# Title Bar

Title bar shows the program's online/offline status, current time and selected recipe, monitors hardware and system status, and provides some frequently used functions such as image play back, user change, language change, etc.

## Auto On

Auto on/off button shows whether program is online or offline. If it is online, the button will be green, otherwise red. Click the button can switch between online and offline status.

- Online

  Online status is used for production. When it's online, the program will be on standby waiting for commands from external devices. Every time when commands are received, the program will process vision tasks and feedback the results automatically if the requested tasks are not busy.

  The program will automatically change to online mode when "" is chosen in work mode panel.

- Offline

  Offline status is used for machine setup and program testing. When it's offline, user can set up cameras, run calibrations, test feature finders or verify other functions.

  The program will automatically change to offline status when "" or "" is chosen in work mode panel.

## Status Monitor

### Current Date/Time

A clock shows current system date and time.

### Current Recipe

Shows current product recipe name. A product recipe contains acquisition information, calibration data and alignment data. The first created recipe name is "Default Product Recipe", you can add your own recipes with more meaningful names. For more information about recipe, please refer to Product Recipe.

### System Status Monitor

System status monitor shows status of the computer on which AlignPlus program is running including CPU utilization, memory usage and disc capacity. When they are under safe values, the status bars will be green, otherwise will be orange or red depending on degrees above/below safe values.

### PLC Status

Shows whether the PLC (Programmable logic controller) which controls the machine is connected to AlignPlus program. Green shows it is well connected and ready to communicate. Gray indicates it is not connected, in this case you need to first check hardware connection, then go to Communication to check whether PLC's IP address and port number are configured correctly or not.

### Camera Status

Camera status monitors whether all physical cameras are connected to AlignPlus program. Each camera icon stands for one camera device set in the configuration wizard. When mouse-hovering over an icon, there will be a tip showing its camera name, and the camera's IP address or serial number if it's connected.

When the icon is green, it means that camera is connected, otherwise disconnected. After the camera is reconnected, the program will automatically put it online and turn the corresponding camera icon into green.

### Alarm Acknowledge

When an alarm event is raised, the title bar will flash between red and gray to remind user to check on alarm. After the alarm is checked, one can click "" icon to clear the alarm so that title bar will stop flashing. For more information about alarm, please refer to Alarms and Status.

## Image Play Back

Image playback function reruns saved raw images as if they were triggered though commands. To play back images, you need to first save some raw images using Image Saving function.

Image play back is only available in manual and setup mode. Click "" to open the play back dialog and follow the steps below:

1. Choose the directory where the raw images are saved.
2. Use filter to specify the alignment system, the station, the part disposition (OK/NG/Both), and time based filters. Once filters are applied, all qualified images will be list out in the table below. Click ResetFilter if you want to revert to default filters.
3. Select the images you want to play back, using Ctrl + or Shift + if there are more than one items to select or Ctrl + A to choose all. The Selected Range will display the indexes of selected images.
4. Click Play Selected, then the image play back will run through all those images from top to down, output each result and display every graphics at the same time.
5. Increase Pause time if you want to monitor each result and its images and graphics in a slower speed.

## Help

Displays all available help files.

## Language Change

Click "" icon to choose the language you want.

AlignPlus supports three languages: English, Chinese and Korean.

## User Change

Click "" icon, and choose user from the three options: Administrator, Engineer or Operator. The default is Operator.

Administrator has full access to all the functions in program. Engineer shares the same access of administrator except setting up feature finders. Operator can monitor program on auto mode, play back images and monitor displays, alarms, and logs in setup mode.

## Exit

Click "" icon to exit current program. The program will double confirm whether you want to exit. If there is any unsaved recipe, the program will pop up another dialog prompting recipe saving choices. Click "Save" if you want to save, or "Exit Without Saving" if you want to discard the changes.