ZEBRA Aurora MV/FIS Configuration Utility User Manual

ZEBRA Aurora MV/FIS Configuration Utility

Description

Product Description
Zebra Aurora™ is a host-side application which allows for the configuration Zebra FS10, xS20, xS40 and xS70 devices.

Device Compatibility

Zebra Aurora™ can be used to program Zebra MV/FIS devices through these programming modes:

• USB connected cable
• M12 Ethernet

Release Notes
This document summarizes the following software release:

V5.0.13000
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 2023

• Technology Previews
  • Aurora and HMI Language Support – Simplified Chinese, Korean, German, French and Spanish
  • Expanded ZETI Interface Commands
• Tools
  • Deep Learning Based OCR for Fixed Industrial Scanners
  • Fully Released – Activated via Licenses
• Performance
  • Improvements to deployed job run consistency including Barcode tool timeout, decoding, and trigger timing consistency.
  • Level Trigger Enhancements
  • Triggered Image Buffering
• UX Improvements
  • Backup/Restore/Firmware Upgrade in Aurora
• Device Configuration 1D Parameter Barcode Setup

Known Issues

• Rarely, a barcode tool can sometimes fail on certain images if it follows a machine vision tool.
  • Resolution: Move barcode decode tool to run before the machine vision tool.
• When viewing a circle tool that failed in the HMI, it will sometimes cause the HMI to not refresh and will display a blank page.
  • Resolution: Use Aurora to inspect the details of a failing circle tool.
• When a user needs to change a device USB IP address, they must first disable the DHCP server option and then re-enable it again afterwards.
• When executing the ZETI command ‘Trigger with result’, after using the ‘Deploy Job’, the trigger command can sometimes fail.
  • Resolution: Add a 2 second delay or more after the ‘Deploy Job’ command.
• When using ZETI, any command that has a job slot option, the job slot must be specified for this release.
• The ZETI command line ‘help’ command is not complete. Please refer to ZETI documentation for comprehensive overview of the command set
• When in Edit mode in Aurora, setting the GPIO Hardware Trigger falling edge can cause the trigger to use the rising edge instead.
  • Resolution: Set the edge back to rising and then back to falling in the drop-down menu.
• If a device is added to Aurora by IP address, the Aurora Firmware Dual Update will not complete the Dual Update.
  • Resolution: Use HMI if Dual Update is required.
• Flaw detection tools have to click ‘Undo’ twice to perform the undo operation.
• When using Aurora for viewing a running barcode job, sometimes decode summary will fail to get updated.
  • Resolution: Close the job being viewed and reopen the job again in view mode.
• Device will sometimes not be discoverable in Aurora when starting firmware update in HMI. Device will re-appear once the firmware update completes and reboots
• After updating the firmware, some jobs will not be able to be changed using the HMI.
  • Resolution: Run “User Settings” reset in HMI (must be admin)
• Rarely, the HMI may not appear through the display port unless the device is rebooted.
• Autotune will sometimes fail at a range of ~200mm on 2D barcodes only, if illumination is off
  • Resolution: Ensure adequate light is available, either with continuous light or enabling the LED lights on the device.
• When generating a backup, if done after setting the time zone, the backup may fail.
  • Resolution: Reboot device after time zone change if planning to backup.
• When setting the TCP Heartbeat string in Aurora, nonstandard ASCI characters may cause the heartbeat to not be sent.
  • Resolution: Ensure any heartbeat string the user defines uses standard ASCII characters only
• When reordering tools in Aurora that have dependencies on other tools, the reordered tool may not be able to be edited.
  • Resolution: Remove and re-add the tool back to the workflow.
• Certain special characters in a job name cause the job results image folder to not allow download from the device.
  • Resolution: Use only standard characters for job names
• In some cases, using large number of image banks cause slight delays in processing.
• After upgrading the device firmware, USB options may be grayed out.
  • Resolution: Perform User Setting Reset from HMI and update device settings after.
• Firmware update will fail if memory consumption is already high.
  • Resolution: Reboot the device and upgrade
• Uninstalling the InstallShield does not always remove all registry entries.
  • Resolution: regedit and manually delete Aurora folder under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Zebra

Release Notes (Previous Releases)

