MERLIC Runtime Environment Setup
The MERLIC Runtime Environment Setup (MERLIC RTE Setup) is a stand-alone application that provides a graphical user interface for the configuration of image sources for the Image Source Manager and for the configuration of various components for the process integration. It enables you to set up multiple image source configurations and to define a default configuration for the process integration. In addition, the MERLIC RTE Setup enables you to manage your MERLIC recipe files A MERLIC recipe file is a crucial part for the MERLIC process integration. It is a separate file (with file ending .mrcp) that defines which MERLIC Vision App is loaded for the process integration. It also defines how the MVApp is parametrized because it contains a set of pre-defined input values for selected tool parameters. You can create multiple recipe files with individual sets of input values for one and the same MVApp. This enables you to reuse an MVApp with different parameter settings for various scenarios of your application. You can also use a recipe file to load an MVApp for a completely different image processing task., to configure devices for which MERLIC provides a built-in plug-in, e.g., digital I/O devices, and to configure all types of MERLIC Communicator plug-ins. Each of these tasks can be performed in its own tab in the MERLIC RTE Setup. The configuration of image sources and MERLIC Communicator plug-ins on remote systems is also possible via the MERLIC RTE Setup.
You do not require a MERLIC license to use the MERLIC Runtime Environment Setup. This could be helpful, e.g., if you have already installed your process integration setup but need to reconfigure your image sources.
General Information
The User Interface of the MERLIC RTE Setup
Get more information about the graphical user interface of the different tabs in the MERLIC RTE Setup.
Get more information about the various ways to open the MERLIC RTE Setup. Learn how to choose the system on which you want to make any configuration changes and which configuration options are available on the different systems.
Configuration Options
The "Image Sources" tab allows you to set up image sources for the image acquisition via the Image Source Manager (ISM), for example, camera devices.
The "Communication" tab allows you to configure the Communicator plug-ins that are provided by MERLIC as well as custom Communicator plug-ins. Currently, the following standard plug-ins are available:
- MELSEC Communication
- MODICON®*
- MQTT
- OPC UA server
- REST
- save-results
- SIMATIC S7
The "Recipes" tab is required to make the recipe files available for the process integration. If you have created one or multiple recipes for your application, you have to provide the information about these recipe files to MERLIC by importing the recipe in the "Recipes". Otherwise, MERLIC cannot load the recipe files during the process integration.
The "I/O" tab allows you to configure the communication devices for which MERLIC provides built-in plug-ins:
- Hilscher PCI card of the cifX PC card family
- Digital I/O devices
- Camera devices with GenICam compliant Digital I/O channels
* Modicon® is a registered trademark of Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
