This document describes how to install or update all software required to operate the

Condor Sigma (Software version 5.3 and up)

Initial installation

If available a newly delivered PC will be re-imaged with a previously prepared image.

When the PC hardware changes, previous images are no longer appropriate, a new image should be prepared.

Since the same image will be used to prepare multiple PCs to multiple customers, we propose to set-up the PC for
the US market. Location and languages may be optimized by the customer later.

So for preparing a new image proceed as follows:

Answer questions that appear after first time power up of the PC as follows:

1) (Initial) language: US English

2) Location: Choose the appropriate location

3) Keyboard: US International. Unless a different keyboard will be shipped of course. There is currently
(October 2013) a tendency to ship keyboards with a UK layout (Recognizable by the pound sign ‘£’ above the
‘3’)!

Windows 7

4) User: XYZTEC

5) Computer name: XYZTEC-PC (this is what the installation wizard proposes, just accept it)

6) Time zone: Choose the appropriate time zone

Windows 8/8.1

7) Accept license agreement

8) Skip questions about Dell-updates

9) Computer name: XYZTEC-PC

10) User name: XYZTEC

11) When the PC comes with Windows 8.0, upgrade to Windows 8.1 as soon as possible. Unfortunately all
Windows 8.0 updates seem to have to be installed before the Windows 8.1 update appears in the store

a. Open the Windows store and download the upgrade to Windows 8.1

b. One time issue?: If Windows refuses to download the upgrade (because you need to have
administrator rights, despite the fact that you ARE administrator) de-install update KB2871389.
(Control panel, update history, list of updates. Note that it is very weird to have to de-install the
same update that is supposed to be required before the upgrade even appears in the store, but that
is what you need to do.

c. After the download, while installing, the installation procedure may ask you to pause the update and
de-install ‘Dell Data Protection’ access. Please do.
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 d. Resume the upgrade. Do not bother to re-install Dell Data Protection access (will give the same
problems when the customer later wants to upgrade to Windows 8.2).

12) Change ‘Express instellingen’ (Eng: Express settings).

We should not blindly accept the default settings for our customers, so I would deny the following:
(These questions may be stated a the local language)

a. “Apps may use my name and account picture”

b. “Enable Windows location-platform so that apps can ask user’s location”

c. “Logon without Microsoft account”

d. “Local account, no password”

13) When logging in the next time Dell will ask whether it is ok to send a service tag so that additional software
may be downloaded/installed

14) “download and install language pack”, via Control Panel (“Control panel/Clock, Language, and Region”).
“A language pack English (United States) is available for download”

15) On older systems, some applications seem to remain displayed in the local language (like the Defender
screen)

Next change some settings that are inconvenient when using the PC to control the Sigma (or any other machine)

1) Windows 8.1: Choose an appropriate ‘lock screen’ picture

Open the charms bar, select ‘Settings’, Select ‘Change PC settings’ (lower right corner)
Select ‘Personalize’, Select ‘Browse’ under Lock Screen and choose the appropriate picture, for example
Sigma.png (\\XYZ-SERVER01\Prodsrc\Software\Release\Output) that should first be copied to
the XYZTEC user’s ‘My pictures’ folder

2) Windows 8.1: Choose an appropriate account picture (login picture).

On the Start screen, Right mouse click on the user in the upper right corner. Select ‘change account picture’.
Choose for example the same picture as above.

3) Set an appropriate background (Solid Color dark blue, 6th on Windows 8)

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 4) Change the power options so that

a. the PC will never sleep and

b. the display will not be powered down for at least an hour

5) Select ‘File Explorer’ options

a. Uncheck the option that tells the file explorer to hide known extensions (else
xyz_sigma.exe.config will be displayed as xyz_sigma.exe which is very confusing)

b. File explorer should show thumbnails (so that fiducials may be selected by image) (uncheck ‘always
show icons’)

6) Select ‘Internet explorer’ options

a. Set Home page to ‘Use new tab’ (Because default installations will attempt to display msn.com (or
even dell13-comm.nl.msn.com).

