DataMan® 9500
Reference Manual
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VisionPro
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DataMan
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CVL
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VGR
5495537, 5602937, 5640200, 5768443, 5825483, 5850466, 5859923, 5949905, 5978080, 5995648, 6002793, 6005978, 6075881, 6137893, 6141033, 6157732, 6167150, 6215915, 6324299, 6381375, 6408109, 6411734, 6421458, 6457032, 6459820, 6490375, 6516092, 6563324, 6658145, 6690842, 6748110, 6751361, 6771808, 6804416, 6836567, 6850646, 6856698, 6959112, 6975764, 6985625, 6993192, 7006712, 7016539, 7043081, 7058225, 7065262, 7088862, 7164796, 7190834, 7242801, 7251366
OMNIVIEW
6215915, 6381375, 6408109, 6421458, 6457032, 6459820, 6594623, 6804416, 6959112, 7383536
CVL Vision Library
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SMD 4
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BGA II and BGA III
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Wire Bonder
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Contents
About this Manual ...................................................................................................... 5
Safety Information ..................................................................................................... 6
Warnings and Notices ................................................................................................. 6
Mechanical Information ............................................................................................. 7
Thermal and Environmental Requirements ..................................................................... 7
Optics and Lighting .................................................................................................... 8
DataMan 9500 Reading Distance and Field of View ......................................................... 8
Liquid Lens Characteristics ........................................................................................... 8
Internal Lighting ......................................................................................................... 9
DataMan 9500 Internal Lighting ................................................................................. 9
Operations Guide ..................................................................................................... 11
Trigger Modes .......................................................................................................... 11
Manual ................................................................................................................. 11
Presentation .......................................................................................................... 11
Offline Buffering ....................................................................................................... 11
Setup Tool Lite ......................................................................................................... 12
Live Display ............................................................................................................. 12
UltraLight Settings .................................................................................................... 12
Liquid Lens Setup ..................................................................................................... 13
Configurations .......................................................................................................... 14
Data Formatting ....................................................................................................... 15
Data Validation ........................................................................................................ 15
FTP Settings ............................................................................................................ 16
Advanced Operations ................................................................................................ 17
Symbology Settings .................................................................................................. 18
History .................................................................................................................... 19
Using the Inventory Demo ....................................................................................... 20
Operation Modes ...................................................................................................... 20
Starting Up the Inventory Demo ................................................................................. 20
Connecting the Inventory Demo with the DataMan Demonstrator ................................... 22
Demo: Inventory ................................................................................................... 22
Demo: Presentation................................................................................................ 24
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About this Manual
About this Manual The DataMan 9500 Reference Manual provides detailed information on the configuration
and operation of the DataMan 9500 reader. It includes the following sections:
Safety Information
Mechanical Information
Optical and Lighting
Operation Guide
Setup Tool Lite
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Safety Information
Safety Information
If you need more information on the collection, reuse, and recycling systems, please
contact your local or regional waste administration.
You may also contact your supplier for more information on the environmental performance
of this product.
Warnings and Notices
NOTE: For product support, contact http://support.cognex.com
CAUTION: IP protection is ensured only when all connectors are attached to cables
or shielded by a sealing cap.
CAUTION - Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than
those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.
Do not attempt to service or repair this product -- return it to Cognex for service.
Do not permit anyone other than Cognex Corporation to service, repair, or adjust this
product.
Do not attempt to open or modify this device except as described in this document.
Do not direct or reflect laser light toward people or reflective objects.
Do not operate this device if it is damaged or if the covers or seals are missing or
damaged.
This Laser Product is designated as Class 2 during all procedures of operation.
Wavelength 650 nm
Laser power for classification < 1mW
Beam Diameter < 3mm at aperture
Divergence < 1.5 mrad
LASER LIGHT
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM
CLASS 2 LASER PRODUCT 650 nm < 1 mW
CLASSIFIED PER IEC 60825-1, Ed 2. 2007-08
AS/NZS. 2211.1:2004
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Mechanical Information
Mechanical Information This section provides information on various mechanical features of the DataMan 9500
reader, such as the battery replacement procedure as well as the thermal and
environmental requirements.
