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README for Vision Q.400 Software Version 9.0.0.6 
for the Q.400 Image Processing System


24.6.2020
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(C) Q.VITEC GmbH 2020

This document contains a summary of the important changes in all Q.400 versions. Please note that changes that occur
in patch releases are generally not mentioned in the latest manual until the next major release.

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IMPORTANT NOTES

If you have found a software error or if you have a proposal
for an improvement, please use the error reporting form on our website
www.qvitec.de and send this form to our development engineers (support@qvitec.de).
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Version 9.0.0.6
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- Vision Q.400:
  - Bug-fix: In some cases the Fieldbus Interface caused a crash.
  - Bug-fix: Loading an image via Drag and Drop is now processed correctly (Grablock activated) and is no longer overwritten by the last grabbed image.
  - Minor bug fixes and improvements.
  - Changes in GigE-Vision Camera management.
- Spreadsheet:
  - Bug-fix: Grabbing was not executed in setup mode when starting a sequence via if-case.
- Interfaces:
  - ADS input signals: TWINCAT 3 changed its behavior from version 4020 to version 4024(.7). Vision Q.400 is adapted.

Version 9.0.0.5
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- Vision Q.400:
  - Bug-fix: Occurring a crash starting Vision Q.400, sometimes the diagnostic files were not written.
  - Bug-fixes, German Version: translation errors were removed.
  - Minor bug fixes and improvements.
- Checkers:
  - Bug-fix: The OCR sorting mode "Line-by-Line Adv" returned always "run code error".
  - Bug-fix: The contour and the correlation matching checker may crash. 
- Spreadsheet:
  - Bug-fix: Action: saving images with overlays with the help of the ring buffer failed.

Version 9.0.0.4
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- Checkers:
  - Bug-fix: stepwise execution of binary image filters failed.
- Spreadsheet:
  - Bug-fix: if the spreadsheet is saved to a file, not all characters are written.

Version 9.0.0.3
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- Vision Q.400:
  - Updated German reference manual
  - Vision Q.400 and Vision Q.400 [PLus] use the same setup (and the same executable file). The distinction is made on starting Vision Q.400:
    - Vision Q.400 full version:       if Vision Q.400 or Vision Q.400 [PLus] is started depends on the current license.
    - Vision Q.400 simulation version: if Vision Q.400 or Vision Q.400 [PLus] is started, is set in "System Settings"->"Vision Q.400 Settings"->"Simulation Version":
      - Number of Projects == 1: Vision Q.400 is started.
      - Number of Projects >  1: Vision Q.400 [Plus] is started.
  - Bug-fix: for the 64 Bit version a wrong German resource dll was installed.
- Interfaces:
  - Bug-fix ADS: if an application was loaded, which was stored with a version older than 9.0.0.2, Vision Q.400 crashed on accessing the ADS data objects to transfer.
  - Bug-fix Monitor interfaces: possible crash on opening the dialog.

Version 9.0.0.2
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- Interfaces:
  - Several Fieldbus interface bug fixes.
  - The Fieldbus interface can be monitored, even if a card is not inserted. Please contact your technical support, if you want to use this feature.

Version 9.0.0.1
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- Vision Q.400:
  - support of Unicode
  - change to the HALCON standard interface
  - several bug fixes
  - on saving an application, the extension ".navx" is not supported furthermore. Only the extension ".nav" is used, also for the Vision Q.400 [PLus] version
  - image filter dlls are not supported furthermore
  - new "Core" license type
  - more zoom factors on zooming a camera image
  - Simulation version:
    - starting Vision Q.400, a dialog box can be displayed which allows to select the currently used camera type
- Cameras:
  - initialization file info is accessible in the user interface
  - virtual cameras can be defined in the user interface
  - GigE Vision:
    - automatic calculation of the bandwidth one camera can use
    - simple "Black Box" camera
  - Q.CAM:
    - One and the same "physical" camera can deliver more than one "Vision Q.400" image. All these images are grabbed in in parallel with one grab command.
    - For every detected camera, a different parameter set can be supported.
- Interfaces:
  - new Fieldbus interface
  - support of Unicode
  - ActiveX:
    - images including all overlays (results, indicators...) can be transferred, or accessed
    - additional features (see the Vision Q.400 ActiveX control documentation)
- checkers:
  - additional image filters added
  - possibility to list in an application all checker instances of a type, and to jump from this list to a selected checker instance
  - shapes:
    - modification of the shape using the arrow keys
  - Q.HI:
    - additional features (see the Vision Q.400 Q.HI interface documentation)
    - additional Q.HI scripts are installed
      - Contour Inspection
      - DXF Shape
      - Image Shading correction
      - OPC-UA Communicator
      - Smart Edge Circle / Line / Line Pin
      - Synthetic Contour Matching
      - Value To Image
      - Variation Model
      - and many more. Please have a look into Vision Q.400's checker tool bar. 
  - indicators:
    - easy creation of indicators
- execution groups: output of a bit mask to the PIO interface, to allow to switch the illumination
- Execution group controller: the sequences of an execution group can be displayed in alphabetical or in insertion order.The sequences of an execution group are
  always executed in insertion order.
- Spreadsheet:
  - support of spreadsheet registers
  - formulas:
    - column values can be used in arithmetic formulas
    - the result of Boolean formulas can be used in arithmetic formulas
    - string results can be used in the arithmetic comparison formulas
    - copy of formulas 
    - the judgment limits of arithmetic formulas can be inverted
    - a trace to the predecessors (formulas, or checkers, which are used in a formula) can be drawn
    - a trace to the successors (formulas,  which use a formula) can be drawn
  - Action:
    - images including all overlays (results, indicators...) can be saved
    - new template "COMPUTER" for filename generation
    - display of the time needed for saving images in the execution times window