7) Change the taskbar so

a. the icons are small (we need as much display for the sigma as we can get

b. the notification bar never hides anything

8) Boot directly to the desktop

a. Right-click on the Windows 8.1 taskbar, then choose Properties

b. Click on the Navigation tab, then under the Start screen section, check the box next to "When I sign
in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start."

For first time installation of the Sigma software proceed as follows:

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 1) Check the version of the operating system. The software has been tested on Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, 32 bit
as well as 64 bit.
This manual uses names applicable for the 32 bit version of Windows 7.

2) Windows 7 systems only: Install the .NET 4.5 framework:

Run “dotNetFx45_Full_x86_x64.exe” (in the “Microsoft” subdirectory)
This file may also be downloaded from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5a4x27ek.aspx
(Not needed for Windows 8.1/10 systems)

3) Windows 7: Install anti malware software (if required):

Installers for Microsoft Security Essentials have been placed in the Microsoft directory
(mseinstall_32bit.exe and mseinstall_64bit.exe)
(Windows 8.1/10 come with security essentials installed by default)

4) Install SQL server 2012:

Concerning the download of SQL Server 2012 Express with the complete SQL Server Management Studio,
please use the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43351

Select the language (English) and click the Download button.

A new screen is opened. Scroll down until you see files with the name SQLEXPRADV_x64 and
SQLEXPRADV_x86. If a 64 bit windows version is used, download SQLEXPRADV_x64, otherwise download
SQLEXPRADV_x86.

This version is also fully up to date with the latest service pack.

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 Select the correct file for your Windows version and click Next.

a. Run “SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe” (“SQLEXPRADV_x86_ENU.exe” on 32-bit systems)

b. Note that this SQL server installer installs a limited version of Visual Studio 2010. That application is
perfectly suited for editing xml files

5) Windows 8.1, 64-bit: Temporarily allow the PC to install unsigned drivers.

a. Select Settings (right bar)/Change PC Settings (at bottom)

Windows 8:
b. select General/Advanced Startup/Restart Now
c. Select Troubleshoot/Advanced Options/Startup Settings on the subsequent screen
d. press the Restart button.
e. As your PC is starting up be pressing F8 to get to the menu where you can choose to disable driver
signature enforcement (possibly under another function key when a local language is used)

Windows 8.1:
b. select Update & recovery
c. select Recovery
d. click the ‘Restart now’ button in the ‘Advanced startup’ section
e. Once the computer has rebooted you will need to choose the Troubleshoot option
f. Then press Advanced options
g. Next click Startup Settings
h. Since we are modifying boot time configuration settings, you will need to restart the computer
again. Press the Restart button
i. After startup, the computer now shows a list of startup options. F7 for ‘Disable driver signature
enforcement’.
j. The PC will reboot again and now you can install unsigned drivers

6) To support the Visiosens camera, from Sigma\Visiosens\VFU_SDK_v1.1:

a. Install VFUDriverx64_v2_1_0.msi (64 bit systems) or VFUDriverx32_v2_1_0.msi (32 bit
systems) in the same directory

b. Windows 8 may be a bit more difficult than Windows 7 and may pop up with the following screen:

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 c. Select ‘More info’ (Windows 8 only)

d. Select ‘Run anyway’ (Windows 8 only)

e. Plug in the camera
f. Copy ‘Visiosens demo application ‘ to for example the root and create a shortcut to
VFUWpfDemoApp.exe on the desktop
(This application is used to verify the working of the Visiosens camera’s with the original software
supplied by the customer)
g. Run the vEye test application (supplied by the manufacturer of the camera) by double clicking the
icon installed on the desktop
h. Select XYZTEC
i. Select ‘stream’
j. You should now see a life image

7) For supporting the image recognition algorithms:

Run “w_ccompxe_redist_ia32_2011.1.127.msi” in “Intel”
This are the so called (Intel) Threading Building Blocks (TBB) and (Intel Performance Primitives (IPP) libraries,
which are used by to find an image’s focus and will probably be used for image recognition later.
(‘ia32’ refers to a 32 bit version of these libraries. Since the PC software for controlling the Sigma runs in 32 bit mode, even on 64-bit
machine, this is the version of the library that should be installed.)

