Importing MERLIC Recipes

To use MERLIC recipes in MERLIC RTE, the process integration mode of MERLIC, you have to import the recipes in the MERLIC Runtime Environment Setup (MERLIC RTE Setup). Only recipes that have been imported will be available in MERLIC RTE mode.

Therefore, it is mandatory to import the desired recipes before starting MERLIC RTE.

If you are using a camera device with GenICam compliant digital I/O channels and want to provide multiple recipe files for the process integration, you have to make sure that all referenced MERLIC Vision Apps acquire the images via the Image Source Manager (ISM) instead of the deprecated Acquire Image from Camera tool. Otherwise, MERLIC cannot be started in process integration mode.

Importing Recipes

  1. Open the MERLIC RTE Setup as described in Opening the MERLIC RTE Setup.
  2. Go to the " Recipes" tab.
  3. Click on " Import recipe" to open the file selection dialog. If you want to import and check one of the provided example recipes, you can use the "example recipes" link.

  4. Select one or multiple recipe files for the import and confirm your selection.
  5. The selected recipes are now imported and visible in the recipe management of the MERLIC RTE Setup. On the right, you can now see detailed information on the recipe and the referenced MVApp. For more information, see Checking the Contents of a Recipe.

All recipe files that have been imported in the "Recipes" tab must be valid. Otherwise, an error is returned while launching MERLIC RTE. A recipe file is valid if the referenced MVApp exists and the number of MVApp parameters is equal to the number of input values that are defined in the recipe file.

If you change a recipe that has already been imported, for example, because the list of MVApp parameters has been updated or the MVApp has been moved, you have to manually re-import the recipe again or restart the MERLIC RTE Setup to make sure that all recipes and all information on the referenced MVApps is loaded again in the "Recipes" tab.

Removing Recipes

If you have no need for a specific recipe anymore, you can remove it from the list in the MERLIC RTE Setup. You can re-import the recipe at any time.

  1. Select the recipe you want to remove.
  2. Click on " Remove" at the bottom right of the "Recipes" tab.

Alternatively, you can use the menu of the recipe.