Thermal and Environmental Requirements See the following table for thermal and environmental requirements:
Operating temperature 0ºC — 40ºC (32ºF — 104ºF)
Storage temperature -10ºC — 60ºC (-14ºF — 140ºF)
Maximum humidity 95% (non-condensing)
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Optics and Lighting
Optics and Lighting This section contains information about the image formation components of the DataMan
9500.
DataMan 9500 Reading Distance and Field of View This map shows the reading distances and the field of view of the DataMan 9500 reader.
Liquid Lens Characteristics The liquid lens provides an electronically controllable variable focus system. It offers rapid,
hands-free, software-driven autofocus with no moving parts giving an increased depth of
field flexibility.
Use the Setup Tool to set the focus manually. Under UltraLight Settings, click Focus
Settings.
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Optics and Lighting
You can change focus settings individually for the 4 lighting recipes. If Focus Steps is equal
to zero, the focus is set to one position and an image is acquired. No search for a best
focus is performed. If Focus Steps is set to 1, the focus is switching between the two
values: lower and upper.
If your application has a consistent reading range, set the focus range to a fixed setting
with no steps (for example, set it to 20) or with limited steps (for example, set it to 2-3
steps between 0 and 30) for near range reading for difficult DPM. This will result in the
fastest performance.
If your application has a variety of code types and sizes, set the focus range to a wider
depth of field with an increased number of steps (for example, set it to 4-5 steps between
50 and 150). The reading time on an individual code may be slower but the wider depth of
field will provide a greater application range.
Internal Lighting
DataMan 9500 Internal Lighting
This section describes the working mechanism of the built-in lighting of the DataMan 9500
series reader.
The DataMan 9500 uses Cognex’s patented UltraLight® technology. The UltraLight system
provides two independently controllable lighting sources:
Four individually controllable quadrants of shallow-angle off-axis LEDs that provide
dark field lighting, which can help image scribed or etched marks on reflective
surfaces.
A single, highly diffuse on-axis light source that provides bright field lighting, which is
appropriate for reading low and high contrast codes on many types of surfaces.
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You can configure four different lighting setups using the four tabs in this control. When
you attempt to read a code, the reader uses each enabled setup in turn to try to read the
code. To enable a setup, click on that setup's tab and check the Enabled checkbox.
Enabled setups have green check marks next to their names.
When you start a new scan, the reader always starts with the most recently used setup, if
multiple setups are enabled. The reader switches the setup based on the number of decode
tries, that is, in the default setting the reader will go to the next setup after 2 or 3
unsuccessful decodes.
During operation, the DataMan 9500 automatically regulates image exposure time and
imager gain to produce usable image quality at the highest possible frame rate.
As the working distance between the reader and code increases, additional light intensity or
longer exposure times are required to maintain the same image quality. When the
maximum illumination intensity is reached, the frame rate may be reduced to permit a
longer exposure time.
UltraLight
banks
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Operations Guide
Operations Guide This section contains information about configuring and using your DataMan.
Trigger Modes DataMan 9500 reader provides the following trigger modes:
Manual
Manual triggering starts acquiring and attempting to decode images when the trigger
button on the DataMan reader (or in the DataMan Setup Tool) is pressed. The reader
continues to acquire and attempt to decode images until the button is released. 2D DPM
codes are automatically learned.
Manual trigger mode is typically used during debugging or system design.
Presentation
The laser aimer is always on. When motion is detected in front of the reader, the reader
will turn on and scan for a symbol. The reader relies on an internal timing mechanism to
acquire images.
Offline Buffering When you are within the wireless range or your access point, your reader sends decoded
data to your PC through the access point, which may be a router or your PC. You can also
see the decoded images in the Setup Tool, if it is running and connected to the reader.
When you leave the wireless range, however, you lose connection to your access point, but
you can still keep reading codes. The decoded data is saved in the buffer of the reader.
This buffered data appears on your PC again when you come back within the wireless
range.
While you are still within the wireless range, the reader occasionally blinks blue to indicate
that the wireless connection is established.
When you leave the wireless range, you can still keep reading codes. The reader going
offline is indicated by a long beep and the status indicator flashes magenta.
When the reader is offline, good reads are indicated with 2 short beeps and the selected
good read status indicator color (green by deafult).
When the buffer is full, no more codes are read. The reader does not discard the oldest
read.