8) To install the XYZTEC software:

a. Run the installer by double clicking it

9) Install Microsoft redistibutables (vc_redist_x86.exe) from Resources\Install|Microsoft in the

installation directory of the Sigma software
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 10) Install the device driver to communicate with the tweezers
a. Execute xyztec_usb.exe (as administrator) from the installation DVD’s
‘Software\software\Port IO’ directory.
This will install the driver in ‘C:\Program Files\XYZTEC\USB Driver’ (or ‘C:\Program
Files (x86)\XYZTEC\USB Driver’ on 64 bit systems)

b. Attach a tweezer to the PC

c. Open device manager
d. Select ‘update driver’ from ‘XYZTEC Micro tweezer’
e. Browse to the above mentioned location

11) Install the device driver to communicate with the Sigma:

a. Disconnect the usb cable that connects the Sigma

b. Run the package that contains the device driver (xyztec_usb_sigma.exe) (as administrator) from
the installation DVD’s ‘Software\software\Port IO’ directory.
This will unpack the device driver, by default to “C:\Program Files\XYZTEC\USB driver
Sigma” (or “C:\Program Files (x86)\XYZTEC\USB Driver” on 64 bit systems).
It will also attempt to install the driver, but that will fail on Windows 7 systems and up. Ignore the
message “the file ‘usbser.sys’ on the windows CD is needed”. Windows will find that file later in the
installation process.
c. Attach the Sigma to the PC with a Usb cable
d. Open device manager
e. Select ‘update driver’ for each ‘XYZTEC Sigma’ device, still listed under unknown devices.
f. Browse to the location of xyztec_sigma.inf
g. Select it. Note that it make take a while on Windows 8 systems:

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 h. Do this twice (the PC and the Sigma communicate over 2 virtual COM ports)

Note that no device driver will actually be installed. The .inf file merely hooks up the existing Microsoft
supplied device driver (usbser.sys) to the Sigma.

i. Assign the correct COM ports to the drivers

Windows will have assigned COM ports to the drivers. Check these using the device manager:

Though the Sigma software may be configured to talk over every COM port (by editing
CondorSigma.exe.config) it is best to configure all systems alike, using COM5 and COM6), so that
when updating the software by xcopying new files (including the configuration file) the system does
not need to be reconfigured.
The COMport assignment may be changed by changing its properties (click with right mouse button),
select the Port Settings tab:

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 Next press the ‘Advanced’ button:

And select the COM5 for the first entry, COM 6 for the second entry.
j. Reboot after having changed the COM port assignment (or unplug the cable, wait a few seconds and
plug it in again)
k. Start the Sigma software and select the error messages being displayed when pressing the Info

button:
If the two COM ports are interchanged, the software should detect that and display an appropriate
error message:

If the COM ports are interchanged, also error messages about ‘Command not implemented by this
version of the Sigma’ will appear (or a timeout on retrieving the build time).
Correct this by swapping the COM ports, using the ‘Advanced’ button on the properties of the COM
port (see above).
Restart windows.

12) Run windows updates a couple of times, until no more updates are available. Restart as required.
This best done after all packages that may be affected by windows updates have been installed (SQL Server,
.NET framework, device drivers)

13) Install the SPC Database

• Start the Sigma software by right clicking on the icon and selecting Run as Administrator from the popup
menu. Database creation is not possible without full administrative access.

• The tab marked ‘General software settings’ should display options to create, populate
and/or populate a database depending on the current situation. The location of the database may be
selected. First create the database. The software will wait 10 seconds and close. Restart the software
and then populate the database.

