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Introduction • Software an d User Interface Components 1—12 PS288 Owner’s Manual Extensive online Help is available for T askLink by selecting the Help menu on the main screen and clicking Help T opics . Figur e 1-5—T as…

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In addition, customer-supplied Statistical Process Control software can be

installed on the Handler Computer. See “Statistical Process Control Software

(SPC)” on page 3-50 for more information.

The PS288 should never have other software added unless instructed to do

so by Data I/O Customer Support.

CAUTION: Adding software to the PS288 can cause damage

and/or cause it to operate improperly. Adding software without spe-

cific instruction from Data I/O Customer Support will void the war-

ranty and may incur service charges.

CAUTION: Windows system parameters and network parameters

should not be changed unless instructed to do so by Data I/O Cus-

tomer Support. Changing Windows or network system parameters

can cause failure and/or damage to these systems or cause

improper programming.

TaskLink Interface

Data I/O’s user interface is TaskLink

™

for Windows

. TaskLink uses a

Microsoft

Windows

-based system for Task creation and analysis and oper-

ates from the Handler Computer. TaskLink is used to create jobs to run on

the PS288. Figure 1-4 shows the TaskLink main screen.

Figure 1-4—TaskLink main screen

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Extensive online Help is available for TaskLink by selecting the Help menu

on the main screen and clicking Help Topics.

Figure 1-5—TaskLink online Help

AH500 Interface

Data I/O’s Automated Handler (AH500) software is a Microsoft

Win-

dows

-based system used to set up various PS288 system parameters such as

input/output configurations, labeling options, vision system, and PNP head

calibration. These parameters are contained in the WinAH400.ini file.

AH500 operates from the Handler Computer. Figure 1-6 shows a sample

AH500 user interface window.

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Figure 1-6—AH500 user interface example

Understanding the AH500 Gantry Window

The AH500 Gantry window displays important information about the work

envelope of the PS288.

Figure 1-7—Gantry window

The yellow position labels on the Gantry window represent locations in the

work envelope. Clicking a yellow position label (for example, Tr1) moves