ZEBRA Aurora MV/FIS Configuration Utility User Manual

June 9, 2024
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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
Supported Devices Supported Device FW
FS40, VS40, FS70, VS70 CAAESS00-002-R06
FS10, FS20, VS20 CAAFFS00-002-R06

Release Notes
This document summarizes the following software release:

Software Version Number Release Date
V5.0.13000 February 2023

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

SW Component Version
InstallShield 5.0.13000
Aurora™ 5.0.13
BSP (xS40/70) CAAESS00-002-R06
BSP (FS10/xS20) CAAFFS00-002-R06
Aurora™ HMI 2.1.00

The components are installed in the following folders:

Component Location
Application Program Files\Zebra Technologies\Aurora
Job/Configuration Files Users\Public\Documents\ZebraAurora\xSx0\Jobs
Saved Images Users\Public\Documents\ZebraAurora\Captures\xSxxxxxx  Camera

Minimum PC Requirements

Component Location
CPU Intel or AMD 64-bit processor
Random Access Memory Files 4 GB
GPU GTX 1030, Intel UHD 620 or equivalent
Graphics Memory 2GB
Disk Space 4GB free disk space
Monitor Resolution 1280 x 800
Operating System Windows 10
Internet Connection Required for software activation

Installation

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

  • Start / All Programs / Zebra Scanner / Zebra Aurora

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