14) Switch on the sigma

a. After initialization, view the log file and look for exceptions
b. View the ‘info screen’, ‘messages’ tab and look for (resolvable) errors

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 15) Assign methods to each sensor in the RMU

16) Install the manuals (currently manuals52.exe on the DVD Software\XYZTEC\Software\v52 directory)
After that, copy the ‘user training’ files manually, as follows:

a. Copy the contents of “\\xyz-server01\Office\Marketing & Sales & Service\Training\Condor

Sigma (service)\for external use\sigma\user training” to the installation directory of the
manuals.
(“C:\Program Files (x86)\XYZTEC\Manuals Sigma\User Training” or “C:\Program
Files\XYZTEC\Manuals Sigma\User Training”)
b. Create a shortcut to “C:\Program Files (x86)\XYZTEC\Manuals Sigma\User
Training\index.html” on the desktop and rename the shortcut to ‘Sigma User Training’
c. Verify that the clicking this shortcuts starts displaying the associated animation (Adobe flash file) and
install the Adobe Flash Player if required
d. Install the standalone Adobe Flash Player (download from Adobe, the June 2014 download location
was: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/13/flashplayer_13_sa.exe)
e. This is not an installer, but the complete player.
Unblock the application (By accessing its properties using Windows Explorer).
Place this file in C:\Bin
f. Associate the .swf extension with flashplayer_13_sa.exe
g. Place a shortcut to the .swf file on the desktop

17) Windows 7: Install a PDF viewer

18) Windows 8: Make sure a tile referring to xyz_sigma.exe is visible
19) Cleanup the desktop (You may want to remove shortcuts to the VFU demo application and/or Dell backup
application)
20) Pre-Install language packs for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German
21) Place a shortcut to shutdown.exe on the desktop (see appendix)
22) New per November 2014: Install TeamViewer
23) When satisfied, store the image for later use on other PC’s with exactly the same hardware

Upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1

1) Reinstall the device drivers for the Sigma and the tweezer. See the sections titled “Windows 8/8.1, 64-bit:
Temporarily allow the PC to install unsigned drivers” and follow the track for Windows 8.1.
2) Follow instructions from “Install the device driver to communicate with the tweezers”
3) Follow instructions from “Install the device driver to communicate with the Sigma” (make sure COM5 and
COM6 are assigned rightly)
4) Download and reinstall all the language packs required
a. Start Control Panel
b. Select “Add a language” from the “Clock, Language, and Region” section
c. Press add a language
d. Select the language (there seems to be no language pack for “Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)”.
Therefore we usually select “Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR)” for the Taiwanese market.

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Finish the installation

1) Map the cameras to their respective stage positions

2) Map the tweezer to its sensor
3) Set the camera’s white balance right, disable auto brightness, decrease the integration time so that the
frame rate increases > 20 [fps], increase the gain

Warning:

The newer PC’s have USB 2 and USB 3 ports. The Sigma can only be controlled from one of the USB 2 ports!

Simulator

Optionally setup the simulator (for demonstrations)

1) Switch-off the Sigma (so no settings will be overwritten accidentally)

2) Place a shortcut to CondorSigmaSimulator.exe on taskbar
3) Run the Simulator
4) Click ‘simulate attached’
5) Restart the simulator
6) Mark all 6 sensors ‘available’
7) Start xyz_sigma.exe
8) From the service screen (xyztec user) , select manually control Sigma, expand ‘test commands’, Initialize
simulator. This will configure the (virtual) sensors
9) Resolve all errors in the info screen (such as referencing the x,y,z –axes.

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Granting database access rights to new Windows users

This part describes how to give database access rights for new users. By default SQL Server will automatically grant
database rights to the Windows user that was active when the SQL Server software was installed and the database
created. By default we have setup our system to use the Windows user login as authorization. This has the
consequence that new Windows users do not automatically have sufficient access rights to work with the
SPCDatabase. It is important to set the access rights while being logged in as the XYZTEC Windows user. Before
performing the procedure below first create the required Windows users. Then logoff from Windows. Login under
Windows as xyztec user with empty password. By default this user account is available on all PC’s delivered from
XYZTEC. If it is not available use the administrator account. Start up the SQL Server Management Studio. The login
screen below will open.

By default under Windows authentication the current user login will be displayed. Click Connect.

Open Security and then Logins. Right click on New Login. We are going to add the new Windows user(s) as login.
The Login – New Window is now shown. Click the Search button.

