Scorpion Vision Software provides framework to quickly and easily create complete and advanced machine vision inspection systems.

The Scorpion Vision Software provides simple user interface for creating a new machine vision inspection system, by specifying the configuration for various elements like -
(a) camera to be used,
(b) frequency of image capture,
(c) inspection process for every captured image - which is called as an inspection cycle,
(d) possible output states from every inspection cycle,
(e) handling of the output result from an inspection cycle,
(f) communication with external systems or softwares for receiving the signal inputs and for sending the output results.
The Scorpion Vision Software also provides support for adding custom steps, using Python script.

All these configurations for a machine vision inspection system can be saved in form of a 'profile'. A profile can hence be considered as a data file which contains all the required configurations for a machine vision inspection system, created using the Scorpion Vision Software.
The Scorpion Vision Software provides simple user interface to
(a) save a profile after doing configuration changes,
(b) load a previously saved profile,
(c) back-up a profile,
(d) restore a previously backed-up profile
It is also possible copy a saved profile from one computer to other computer.

The Scorpion Vision Software can manage multiple profiles, hence can manage multiple machine vision inspection systems, independently.

The Scorpion Vision Software provides an intuitive wizard which assists in creating a new profile. Following are the steps to create a new profile using the wizard.

1. Launch the Scorpion Vision Software, from the programs menu link 'Start->All Programs->Tordivel Vision Solutions->Scorpion 8.5->Scorpion 8.5. This will pop up the profiles management dialog box.

It lists all the previously saved profiles. The list may be empty if there are no profiles saved previously

2. Click on the 'Menu' and click on the 'New' sub-menu available under it. This will pop up the 'Create profile' dialog box.

3. Please type the 'Profile name' as 'MyNewProfile'. You can use any other name such that it will be useful in identifying the profile later.

4. Click on the 'OK' button to set the name for the new profile and to launch the 'Scorpion profile setup' wizard.



[i] Please click on the 'Finish' button anytime to create the new profile with the selected configuration. Good default parameters are set for all configurations, in the wizard, so it is possible to click on the 'Finish' button anytime, to create a new profile.
[ii] To cancel creation of the new profile, please click on the 'Cancel' button.
[iii] It is possible to switch between the wizard pages using the '<Previous' and 'Next>' buttons, or by clicking on the links available in the left navigation pane.

The wizard assists user in quick set up. All configuration parameters set from the new profile wizard can be changed later from the Scorpion Vision Software user interface, when the profile is loaded in it.

5. 'General Setup' is the first page displayed in the wizard.
[i] The 'Name' text box under the 'System' group, can be used to change the name or identifier of the system
[ii] The 'Short name' text box, can be used to change the short name of the system
[iii] The 'Color system' checkbox under the 'Options' group, can be used to specify whether the new profile will work on color images or on grayscale images. Please enable 'Color system' check-box, if any of the color based tools is expected to be used during the profile configuration.
[iv] The 'Include Result page' checkbox can be enabled to add the 'Results' tab under the 'Operation' mode, when the profile is loaded in the Scorpion Vision Software
[v] The 'Web page' checkbox can be enabled to add the 'Web Browser' tab under the 'Operation' mode, when the profile is loaded in the Scorpion Vision Software. The drop down box available next to the 'Web page' check box can be used to specify the web page to be displayed in the 'Web Browser' tab under the 'Operation' mode. This web page is displayed when the 'Web Browser' tab is enabled and displayed in the Scorpion Vision Software user interface.

Click on the 'Next' button to move to the next 'Camera Setup' page in the wizard. Alternatively, click on the 'Camera' link available in the left navigation pane to switch to the 'Camera Setup' page in the wizard.

6. 'Camera Setup' is the next page displayed in the wizard.



[i] The 'Camera driver' dropdown, under the 'Cameras and Images' group, can be used to specify the video capture driver DLL. The dropdown box lists all the standard driver DLLs available along with the Scorpion Vision Software. A different driver DLL can be selected by clicking on the 'Select driver' button available next to the 'Camera driver' dropdown. This will pop up the standard 'File Open' dialog box. It is possible to navigate to and select any driver DLL from this standard 'File Open' dialog box.
The selected driver DLL file is used for all cameras configured using the wizard
[ii] The 'show driver properties' button available next to the 'Select driver' button, can be used to view the properties of the selected driver DLL file.
[iii] The 'Number of cameras' text box can be used to specify the number of cameras used by the profile. The standard '^' and 'v' buttons next to the text box can be used to increase of decrease the number of cameras by 1.
[iv] The 'Number of images' text box can be used to specify the number of images used by the profile. The standard '^' and 'v' buttons next to the text box can be used to increase of decrease the number of images by 1.
[v] The 'Run cameras in continuous mode' checkbox can be enabled for continuous mode operation during video capture. This configuration is valid only for hardware triggered cameras
[vi] The 'Run in simulation mode' checkbox can be enabled to override the camera driver settings and to use simulation images.
[vii] The 'Import images' checkbox can be enabled to specify path for importing the simulation images. When the 'Import images' is enabled, the user interface for specifying the simulation images is enabled. The images from the specified folder are copied or moved to the profile path and are then used by the profile for simulating the video input
[viii] The radio buttons can be used to specify the mode for importing the simulation images - 'Copy files to profile folder' copies the images from the specified import folder, keeping the images in the original import folder unchanged and 'Move files to profile folder' moves the files to the profile folder, hence the images in the original import folder are deleted.
[ix] The 'Import from' text box can be used to specify the path of the folder which contains the simulation images.
[x] It is possible to navigate to and select the folder from the standard windows 'Folder selection' dialog box, by clicking on the 'Select folder' button. The number of valid images available for import are displayed below the 'Import from' text box.
[xi] The 'browse' button available next to the 'select folder' button; can be used to browse the folder selected for importing the images.
[xii] The 'show folder content' button available under the 'browse' button, can be clicked to see the files available in the folder selected for importing the images.

7. After the configuration is done, click on the 'Finish' button to create the new profile and to close the wizard. The Scorpion Vision Software is automatically launched with the new profile loaded in it.