AOI Program Creation Tool
Excel Macro
Prepared By:
Erick Sosa
November 2013
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Basic Information
Current Process:
- AOI (*.plx) programs created manually in in Excel
Proposal:
- Implementing an Excel Macro to automate the program creation for AOI
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Proposal Overview
Source Files Excel Macro Output
PT200
(*.txt) AOI
Program
MACRO (*.plx)
DGS
(*.csv)
Macro – How it works?
Running the Macro.
Open Excel and click the button as shown below to run the Macro.
Macro – How it works?
Select Source File.
Select a source file either PT200 from Panasonic CM Machines (file extension
is*.txt) or DGS from NPM Machines (file extension is *.csv)
Macro – How it works?
I. Creating an AOI Program based on PT200 source file CAD.
Select the option PT200 File as shown below and click Next to continue.
Macro – How it works?
Entering Fiducials Data.
Enter both fiducials coordinates as shown below and click Next to continue.
Macro – How it works?
Selecting CAD from PT200 as source file.
Select the source file (*.txt) as shown below and click Open to continue.
Macro – How it works?
II. Creating an AOI Program based on DGS source file CAD.
Select the option DGS File as shown below and click Next to continue.
Macro – How it works?
Entering Fiducials Data.
Enter both fiducials coordinates as shown below and click Next to continue.
Macro – How it works?
Selecting CAD from DGS as source file.
Select the source file (*.csv) as shown below and click Open to continue.
Macro – How it works?
AOI Program created.
For both options mentioned in previously, after running the Macro, Excel will
show a popup message as shown below.
AOI Programs.
In this example both files were saved in Desktop
Macro – How it works?
AOI Program (*.plx) example.
The program is generated with needed format to be used in AOI Machine.
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Thank You !
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