? Therefore full analysis data is kept together with the product being examined. Ideally I would like a single excel file with filenames of each of the images examined labeling the columns and rows with individual script step results.

Can this be done without LabView?

I am trying to make a QC system that is relatively simple for technicians to operate.

Thanks,

-Matt

[ColinAE]

Hello.

Unfortunately, Vision Assistant's Batch Processing file output does not directly support the format that you are requesting.

You can actually get behavior that is close to what you want, with one major problem, by configuring each step to save to the same file (i.e. set each inspection step to save to c:\test.xls). The data for each step will be appended to the file sequentially. The problem is that you will loose all but the final step for the FIRST inspection. For example, lets say I have steps A,B, and C and images 1, 2, 3. . . The file will contain the following info:

1C
2A
2B
2C
3A
3B
3C. . .

If you can place a dummy inspection as the first one, then you can get it all into one file. As another workaround, you will have to create a single file for each step, then append the data into a single file after the fact.

Regards,
Colin C.
Applications Engineering