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In the select User or Group dialog under Enter the object name to select just type the new user name or part of the
name and click Check Names. SQL Server will automatically check for the specific user and may also add the network
domain name if this is required. If this is the user that needs to be configured click OK. The Login name will now be
filled with the selected users name.

Now click on Server Roles and enable the sysadmin to make this Windows user database administrator. By default
the public option only is checked.

Next click on User Mapping. Here the user can be enabled for the SPCDatabase. Check the available databases list
and check the SPCDatabase.

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After setting the user, the server roles and user mapping click OK to confirm these settings. If there are multiple
users for this computer it may be necessary to add each user as a login and set the server roles and user mapping for
them.

Close the SQL Server Manager. Then log off from Windows and log in again as the new Windows user. You will now
be able to use the XYZTEC software with the SPC Database. Just start the Sigma software to check if it is possible to
access the database. Also verify any other Windows users that have been added.

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Update from 5.0

This part describes how to apply the software update for the Sigma

The following will be updated:

- Sigma PC software
- Head (RMU) firmware
- Sigma firmware
- Sigma database

Version 5.0 does not yet support automatic updates, so each of these needs to be updated manually.

1) Remove shortcut from Desktop (The installer usually replaces the shortcut, but not in the case the previous
software version had not been installed using the installer but had been xcopied to for example the d:\ drive
instead)

2) Run the installer. When asked for a password, enter ‘dwergspitsmuis’

3) Start PC software

4) Ignore questions about homing:

There is no need to home the stages when just updating the firmware

5) Verify version number (It is displayed in the Title bar of the PC application)

6) The PC software has now been updated. We will now update the database.

7) Login as XYZTEC user (password will be communicated to you by phone)

8) Since we will need to login as XYZTEC user multiple times, after each reboot, select ‘Start-up as XYZTEC user’
in the ‘General software Screen’:

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Now update the database

9) Select the ‘General software settings’ screen and press ‘update database’ button

The database has now been updated.

We will now update the firmware.

To minimize the number of times the machine should be switched off, let’s first update the Measurement Unit’s
(head) software:

10) Next select the service screen by pressing the tab

Next update the firmware of the measurement unit:

11) Select ‘Manually control measurement unit’ and expand the ‘Firmware’ section:

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 12) Press the ‘Update firmware’ button. Wait for the update procedure to complete.

13) Verify version number. It should be equal or higher as the version number in the above screen dump

The head software has now been upgraded.

Let’s now update the Sigma’s firmware.

14) Exit PC Application / Switch off the Sigma

15) Remove Head (firmware update is safer with the head removed)

16) Switch on Sigma / Start PC application

17) Like before, ignore questions about homing

18) From the service screen, press the tab named ‘Manually control tester’:

19) Expand the ‘Firmware’ section

20) Press the ‘Update Firmware’ button:

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 (Note that this button will only be enabled when the system has been started with the head really removed!)

21) Wait for step 1 of the Sigma update procedure to finish:

22) Press OK to exit PC application

23) Switch off Sigma

24) Wait a few seconds and power up the Sigma

25) Start the PC application

26) When updating from firmware version 5.0, the PC software will start step 2 of the update.
(The multi-step update is required because multiple images will be loaded:
(1) a bootloader
(2) a ‘fall back’ application that will always be capable of programming the firmware, even if a power failure occurred in the midst of
the process).
(3) the actual application
The first step loaded software capable of programming multiple locations. The second step places all these 3 images to the correct
position. Updates to future version will only require one step).
Wait until this step has finished
Since 3 images will be programmed, it is normal that you see similar pieces of progress information coming
by 3 times.

27) Press OK to allow the PC software to shut down

28) Switch off Sigma

The upgrade procedure has now been finished.

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We will now attach the head again and verify that the update has completed successfully

29) Attach the head

30) Power Up Sigma / Start PC application

31) If you plan the to use the machine, for testing after the update, allow it to home the stages

32) Select service screen

33) Select “Manually control tester”

34) Expand ‘Firmware’ section

35) Verify that the (Sigma firmware) version is 5.1.4808 or newer:

36) Press ‘Update validity status’, and verify all three leds become green, like in the screen above

37) Deselect the ‘Start-up as XYZTEC user’ in the ‘general software settings’ screen:

38) Re do a calibration run for the heads rotation for each RMU you have. Press “Start calibration run” from the
screen below.

