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New Features in Service Pack 7
The seventh service pack for
NeuroCheck 5.1 introduces a number of new hardware and
software features.
On
this page we will present the major new features, for
details please refer to file History.txt, as usual.
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The on-line help system of NeuroCheck has been revised
thoroughly and changed to HTML help.
Using HTML technology, the help system now provides a better
navigation along with a more appealing layout. Using the
content tree or the search index on the left side, it now is
much easier and faster to find the required information.
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In manual mode, the documentation view now holds a new tab
page which displays the parameters or target values of the
currently selected check function. This "Parameter View"
offers a quick glance at the parameter settings without
having to open the parameter dialog. This is a real benefit
when a parameter dialog cannot be accessed due to missing
input data (e.g. no trigger signal present for image
acquisition) or when the execution of the preceding check
functions would require some time (e.g. for large line scan
images).
The HTML table representation of the parameters - which is
exactly the same as for the default XML export visualization
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NeuroCheck.
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Another new feature in Service Pack 7 was introduced for the
security profiles. The security profiles, which are only
available for the Professional and Premium Edition, allow to
individually restrict access to certain NeuroCheck
functionality for each profile.
SP7 now introduces the possibility to switch security
profiles upon an external signal, i.e. by input from field
bus or digital I/O, which allows to control user access in
NeuroCheck from the PLC. This requires that each security
profile must be assigned a unique identification number, the
profile ID.
Like for the automated change of check routines, you can
specify a number of input bits in dialog Remote Control to
read the profile ID. Waiting for a start signal in automatic
mode, NeuroCheck then continuously checks for the profile ID
number and automatically switches to the matching security
profile.
If there is no valid profile ID present, then the system
switches to the default profile which has ID zero by
definition. Without external switch, at start-up NeuroCheck
will automatically select the default profile, independent
of the security profile that previously was selected before
closing the application.
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Both the NeuroCheck main program and the driver DLL for the
FireWire cameras of the Baumer FWX NeuroCheck Edition Series
have been optimized, especially with respect to the
plug-and-play mechanism.
Please note that due to the changes a new Baumer optronic
system driver Baumer1394.sys version 1.25.0.140 or higher is
required.
In order to avoid compatibility problems in existing
applications, the service pack for download from the
Internet does not contain the new driver DLL. You can order
both NeuroCheck driver DLL and low-level drivers from
support@fsinet.com.
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A further new feature in SP7, mainly for advanced users, are
the new options for check function Capture Image in
Parallel. They allow to implement special image acquisition
scenarios in multi-camera systems, typically to minimize the
time required for image acquisition. For details, please
refer to the on-line help system.
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