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Camera alignment to workspace issues

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2023-06-09

I have S9 with Y axis expansion. Overhead I have securely fixed a 5MP light burn camera 120 degree viewing angle. The camera is physically aligned to the centre of the frame in a way that it can not move. I use sculpfun honeycomb which measures 400x800. The honeycomb position is fixed relative to the frame using a jig. The camera is aligned in portrait mode.

I have repeatedly calibrated the camera and alignment.

I can never get the whole workspace centred in the overlay view. There always appears to be an offset in the X direction. I can change it a bit in X by changing the machine X size in machine settings.

What is the best approach to this? Set X and Y to the physical size of the frame or actual workspace size by jogging to the extreme X and Y and reading the head position.

Many thanks in advance for advice.

Ps in the calibration when the software shows a raw image from the camera all 4 corners of the frame are in the FOV. I have limit switches installed

 

I have it working now. This Is what I did.

(1). Physically aligned bottom left corner of honeycomb to 0,0
(2). Measured exact X dimension (390mm). smaller because of the air assist nozzle takes some space
(3). Measured exact Y dimension (800)mm. Both case by careful jogging
(4). set dimensions in settings to 390 x 800
(5). double checked 390,800 goes to correct position
(6). reran camera alignment
(7). checked using position laser tool and test piece

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    • Terrelle

      2023-06-10
      Sounds good. A small remark: don’t rely too much on the camera alignment. Try to get used to standard alignment methods. Those are usually much faster and precise than the camera feature. If you are fine with your setup, don’t change anything. But having supported a huge amount of troubleshooting cases, I can say that most people have better results without using the camera.
      
      
      
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