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 39) Store the result (configuration measurement unit)

40) The machine is now ready for operation

41) To take advantage of the new calibration methods you may want to recreate the database

Update from versions before 5.0

Updates from versions before 5.0 should be executed under guidance of an XYZTEC software engineer.
Since the firmware does not have the infrastructure to fallback on when something goes wrong while updating the
firmware we should carefully execute the following steps:

- Set ‘Factory Mode’ to true

- Install the ‘service app’ in bootloader location
- Power cycle the Sigma
- Install the ‘service app’ in ‘service app’ location
- Install the ‘bootloader app’ in ‘bootloader’ location
From now on firmware updates are fail safe.
- Install the most current DSP firmware in ‘application location’
- Set ‘Factory Mode’ back to false

Beware that the sensors used by older firmware versions have filter parameters coded in there configuration.
For newer firmware versions the available room was not sufficient, so the sensors only contain a reference to a file
that contains the filter parameters.
This will have to be set right manually.

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To update the tweezer firmware
Note that from version 5.3 the Sigma PC software supports automatic update of the tweezer software.
Whenever the system detects that a peripheral should be updated, a message appears in the list of ‘resolvable
errors. A user with ‘super visor’ privileges will be able to initiate an update by pressing a button marked ‘resolve’.

When dealing with older software versions use the stand alone application named xyz_flash.exe.
(This application is also used to update the IMU (Impact Measurement Unit) and the ‘usb to digital io converter’. The latter 2 devices are only
used with the classic Condor.)

Since only one application at the time should communicate with the tweezer, please close the Condor Sigma or
Condor PC applications.

Now start xyz_flash.exe.

If the tweezer is connected to the PC you will see something like the following:

It displays the tweezer as ‘TW2’ with serial number and current version of the firmware (20). The application can
update the firmware to version 21. Select the green line and click the right mouse button. From the context sensitive
menu, select the upper most menu item, ‘update firmware’.

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The application has a section ‘Messages’ that displays some progress information:

To verify that the upgrade procedure has finished correctly, press the ‘Reset bootloader button’ as indicated in the
Messages section.
The application will now show that the firmware has been updated to version 21:

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To update the head (RMU) firmware with explicit selection of the image:
(This only applies when updating the head with version 5.0 of the PC software. This will hardly ever be the case)

1) Update the head (RMU) firmware, by selecting the ‘manually control measurement unit’ tab of the

service screen

2) Click the Configuration expander to expand it and press the ‘Start bootloader’
button
3) Select the file with the (weird) name ‘Head PIC32 – App Area.hex’ from the application’s Resource directory:

(Note that the screen dump will not reflect the right directory names)

4) Now press the ‘Erase-Program-Verify-Run’ button

5) The system is now updated

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To manually update the database with SQL Server Management Studio:
1) To upgrade the database first close the PC software
2) Next start ‘SQL server Management Studio’ and press the ‘connect’ button:

3) Select File/Open to load the right update script from the Resources directory in the application installation
directory.
Load for example the files update_v007_v008.sql, update_v008_v009.sql and update_v008_v010.sql to
update from database version 7 to database version 10.
All steps from the current version to the latest versions should be applied

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 4) Next press the ‘Execute’ button in the menu:

5) Now start the PC software again. It should no longer advice to upgrade the database version

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Appendix: Put a shutdown button on the desktop
If you have a customer complaining about how difficult it is to shut down the system (and telling him to press the
‘on’ button is no option) here is a workaround:

Rightmouse click anywhere on the desktop

Select “New/shortcut”
In the location textbox below, type “%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00”

Press next and Enter “Shutdown” for the name of the shortcut:

Press Finish.
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Now right-mouse click the shortcut and select properties

Select “Change Icon”:

Select the following icon:

