MERLIC Recipe Files
A MERLIC recipe represents a file which references a specific MERLIC Vision App (MVApp) with a specific MVApp configuration. In MERLIC RTE MERLIC RTE (Runtime Environment) is the name of the application that is used to start MERLIC in process integration mode. It can be started either via the Windows start menu or via the command line with the executable "merlic_rte.exe"., the process integration MERLIC can be used in machine vision systems that are integrated in a manufacturing machine. The machine controller, e.g., a programmable logic controller (PLC), must be able to control an integrated vision system, to monitor the execution, and to query the results. Therefore, MERLIC provides a process integration mode to enable the communication with a machine controller. The process integration mode can be started with the application "MERLIC RTE" that is provided with the MERLIC installation. mode of MERLIC, recipes are used to load the referenced MVApp with the configuration as specified in the recipe.
A MERLIC recipe contains the following information about a specific MVApp:
- Name and location of the MVApp
- Pre-defined set of input values and data types for selected tool parameters of the MVApp (MVApp parameters)
- Optional description of the recipe file
- Optional reference of the acquisition sequence to be activated
In most use cases, it might not be required to create a MERLIC recipe. You may simply import the MVApp itself to the recipe management for MERLIC RTE. The MVApp can then be used in MERLIC RTE like a recipe. For more information, see Importing MVApps and Recipes for MERLIC RTE.
MERLIC recipes are only required for the following use cases:
Multiple pre-defined MVApp parameterization
You want to set up different sets of pre-defined input values for an MVApp, that is, different MVApp parameterization. For each MVApp parameterization, a recipe file needs to be created with the desired parameter values and the respective data type. In MERLIC RTE mode, you can change between the different parameterizations for the MVApp by loading the respective MERLIC recipes. This enables you to reuse an MVApp with different parameter settings and different image acquisition settings for various scenarios of your application.
Pre-defined acquisition sequence
You want to set up the use of a specific acquisition sequence, which might not be set as default acquisition sequence, when loading the MVApp in MERLIC RTE. When creating a recipe for the MVApp, you can choose a specific acquisition sequence for the recipe. When loading the recipe in MERLIC RTE mode, the referenced MVApp will be loaded and the selected acquisition sequence is automatically activated and used for the image acquisition.
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