Status Bar: Spreadsheet View

A status bar appears for each Spreadsheet View, and is located at the bottom of the Spreadsheet View. There are three portions of the status bar that relay information about the Spreadsheet View being displayed, depending on the operation that is being performed.

Cell and Image Status

The status bar contains information about an individual cell, pixel value information or reference information about an image, depending upon whether the spreadsheet overlay is active or if you have entered Interactive Graphics Mode. The status bar also displays image acquisition time and Record/Playback image information.

Status Bar Field Description

When the spreadsheet overlay is visible, if the mouse is scrolled over a cell containing a function or data, the function or data is displayed in the left-hand side.

Note: Information will not be displayed when in the Custom View. For more information, see Custom View Settings Dialog.

When the spreadsheet overlay is not visible, if the mouse is scrolled over an image, the left side of the status bar displays pixel value information of the image.

Note:
  • When using a color vision system, RGB value information is displayed. For more information, see Show Pixel Values Mode.
  • In the spreadsheet view, absolute pixel values are displayed only when the image zoom ratio is set to Zoom 1:1from the Image menu, and the status bar displays values as follows: . When the image zoom ratio is not 1:1, "approximate" pixel values are displayed and the status bar displays values as follows: . In the EasyBuilder view, absolute pixel values are always displayed regardless of the image zoom ratio.

When in Interactive Graphics Mode, the left side of the status bar displays information of the associated interactive graphic, such as a region's location, size, rotation and curve.

When the spreadsheet updates due to an image acquisition, the Job and Total times are displayed in the status bar.

  • The Job execution time is the amount of time it takes in milliseconds for the vision system to acquire an image and update the job results. This does not include the amount of time it takes to communicate the job results or to display metrics (displayed graphics, Custom View graphics, EasyView graphics, writing images to FTP, etc.).
  • The Total execution time is the amount of time it takes in milliseconds for a vision system to complete all work for a single acquisition before moving onto the next acquisition. The Total time is the amount of time you can safely set your vision system trigger rate without missing acquisitions.

The following can contribute to increasing the Total time:

Tip:
  • If you need to decrease the Total time, you can:
    • Minimize the number of cells in the spreadsheet job.
    • Disconnect all user interface connections to the vision system if not required.
    • Disable the Web HMI if unused, and set max number of connections to 1.
    • Limit result graphics and complex Graphics functions.
    • Disable the Sensor filmstrip if not needed.
    • Limit Custom View graphics that are saved to the job and displayed from the Web HMI.
Note: The status bar and the GetAllTime function calculate time differently than the Profile Job dialog. The Profile Job dialog also accounts for the construction of result graphics, whereas the other two do not. For more information, see Profile Job Dialog.

When recording images, the left side of the status bar displays the Record Folder, Good Folder or Bad Folder directory path and the name of the image that is currently being recorded. For more information, see Record/Playback Options Dialog: Spreadsheet View.

During playback of recorded images, the left side of the status bar displays the name of the image being played back. For more information, see Record/Playback Options Dialog: Spreadsheet View.

Indicates the current available job size, as the number of available, allocated cells. Use the Job Size Limit dialog to modify the value. For more information, see Job Size Limit.

Connection Status

In the event a user from a different PC or In-Sight console has logged on to one In-Sight vision system, thereby breaking your connection, In-Sight Explorer will periodically attempt to reconnect to the vision system. The message "User admin from … is already logged on” indicates that another user or application has logged on to the vision system. Each vision system permits only one connection at a time, so this message may be caused by a connection to the vision system from another PC or from another application running on your PC. The status bar may display other error messages, such as a network error, if the vision system is no longer connected to your network.

I/O Status

The I/O status bar displays the EtherNet/IP connection status between the vision system and CIO-MICRO, CIO-MICRO-CC or CIO-WENET Ethernet I/O module.

Status Bar Field

 Description

When "I/O OK" is displayed, the connection to the module is functioning properly.
When "I/O Not Responding" is displayed, the connection to the module has been lost. For detailed diagnostic information, see Sensor Status View.

Online/Offline Status

The right side of the status bar always contains information relating to the Online or Offline status of the In-Sight vision system.

Status Bar Field

 Description

When "Offline" is displayed, the In-Sight vision system is currently Offline.

When "Live" is displayed, the In-Sight vision system is set to Live Video in the In-Sight Explorer user interface (either from the Job Display toolbar or from the Image menu). The In-Sight vision system is displaying a live image to use when making adjustments to the vision system's lens and the field of view. Press any key to exit Live Video and return to the spreadsheet.
When "Online" is displayed, the In-Sight vision system is currently in Online mode of operation.
When "Comms Online?" is displayed, the In-Sight vision system was placed in Online mode from the In-Sight Explorer user interface, but a communication protocol (such as ProfiNET, EtherNet/IP or Native Mode) is holding the vision system Offline. For example, a Native Mode Set Online command, SO0, has been issued telling the In-Sight vision system to go Offline. The Set Online command, SO1, must be sent to the In-Sight vision system to allow it to go Online.
When "Discrete Online?" is displayed, the In-Sight vision system was placed in Online mode from the In-Sight Explorer user interface, but a Discrete Input line, configured as an Online/Offline Type, is set low (0). The In-Sight vision system will wait for the Discrete Input signal to change states before proceeding to Online mode. For detailed diagnostic information, see Configure Discrete I/O Lines.

Warnings

The right side of the status bar may display warnings.

Status Bar Field

 Description

When this exclamation mark is displayed, In-Sight Explorer version does not match the firmware version of the connected In-Sight vision system. In-Sight Explorer version 5.1.0 or later is released with two firmware versions: the 5.x.x version (current version) and the latest 4.x.x version. For example, In-Sight Explorer 5.1.0 is released with In-Sight firmware 5.1.0 and 4.9.3. Therefore, when a vision system running firmware 4.9.3 is connected to In-Sight Explorer 5.1.0, no indicator will be displayed in the status bar; however, when a vision system running firmware 4.9.1 is connected to In-Sight Explorer 5.1.0, this exclamation mark is displayed on the status bar.

Note: For more information on firmware versions, see Firmware Versions.