And you’ll get this on your desktop:

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Appendix: Connect a Keyence scanner

This document describes how to setup a Keyence SR-750 family barcode scanner for use with the Condor Sigma.
(This is supported from version number 5.3.5177)

Required hardware:
- Keyence SR-750 family scanner
- Keyence Ethernet cable (OP-87359/87360/87361)
(From PoE injector to scanner)
- Installer for Keyence ‘AutoID Network Navigator’
(AutoIDNetworkNavigator_MM_FV_Setup_320_1_kotei_HP.zip)
- Power over Ethernet Injector, 15.4W
(Examples:
1) Intellinet, see http://www.centralpoint.nl/poe-adapters-injectors/intellinet/524179-art-524179-num-
1345823/?ref=115&gclid=CMXqqqrA7rwCFQEXwwodMSgA5w)
2) TP-Link TL-POE 150S
- USB to Ethernet adapter and drivers (Many suppliers, a.o. Belkin, Eminent)
- CAT5 Ethernet cable
(from USB adapter to PoE injector)
(Length of 1 [m] suffices)

The PC communicates with the scanner over Ethernet.

The scanner will be powered over the Ethernet cable, using the ‘Power over Ethernet injector’.

To prevent problems with company networks, we usually equip the PC with a separate USB to Ethernet adapter that
operates in the address range expected by the scanner. The scanner’s default IP address = 192.168.100.100.

First connect the USB to Ethernet adapter and install its driver.
Next configure the USB Ethernet adapter like so:

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Now we can communicate with the scanner.
For example with the ‘AutoID Network Navigator’ software from Keyence.
Install this first:
- Unpack ‘AutoIDNetworkNavigator_MM_FV_Setup_320_1_kotei_HP.zip’ from the installation media
- Launch ‘setup\AutoId Launcher.exe’
- Select ‘Install AutoID Network Navigator’

When first running the ‘AutoID Network Navigator’ software you will be asked to unblock the firewall for it. Please
allow this to happen.

(The state of the firewall may be checked later:

In the example above the ‘AutoID Network Navigator’ appears twice. Possibly one appearance suffices.
To keep our system secure, we leave it like that and open the firewall for the ‘AutoID Network Navigator’ over public
networks)

Windows 7 distinguishes Home/Work networks and Public networks.

Windows cannot identify the network (‘due to a network issue or lack of identifiable characteristics’).

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This may be checked under Control Panel/Network and Internet/Network and Sharing Center:

(One may use the local group policy editor, gpedit.msc) to change the network type for unidentified networks
(Computer Configuration/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Network List Manager Policies), but we choose not to
do that).

Start the Keyence ‘AutoID Network Navigator’ software and verify that it can connect with the scanner (Keyence
uses the term Reader’). A green virtual LED will light up green:

Now we setup the scanner as a server, that it listens on port 9003 for commands from a host and will reply via port
9004:
1) Press Default Settings
2) Open ‘Communications 2’ tab
3) Set both the command port and the data Port 1 to ‘Ethernet’ (the default is RS232).
4) The waiting port for the command port interface should be set to 9003 (the defaults is 9004).

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 5) Press the ‘Connected Device Settings’ button under ‘Data Port 1’.
Since it should reply to any host that is requesting data, the IP address should be set to 0.0.0.0:

6) Now send the configuration to the scanner using the top-right button (with the tooltip ‘Send Configuration’).
After this the software will notice that the configuration has changed and will prompt you to save a copy of
the configuration on the PC’s hard disk. Give it an appropriate name, for example ‘Keyence configuration
for communication with XYZTEC Sigma.ptc’

Now we have prepared the scanner to communicate with the Sigma PC software.

Next we will configure the Sigma PC software to work with the Keyence scanner:
Start the Sigma PC software (xyz-sigma.exe).

The software should first be setup to support the Keyence scanner.

Do this by checking the ‘Keyence Sr750 family of barcode scanners’ checkbox under ‘application settings’
in the ‘General Software Settings’ tab (after logging is as XYZTEC user). See screen dump below:

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Now restart the application.

