A state has a name and a description is associated with a color - this will illustrate the inspection result in the Inspection result panel. The criteria used to define the state are then given. The combination of these criteria defines a state. These are general properties in addition to state constraints. Commands to give an action if a state occurs can additionally be given.

Below you see an example of defining the general properties of a state.

• OK - closes the dialog
• Cancel - closes the dialog and cancels changes
• Apply - applies changes without closing the dialog
• Help - activates the State Help pages

Classification

• Classification - Constraints only | Classification Tool
  • Typical classification tools are ColorMatcher or TextureMatcher
  • Edit will activate configuration dialog of Classification Tool
• State result - dynamic | static | state plus dynamic
  • dynamic - equal to classification tool result
  • static - equal to name of state
  • state plus dynamic - dynamic prefixed with name of state
• State colors - can be static or reflect setup in classification tools

State Colors

The state colors are changed by double-clicking the Text and Back buttons for text and background colors respectively. The color is change using the Color Selector. Select a color and press OK.

Options

• Unique state - state is unique no other state must be true before this state. The states are processed in an order. 

If the state is not unique, an inspected unit can be accepted by more than one state. The state highest in the state list is shown in the Inspection result panel. The list can be sorted using the Up and Down buttons. All commands related to the true states will however be run. 

• Update curves - curves are updated when this state is true

• Update log - logs are updated when this state is true

You can choose if logs and curves are to be updated when a state is accepted. In our example the state ‘Distance OK’ will update the logs and curves since measured values are relevant when the state occurs. The ‘Can not measure’ and ‘No syringe’ states will however not update the logs and curves with any values.

• Keep in history - states are stored in history list

Note:  Keep in history option very valuable to avoid filling history list with images of no interest