V4.0.22000
RELEASE DATE : DECEMBER 2022

• Added Measure Object Tool
• Added Flaw Detection Edge and Intensity Tools
• Added Object Locate Counting
• Added Image Filters: Gradient, Gradient Horizontal, Vertical and Full
• MV Output Formatting on Supported Interfaces (Global or Interface Specific)
• Added Find and Replace to Barcode Decode Tool
• Improved 1D/2D Barcode Decode Performance
• Setting Barcode Match String via TCP or Serial input
• Added Image Download Capability via HMI
• Enhanced Session Based Triggering for Level, Continuous and Presentation Triggers w/Exit Criteria/Aggregation
• Technology Preview: Device Backup/Restore Functionality
• Performance and Stability Enhancements

V3.1.40000
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 2022

• Added Reset on Trigger for Do Note Read Same Barcode
• Spanish HID Keyboard support
• Performance and Stability Enhancements

V3.0.10000
RELEASE DATE: JUNE 2022

• Added Edge Counting
• Added Deep-Learning Based OCR Tool (in Beta)
• Added Circle Find Tool
• Added Circle Diameter Measurement Tool
• Added a Circle ROI Type
• Added Open and Close Filters
• Added Erode Filter
• Added RS-232 Input Trigger
• Additional 2D Barcode Performance Improvements
• Added ADF to include Pass/Fail Data Types
• Added ADF to include Barcode Quality Metrics Data
• Performance and Stability Enhancements

V2.0.8000
RELEASE DATE: APRIL 2022

• Performance and Stability Enhancements

V2.0.7000
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 2022

• Performance and Stability Enhancements
• 1D Barcode Quality Metrics
• Added Object Locate Plus
• Added Blob Tools
• Added Binarize Filter/Tool
• Added Dilate Filter/Tool
• ImagePerfect(+) fixes & improvements
• Added Scale Calibration for Distance tool
• Added Advanced Pass/Fail Configuration (AND/OR logic for Job results)
• HID Keyboard Expansion – added French and German KB
• Added support for Codabar symbology
• Added Encoding type (Text/Base64) for ADF Full String data type and added option to show non-printable characters as hex values
• For xS10/20, added external illumination support
• Added “File Path” option when using (S)FTP to Save images
• Added Ability to Open a Local Job (created with emulator) On a Real Connected Camera

V1.200.2001
RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 2021

• • Performance and Stability Enhancements
• Support for 5MP xS40 and xS70 models
• ImagePerfect(+) for FS models
• Option to output Barcode Location Co-ordinates
• Option to not read last n number of barcodes
• Device can be a TCP/IP Client
• Configurable RS-232 settings
• Ability to configure GPIO Trigger delay
• Support for Fast Hardware Trigger (2.3 MP models only)
• Ability to set GPIOs to static high or low
• Added Job controls to clone, rename and delete jobs
• Support for Conditional Regular expressions for Barcode String Match
• Barcode String Match Regular expression support for ManyCode
• Backwards compatibility of Job files
• Decode and MV statistics in Aurora and HMI stored and queried from device

V1.148.0001
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 2021

• Performance Enhancements
• Stability Improvements
• Implementation of licensing error messages in Web HMI
• Fixed issue of Job pausing on refresh of Web HMI
• Fixed issue of crash when clicking on “Communications” tab
• Fixed inability to “View” active Jobs from Job menu when Job utilizes a trigger that is automatic in nature.
• Fixed issue of slow decode rate when “Fast 1D/2D” license is enabled
• Added Configurable TCP/IP – results port and trigger string can be configured
• Support for GPIO > Hardware trigger (normal speed)
• Allow setting a job as Startup / Power up job
• Emulators now have license level
• Supports a total of 21 emulators
• ZJOB backwards compatibility and auto conversion of old job files (Windows only)
• Seamless (live) tool changes when Upgrade licenses are applied

V1.134.0001 – Initial Product Release
RELEASE DATE: JULY 2021

• Bug Fixes
• Stability Improvements

Components

The components are installed in the following folders:

Minimum PC Requirements

Installation

Aurora™ can be launched from the Windows 10 Start button.

• Start / All Programs / Zebra Scanner / Zebra Aurora

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