After restart the tester info tab has an entry for the Keyence scanner under XYZTEC Condor Sigma:

Right-mouse click the entry above and select ‘Control Manually’:

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Check the ‘Available’ checkbox
To test the functionality, point the scanner to a barcode, make it focus (switch laser ON and adjust the distance from
scanner to any barcode until the 2 laser points overlay each other). Press the ‘Scan’ button and look at the results in
the TextBox to the right of the ‘Scan Button’.

When you press ‘scan’ once it will communicate with the scanner and display its type, version and MAC address, as
well as a response (in the textbox next to the scan button, in the example below the string ‘http://g/co.maos/74mek’).

If a barcode cannot be detected, the response will be displayed as ‘OK, Cancel’.

When everything has been set up reliably, the Sigma software will be able to use the scanner as well.

For fine-tuning and aligning the scanner one usually uses the Keyence ‘AutoID navigator’ software.
Which comes with separate documentation (see AutoId\manual directory under ‘Keyence application’ in ‘program
files’).

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How to work around a system where the Sigma loses communication with a tweezer

We found that in some systems the PC frequently loses communication with the tweezer. In those cases the tweezer
is dropped from the USB bus. There is no way the software can recover from this.

We found that by decreasing the tweezers’ power requirements the communication becomes more reliable.

Unfortunately the procedure to do so is not very intuitive.

Also it only works with tweezer software 21 and newer.
Please proceed as follows:

(1) The communication with the tweezer is much more reliable when there is no communication with the Sigma
(both use the same USB bus). So shutdown the Sigma software first.
(2) Start the standalone tweezer software (xyz_tweezer.exe) in service mode. Do that by starting
xyz_tweezer.exe with the ‘-service’ option. Like so: xyz_tweezer.exe –service.
Some people prefer to do this using a command prompt. Else you can accomplish this by making a shortcut
to xyz_tweezer.exe and add the ‘–service’ option:

(3) When pressing this shortcut you will get the following screen:

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 (4) Next expand the ‘Power on values’ section:

(5) Please change the value ‘Voltage check’ from 715 to 650.
Also change ‘Max voltage value’ from 16 to 6
Background info for these value:

I [Aubert] observed that the USB tweezer lost its communication several times within the SPC screen. When the Condor Sigma
software was not active (when using the "xyz_tweezer.exe" application directly), the USB tweezer performed well. The
mainboard was patched.
Hence I suspect the SPC screen introduces heavy USB communication, which causes interference? Not sure, but as the customer
could not work with the USB tweezer this way, I finally decided to lower the internal power supply voltage from 5.4V to 5.0V (16
counts). For proper power up check, I also lowered the Voltage Check value from its default to 650 counts.

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This seemed to help, as I could not see any loss in communication anymore. As the customer will not use the USB tweezer in its
full specified range (expected only up to 10N closing force), I've left the machine with these settings.
However, I'm still not happy with the USB stability of the Sigma - not sure if the powered hub contributes in a positive/negative
way to this.

(6) Press the ‘store’ button to store these new values permanently:

(7) Close the application.

(8) Start the Sigma software.
(9) The communication should now be more reliable.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is required to network the Database files?

A: If a server is used with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1 or better, the database can be installed on this server. It is
also possible to copy the database file on the network. In case of copying the file to the network it is important to
setup the computer/Windows in such a way that the SQL Server Express software is started when the network drive
is available to avoid any connection problems.

Q: What spec of PC should be supplied?

A: In general we advise a dual core CPU of 2 GHz or better with 2-4 GB RAM or more. When the camera system is
also used we would advise a core i5 processor or better. In general we prefer Intel based PC’s. A 1 Gbit network
connection should be available. For the hard disk drive 100 GB or better is okay. To connect the LCD monitor XYZTEC
supplies a VGA or DVI connector should be available. We also need at least one free USB 2.0 connector to attach the
tester.

Q: What is the windows s/w - Windows 7, 32 or 64 bit?

A: The software runs on 32 bit as well as 64 bit. In case of 4GB or more RAM, 64 Bit is preferred

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