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Setup Tool Lite
Setup Tool Lite Setup Tool Lite is an interactive user interface for the DataMan 9500. It has a reduced tool
set to configure the imager, read and decode images, and display live images. Connect to
the Setup Tool on your PC to access the full toolset of configurations.
The following sections describe the functions of each pane in the Setup Tool Lite.
Live Display To access the Live Display function, press the first icon on the upper toolbar. The live
image appears on the screen.
To deactivate Live Display, double tap the Live Display button again.
UltraLight Settings The UltraLight Settings panel is accessible by tapping the first icon on the lower toolbar:
You have up to four lighting recipes for the device, tailored to different lighting and target
surface conditions. These recipes will be applied by the reader each after the other, until a
valid code can be read.
You can switch between the recipes by tapping the recipe changer buttons at the top of the
screen.
To change the name of the current recipe, type the new name in the Recipe field.
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The individual LEDs can be switched on or off by pressing the N/W/E/S buttons, while the
blue LEDs can be activated by the Diffuse button. The aimer button is meant to toggle the
aimer’s ON/OFF state.
All the changes you made for a recipe will be automatically saved to the device when you
leave its configuration page.
You can enable or disable the currently selected recipe by tapping the Enable/Disable
button.
Liquid Lens Setup The Liquid Lens Setup panel is accessible by tapping the second icon on the lower toolbar
row:
You can set the Focus steps and the focus Range’s minimum and maximum value, per
UltraLight setup.
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Configurations The Configurations panel is accessible by tapping the second icon on the upper toolbar
row:
This feature allows you to save and restore four complete configuration of the device, thus
making it possible to switch quickly between pre-defined configurations, according to the
needs of the changing situation on the field.
A previously defined configuration can be applied to the reader by clicking its big grey
button in the middle. In this case, all the settings will be overwritten in the device with the
saved properties.
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To save the current status of the device, tap the lower right icon beside the actual slot:
where you want to save it to.
To give a name for an existing, saved configuration, click the RENAME sign.
To open an existing configuration file, and assign it to a configuration slot, tap the upper
left icon:
To delete an existing configuration, tap the lower left button beside each configuration:
Data Formatting The configuration panel is accessible by tapping the third icon on the upper toolbar row:
Click the Standard formatting enabled checkbox to switch on the formatting of results.
With Leading text and Terminating text, you can specify prefix and postfix strings for
the result code just read.
Result formatting may be set to utilize the full string or just a sub-string of the read
code.
Format string shows the final formatting rules currently in use.
Data Validation The Validation panel is accessible by tapping the fourth icon on the upper toolbar row:
Select the validation target in the Symbology list.
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With the Validation method list, you can set:
no validation
Match string validation, when the result is compared with the full string
Pattern-matching validation, when partial results are also accepted as a match
The Match string text box contains the match string or the pattern to match. When using
the Match string validation method, the string can be read from a code by clicking the
Train match string button.
Validation failure action can be used to set the method of response in case of validation
failure.
FTP Settings The FTP Settings panel is accessible by tapping the third icon on the lower toolbar. It can
be used to configure the DataMan 9500 device to send the read codes and/or images to a
remote FTP server.
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If the Send results check box is checked, FTP transfer is enabled.
If you check Append to result file, the read codes are appended to the end of the result
file, otherwise new results will overwrite the old ones.
FTP address, FTP port, User name and Password are FTP connection parameters.
The Images to send list box lets you select the range of images for transfer:
all images
good reads
bad reads
The Image transfer mode is On Request by default, which means that FTP transfer is
initiated if you click the Transfer now button. You can change this setting to FTP –
Runtime, which means that results are transferred automatically after they are read.
The result file name contains the destination file name on the FTP server for textual results.
Advanced Operations
This panel is accessible by tapping the fifth icon on the upper toolbar row:
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The DMCC section lets you send direct commands to the code reader sub-device. For more
information on DataMan Control Commands (DMCC), see the Command Reference,
available through the Windows Start menu.
Select a DMCC command and click the Send button to send it to the DataMan 9500 device.
The black text area displays the responses (result texts, error codes and so on) received
from the code reader.
At the bottom of the window, you are able to toggle the beeper and the vibration status for
good reads.
Symbology Settings The Symbology panel is accessible by tapping the fourth icon on the lower toolbar row:
In this panel, you can enable or disable the decoding of various 1-D or 2-D symbologies.
