DataMan 6.1.6 SR1 Release Notes

The primary goal of the DataMan 6.1.6 SR1 release is to further refine and supplement the functionality of the DataMan 6.1.6 major release.

Changes for DataMan 6.1.6 SR1

• 6.1.6 consolidation release to enable new DataMan 370 Series for Logistics applications

• Auto-focus capability using HPIT illumination

• Enhanced software stability and bug-fixes

System Requirements

The PC you use to install DataMan software must meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. At least 2 GB free disk space is required for the installation to succeed.

Supported Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows 7® Service Pack 1, 32-bit and 64-bit editions

• Microsoft Windows 10® 32-bit and 64-bit editions

Installation

Perform the following steps to install the DataMan software on the PC you will use to configure the settings for each DataMan reader:

1. Download the DataMan Setup Tool from www.cognex.com/support/dataman and follow the on-screen steps.

   If the installation utility does not start automatically, double-click on the file setup.exe in the installation folder.

2. Connect your DataMan reader to your PC as described in the Quick Reference Guide for your reader.

3. Choose Start->Cognex->v6.1.6_sr1 Setup Tool to launch the Setup Tool.

4. Click Refresh to have Setup Tool auto-detect the DataMan readers connected to communication ports on your PC.

Any DataMan reader available over your network will appear under the Network devices list.

5. Select a COM port listing or Network device listing corresponding to your DataMan reader and click Connect.

For the most up-to-date information, consult the English-language documentation. The translated documents supplied with this release may not include recent updates.

Updating the Reader Firmware

Regardless of which type of DataMan reader you are using, you must perform the following steps to update the firmware on your reader if you are migrating to DataMan 6.1.6 from a previous release:

1. Launch the DataMan Setup Tool and connect to your DataMan reader as described in the previous section.

2. Choose System->Update Firmware or press F9 on your keyboard.

   The Setup Tool launches an Open dialog box.

3. Select the correct firmware file for your reader and click Open:

   DM370_DM470_v6.1.6_sr1.bin.gz

NOTE: As of DM5.6.0, an FUP license is no longer required to load newer firmware on DataMan units.

Release History

This section describes what was new and what changed in previous DataMan releases.

New Features for DataMan 6.1.6

• Introduction of DataMan 370 Series

• Introduction of 5 megapixel models DataMan 375 & 475

• Introduction of HPIT illumination and high-speed liquid lenses

• Enhanced software stability and bug-fixes

New Features for DataMan 6.1.3 SR1

• Enhanced software stability and important bug-fixes

• Introduction of DataMan 474-M models

• Multi Reader Sync support DataMan 474-M models

New Features for DataMan 6.1.1

• Refine and supplement the functionality of DataMan 6.1.0 major release

New Features for DataMan 6.1.0

• DataMan 474 fixed-mount reader support

• Enhanced setup user interface with step-wise configuration process flow and application assistants for faster system setups

New Features for DataMan 5.7.1

The DataMan 5.7.1 provides support primarily for MX platforms.

• Support of MX-150x devices

• Support for Powergrid (DPM) on MX-1xxx readers

• Read setups enabled for MX-1502

• USB Role and AOA switch timout related Reader Programming Codes and DMCC commands added (see Reader Configuration Codes, DMCC_QnA, and MX-1xxx User Guides).

New Features for DataMan 5.7.0

• DataMan 70 Series introduction

• Process Control Metrics for barcode quality monitoring (including HTML reports)

• Secure FTP (SFTP) protocol support

• NTP (Network Time Protocol) support

• 1D Symbol Diagnostics

• RTM Lean (Real Time Monitoring) for statistical data collection

Known issues:

• In RTM Lean, collecting images from a slave device in a master/slave network could potentially cause a lockup on the reader. Please only connect to a master device to avoid this.

• Do not run Process Monitor on devices monitored by RTM Lean.

New Features for DataMan 5.6.3 SR2

• Fixed an issue where under certain boundary conditions, network discovery would not locate some devices.

• Fixed DataMan 100V Code Quality results display.

• Fixed an issue with HID devices not appearing correctly in the Maintenance menu.

New Features for DataMan 5.6.3 SR1

• Fixed an incompatibility issue for PCs running Internet Explorer 10 that resulted in crashing during connection to a reader due to a shared DLL conflict.

New Features for DataMan 5.6.3

The DataMan 5.6.3 expands capabilities for all current DataMan fixed-mount ID readers (DM50, DM60, DM150, DM260, DM300, DM360 and DM503 series).

• Mass Backup and Restore

• Mass Firmware Update

• Compare Configurations

• Symbology Assistant

• Result History Freeze and Filtering

• Output archived Cognex support information

• Virtual Devices

Firmware:

• Improved Master/Slave stability to eliminate lockups and ungrouping

• Better handling of trigger overruns

• Greater stability in image buffering

• Ability to conditionally suppress unwanted image transfer in FTP scripting

• DataMan 150 and DataMan 260 ImageMax support for PoE and USB-powered devices

• Increased DataMan 150 and DataMan 260 16mm liquid lens range

• Support wider range of SD-Cards (DataMan 360 series readers with DataMan v5.6.3_SR1 firmware only)