Set Up Step Parameters

Select a target step in the project programming workspace, and then click the Step Parameters tab in the lower-right corner of the screen. Here, you can view and set up its parameters.

Context

There are two types of parameters:

  • Execution Flags: Decide the step’s execution behavior when a project/step runs.

  • Step-Specific Parameters: Parameters that are specific to the step.

    See also

    For information about a step’s parameters and how to configure them, go to the Step Reference, which links to each step’s documentation.

Modify Step Name

All steps support modifying the step name.

After you select a step, you can modify the name in the “Step Name” text box.

Set Up Execution Flags

All steps support setting up execution flags. Adjusting these flags affects the step’s execution results, and therefore changes the entire project’s execution results.

The supported execution flags are as follows:

Visualize Outputs

The Visualize Outputs flag decides whether to view the step’s visual output results.

Enable the Debug Output switch img in the project programming workspace, then check Visualize Outputs in the Step Parameters tab. When the step runs, you can view the step’s visual output in the Debug output pane in the upper-right corner.

Attention

The status of the Visualize Outputs flag is synchronized with the status of the eye icon in the upper right corner of the step block.

  • When the flag is checked, the eye icon displays as Open img.

  • When the flag is unchecked, the eye icon displays as Closed img.

Continue Given No Output

When a step in the project has no output, the Continue Given No Output flag decides whether to continue running the project.

After you check this flag, when a step has no output, the project continues to run.

Reload Required Files

The Reload Files flag decides whether to reload related files each time the project runs.

  • If the flag is checked, when a loaded file is updated (with the same file name), the updated file content is reflected in the step’s execution results.

  • If the flag is unchecked, when a loaded file is updated (with the same file name), the updated file content is NOT reflected in the step’s execution results.

If the path of a loaded file changes, the project prompts a file path error when it runs.

Note

For the “Image Acquisition” step, checking Reload Files doesn’t reload the camera calibration parameter group.

Trigger Control Flow Given No Output

After you check this flag, when the current step has NO output, it triggers the connected control flow.

Trigger Control Flow Given Output

After you check this flag, when the current step has output, it triggers the connected control flow.

Notify Procedure Finished When No Output

When you check this flag, when the current step has NO output, it notifies the project that the output is empty and ends the project run.

Set Up Step-Specific Parameters

When you select a step, you can view and set up its step-specific parameters.

See also

For information about a step’s parameters and how to configure them, go to the Step Reference, which links to each step’s documentation.