# PickMaster 3.13 Released \[PickMaster 3\] **URL:** \ **Category:** PickMaster\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/pickmaster-3-13-released-pickmaster-3/1611 "2008-01-10T17:15:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Erik\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Erik\_S](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Erik_S)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/pickmaster-3-13-released-pickmaster-3/1611/1 "2008-01-10T17:15:19Z")
Dear PickMaster User, The new release of PickMaster 3.13 is now available. The new functions, error corrections as well as known issues are listed in the release notes below. Release Notes PickMaster 3.13 * * * This version of the PickMaster application is compatible with: - S4Cplus M2000 - RobotWare 4.0.113 or later - IRC5 M2004 - RobotWare 5.10 or later 1. GENERAL NOTES * * * 1.1 - Tested on English Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 * * * The application is tested on a US English Windows XP Professional SP 2 and Windows 2000 SP 4. The recommended operating system is US English Windows XP Professional SP 2. ## 1.2 - Requirements PickMaster requires .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0. The required versions of .NET are automatically installed when installing PickMaster. The Windows Installer 3.0 is required for the installation and must be installed before installing PickMaster. The Windows Installer 3.0 is included in Windows XP SP2. 1. FUNCTION RELATED NOTES * * * ## 2.1 - Multiple robots This release was not tested with 8 single robot systems. It has been tested with a maximum of three robots. The software is designed to handle eight robots. This release does also support multimove on the IRC5. ## 2.2 - Windows XP Service Pack 2 The firewall installed with Windows XP Service Pack 2 will prevent the PickMaster Time Synchronization Service to function. This will cause any IRC5 to function improperly. Please refer to the System Setup chapter in the User’s Guide for further information. ## 2.3 - Upgrading RobotWare on IRC5 An upgrade of RobotWare to a new version may require an upgrade of the ABB Industrial Robot Communication Runtime on the PC. The installation can be found in the Utility folder on the RobotWare CD. The ABB Industrial Robot Communication Runtime can also be updated by installing the latest Robot Studio Online (RSO). It is hoever not recomended to run RSO on the same computer as PickMaster. The separate ABB Industrial Robot Communication Runtime installation is the recomended way to update. Please note that when upgrading the baseware on the IRC5, the robot controller will change its system identification. The robot controller must therefore be reselected in the PickMaster line file. Please refer to The Line chapter in the User’s Guide for further information. ## 2.4 - Encoder software version The encoder board must have Qtracker version 1.9 or later. This version corresponds to material number 3HNE01586-1/XX, where XX should be 11 or higher. Instructions on how to check and change the software can be found on the PickMaster support forum ([http://www.robotstudio.com/](http://www.robotstudio.com/)). ## 2.5 - Upgrading from PickMaster 2.XX Uninstall any previous versions of PickMaster before installing PickMaster 3.13. The frame grabber drivers must be reinstalled. Lines and projects from PickMaster 2.XX are compatible with PickMaster 3.13. 2.6 - Upgrading from PickMaster 2.23, or earlier, to 3.13 and frame grabber drivers * * * When upgrading from PickMaster 2.23, or earlier, to PickMaster 3.13 the frame grabber drivers for Cognex MVS 8120 and MVS 8100 might not work. The drivers must be manually uninstalled and reinstalled. Windows renames the Cognex-provided cognexhw.inf file to a name of the form oemnn.inf, where nn is an integer. To locate the correct oemnn.inf file to delete, search for the string “Cognex” in all oemnn.inf files. There may be more than one match if CVL or other Cognex software has been installed several times on the PC. Delete all Cognex-derived oemnn.inf files. Each such file will have a matching file with .pnf extension; delete those files as well. For example, if oem23.inf contains the string “Cognex,” then delete both oem23.inf and oem23.pnf. Uninstalling Windows NT Drivers After uninstalling CVL from a Windows NT system, make sure that the relevant driver files were removed. Check whether the following driver files were removed by the uninstallation. If not, manually delete the appropriate files from Windows Explorer, as follows: - MVS-8100 driver (all versions): winntsystem32driversv8100.sys Note The MVS-8100 driver applies to all MVS-8100C, MVS-8100C/CPCI, MVS-8100M, and MVS-8100M+ frame grabbers. - MVS-8100L driver (CVL 5.5.1): winntsystem32driversvp8100l.sys (CVL 5.5.3 and later): winntsystem32driversfg8100l.sys - MVS-8100D driver (CVL 6.0 and later): winntsystem32driversfg8100d.sys - MVS-8120 driver (CVL 5.5 and later): winntsystem32driversfg8120.sys Use the program “PickMasterFrame grabber driversSetup Cognex driver.exe” on the PickMaster CD to reinstall the drivers. 2.7 - PickMaster RIS plug-ins must be reconfigured when upgrading to 3.13 * * * The RIS configurations (Tcp, Serial, DigitalIO, Fieldbus) in PickMaster must be reconfigured when upgrading to PickMaster 3.13 from PickMaster 2.xx due to internal changes. ## 2.8 - New default signal names in PickMaster 2.10 New default signal names where introduced in the PickMaster 2.10. The new signal names are adapted to suit the default signal names in the RobotWare 4.0.70 and later. When upgrading a system to this version, the RobotWare must be upgraded to 4.0.113. There are two different ways to handle the incompatibility: 1. Use the saved robot EIO parameters from the old RobotWare version. This will fit the signal names in the projects created in PickMaster versions before PickMaster 2.10. If new lines are created in PickMaster 3.13, the default signal names must be changed. 2. Change the saved EIO parameters and the signal names in the PickMaster lines created in previous versions to the names shown below. Load the changed EIO file to the controller. Changes: diSensor1 → di1\_1 diSensor2 → di2\_1 diSensor3 → di3\_1 diSensor4 → di4\_1 diSensor5 → di1\_2 diSensor6 → di2\_2 diSensor7 → di3\_2 diSensor8 → di4\_2 doPickStart1 → doStartCnv1 doPickStart2 → doStartCnv2 doPickStart3 → doStartCnv3 doPickStart4 → doStartCnv4 doPickStart5 → doStartCnv5 doPickStart6 → doStartCnv6 doPickStart7 → doStartCnv7 doPickStart8 → doStartCnv8 ## 2.9 - Stop/Pause robot from RIS clients In PickMaster 2.20 it is possible to stop a robot (see 4.3) and this command is also added to the RIS plug-ins. Previous versions of the RIS plug-ins only had the option to pause a robot even if the command might have been called stop. To verify that the Pause and Stop commands are configured as expected and to add a command value for the new Stop command open the configuration dialog for each project accessed through a RIS plug-in and accept the changes. ## 2.10 - Dragging the Detailed vision info dialog box The computer can hang