3rd party support for universal machines?

The slot/Track barcodes are for marrying part numbers to the feeders. This is used for part validation for traceability. If this is turned on in your machine, I would select override in the feeder status screen. This is Usually unnecessary in my opinion, unless your facility requires full component traceability. All the scanning and marrying takes time.

For PCB traceability, Panel barcodes or individual serial number barcodes can be programmed in DPO. It is mostly just an x/y location on the PCB, and a search area. 2 windows need info... Tools>Barcode Definition - you can input the search window size. Default lighting works best for me. I name it "bc". Window>Barcode List- This is where you input the position on the panel or circuit 1, give it a ref designator "again I use bc", and select whether it is a panel or circuit barcode (Board vs Circuit). The type column is just selecting the lighting and search size defined in the prior step, if named "bc", you select "bc".

As for pattern part alignment, I have found it lacking in function compared to other machine types. If the part you wish to center is a bright cirlce, then use pattern. Define the circle size, center point of circle, height, feeder & nozzle. I have found it is better to instead pick certain features to key on for centering instead of Universal's sad excuse at pattern matching.

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Might try Alpha 1

Don Burshnick Alpha 1 Technologies 607-772-2900 info@alpha1technologies.com He has provided us phone support for Universal Equipment

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