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Setup Tool Lite
To acknowledge the new settings, click the OK button. The new settings take effect
immediately.
To make further Symbology settings, connect to the PC Setup Tool.
History
The History panel is accessible by tapping the fifth icon on the lower toolbar row:
In its upper part this panel contains a list of successful and unsuccessful reads.
When you select a row in the upper list, the lower text box displays detailed result
information about the selected element.
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Using the Inventory Demo
Using the Inventory Demo The purpose of the Inventory Demo is to give a basic example about using the DataMan
9500 device for Inventory purposes in an imaginary warehouse.
The application has the following features:
reading product ID codes, displaying them on the handheld screen, together with the
image seen
matching product codes with a detailed product database residing either on the device
or on a remote company server
displaying the matching product data, together with product images from the database
allowing you to modify the product information and/or the stock data on the device
NOTE: For Ad-Hoc wireless connections, check your firewall status for the database
connection, as images from the database may be blocked by the firewall.
Operation Modes The Inventory Demo application runs
in standalone mode: the DataMan 9500 displays the read images and codes on your
DataMan 9500
through a PC connection: the Inventory Demo on your DataMan 9500 receives and
displays product data and images sent from the PC-side product database, with the
help of the PC-based DataMan Demonstrator application (installed through the
Developer Toolset Installer)
Starting Up the Inventory Demo Perform the following steps to get the Inventory Demo operational:
1. On your DataMan 9500, click Start Programs Cognex Inventory Demo.
2. The main window of the Inventory Demo application appears. This demonstrates the
use of data transfer, display and entering capabilities of the DataMan 9500 reader,
through an imaginary inventory application.
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3. In standalone mode, you can use the Inventory Demo for two purposes:
to display code that was read
to show that the code you read can be associated with either Item, Location, or
Quantity by placing the cursor into any of these fields
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Using the Inventory Demo
Connecting the Inventory Demo with the DataMan
Demonstrator
Demo: Inventory
Connect the Inventory Demo with the DataMan Demonstrator running on your PC to show
items from the imaginary warehouse installed through the Developer Toolset Installer.
Perform the following steps:
1. Make sure that the Inventory Demo is already running on your DataMan 9500.
2. On your PC, click Start Programs Cognex DataMan 9500 Developer Toolset
DataMan Demonstrator (folder) DataMan Demonstrator (program). The DataMan
Demonstrator starts.
3. Wait until the DataMan Demonstrator discovers the devices on the network. If you
cannot find your device in the list, click Refresh. If you still cannot find it, check if
your DataMan 9500 is connected to your PC.
4. Select your DataMan 9500 device from the Device list, and click Connect.
5. To start the Inventory Demo plug-in, click the Inventory button.
6. Print the DM9500 Demo Inventory Codes PDF from Start Programs Cognex
DataMan 9500 Developer Toolset DataMan Demonstrator (folder).
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The DM9500 Demo Inventory Codes show codes in threes.
The first code, when scanned, shows one type of DataMan device.
The second code is supposed to show location of the item.
The third code is meant to designate quantity.
7. Make sure the blinking cursor is in the Inventory Demo application’s Item text box on
the DM9500 device.
8. Scan the first code, DMR-200Q-00. See that the DataMan Demonstrator displays the
Product Image associated with the item, and also the code that the reader sees
(Reader Image).
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9. On your DataMan 9500 device, tap your screen with the stylus to switch between
Product Image and Reader Image. Under Settings, you can set which image is
displayed when you start up the Inventory Demo.
10. Scan another code and place the cursor in the Inventory Demo in the location field.
11. Scan a code that denotes the location, from the second column, named either Palette
X or Shelf Y. See that both in the Inventory Demo the location gets updated.
12. Click the Update option on the screen or press the green button on the keypad.
See in the DataMan Demonstrator that the location is updated. By clicking Undo last or
pressing the red button on the keypad, you can go back and revert this update.
13. You can send messages to the reader by clicking either any of the messages in the
DataMan Demonstrator, or by typing in a custom message. The message that you
send will be visible immediately in the Inventory Demo.
Demo: Presentation
When you connect your device to the DataMan Demonstrator, you have the option to
choose Presentation.
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This demo shows the reader decoding symbols and listing the code content in the Read
Result History.