Release Note

Visionary-T Mini CX firmware releases

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Version: 1.8

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Release notes and download of Visionary-T Mini CX firmware

Release Notes

This article contains release notes for Visionary-T Mini CX firmware releases. The latest firmware is version 3.0.0, released in November 2024.

Import Notice: No firmware downgrade below version 3.0.0 possible after updating devices with the latest version!

📥 Download

The latest Visionary-T Mini CX firmware is available on sick.com. Please contact SICK support if an older firmware versions is required.

In addition to the firmware, further software downloads for the related products are available here.

🧰 Prerequisites

📷Supported Hardware

This release only supports Visionary-T Mini CX devices: V3S105-1x

⚙️ Software and system requirements for firmware installation

SOPAS Engineering Tool 2021.1 or higher.
For adequate SOPAS ET performance, use a PC with
- Operating systems: Windows 7, 8 (32/64 bit) or Windows 10.
- Min. Pentium i5 (2.6 GHz) and 4 GB RAM
- Min. Intel® HD Graphics 3000 (or NVIDIA® NVS 3100M 512MB GDDR3) and OpenGL 2.0 Support. Make sure to use the latest graphic card drivers!
- Screen resolution 1,024 x 768 or higher, at least 256 colors (65,536 colors recommended)
- Min. 450 MB hard drive space
- Ethernet: 100 Mbit/s or higher. 1 Gbit/s or faster is recommended for best performance during configuration of the device via SOPAS ET and for streaming
A mouse with at least three buttons (or a scroll wheel) is recommended

🛠️ Installation

Please follow the instructions below and carefully read the release notes before starting the installation of the Visionary-T Mini CX firmware.

🔧 Preparation: Configuration backups

Before updating the firmware, ensure your device is powered and connected to your PC via Ethernet. To ensure your device configuration is preserved, please complete the step below before proceeding.

Save the Configuration
- Permanently save the current configuration on the device using either SOPAS ET or the respective API command.

💡 Recommended Best Practice: Write the configuration via the API as part of your application software. This allows for consistent parameterization across devices and automatic setup when integrating new cameras.

⚠️ Important Note on SOPAS ET Backups: Configuration files exported via SOPAS ET (*.sopas) are version-specific and cannot be restored on devices running different firmware versions. These backups are not backward or forward compatible, but they can still be useful for manual configuration of devices with the same firmware or as a reference.

🔄 Updating Firmware via SOPAS ET

To update the firmware of your device using SOPAS ET, follow these steps:

Launch SOPAS ET and ensure your device is connected.
In the right pane, click Search devices.
Double-click the listed Visionary-T Mini CX device you want to update.
💡 We recommend using port 2122 for the connection.
The device will now appear in the left pane.
In the device menu, click Download firmware and follow the on-screen instructions.

When prompted for credentials, log in using the Service user level.
User: Service
Password: [your custom password]
💡 If the password has not been changed, the default is: CUST_SERV
After the firmware update completes, install the device driver by selecting Device upload from within SOPAS ET.
⚠️ The option "Sick.com or a disk" is currently not supported.

Release version 3.0.0

New Features

Functionality	Description
I/O logic configuration	Logic of all IOs can be individually set to either active high or active low
Extension of log entries	New system log entry indicating watchdog reboot after application crash ("critical error", EMsgFatal, error id 0x5000020)

Bug Fixes

Bug fix	Description
Cybersecurity fixes	Fixed vulnerabilites as part of our security roadmap

Known limitations and issues

Limitation/Issue	Description:
No firmware downgrade	No firmware downgrade below this version possible after update
I/O logic configuration and effectiveness	No GUI to configure I/O logic, only via API variable INOUTx_active Logic changes get only active after either a physical change of the signal (input) or a logical change of the signal (output)
Incorrect documentation	Variable doutPinError erroneously lists eight IOs (instead of only six)
Increased switch-on delay	At (internal) temperatures below 0°C, the device needs a warm-up phase in order to turn on. Hence, the switch-on delay is increased compared to the ~20 seconds specified for temperatures >0°C.
CPU temperature availability	The CPU temperature is not available while being below 10°C.
Alleged change of device name	SOPAS ET suggests that the device name can be changed even without the required user level (unexpected). The changes are however not saved on the device (as expected).
Color map not saved	SOPAS ET does not save the colormap when exporting the visualisation settings.
Effectiveness of change of IP address	Importing a *.sopas file which changes the IP address requires to 1) save the paramerters permamently after the import and 2) to reboot the camera to complete the procedure
Inconsistent visualization	Deactivating distance-based filtering leads to a different visualization of the formerly filtered pixels in the point cloud in SOPAS ET. Their color can be less vibrant compared to the other points.

Previous releases

Release notes firmware version 2.1.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Functionality	Description
API description	The document describing the API, i.e. CoLa Telegram Listing has been revised and improved.
SDK	C++ and Python samples have undergone major revision and improvements including their documentation. They are now available via GitHub.

Bug fixes

Bug fix	Description
Device/App availability	Proper handling of critical file system errors included that ensure accessibility of the device and availability of Sensor Apps.
Point cloud flip	The point cloud visualization in SOPAS ET could suddenly show the point cloud upside down when changing the visualization or switching to single frame acquisition.
Application crash handling	Proper handling of crashing application such that the device stays responsive and the error is indicated via the device LED.

Known limitations and issues

Limitation/Issue	Description
Increased switch-on delay	At (internal) temperatures below 0°C, the device needs a warm-up phase in order to turn on. Hence, the switch-on delay is increased compared to the ~20 seconds specified for temperatures >0°C.
CPU temperature availability	The CPU temperature is not available while being below 10°C.
Alleged change of device name	SOPAS ET suggests that the device name can be changed even without the required user level (unexpected). The changes are however not saved on the device (as expected).
Color map not saved	SOPAS ET does not save the colormap when exporting the visualisation settings.
Effectiveness of change of IP address	Importing a *.sopas file which changes the IP address requires to 1) save the parameters permanently after the import and 2) to reboot the camera to complete the procedure.
Inconsistent visualization	Deactivating distance-based filtering leads to a different visualization of the formerly filtered pixels in the point cloud in SOPAS ET. Their color can be less vibrant compared to the other points.

Release notes firmware version 2.0.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Functionality	Description
Time Synchronization	The clocks of an arbitrary number of cameras can now be synchronized via PTP or NTP. This allows for precise timing and offsets between the image acqusition of the individual cameras.
CPU temperature	The CPU temperature ia now accessible via API/Cola command alongside other temperature values.
Logs via webserver	Camera logs can now be viewed via webserver. Debugging logs can be exported and saved via webserver.
Cold start switch-on delay	The switch-on delay for cold starts in ambient temperatures between -10°C and 0°C has been reduced.
Improved Documentation	Missing information was added to the API documentation (CID description). Internal and irrelevant information was removed. The data structure is now also included in the documentation.
"Reached maximum client connections": TCP socket timeout	The default idle time required to automatically close unused sockets was decreased from 2 hours to 3 minutes. Hence, the likelyhood of reaching the maximum number of five client connections (and not being able to open new connections) due to e.g. lost/bad ethernet connection or crashing host applications, has been drastically reduced.

Bug fixes

Bug fix	Description
API variable "DeviceTime"	A bug was fixed which caused the variable DeviceTime to return "zero". The device time now returns the time/clock that is used for the timestamp of the frames such that they are directly comparable.
Data stream at ~0°C	A bug leading causing the data stream to fail at temperatures when starting the device around 0°C was fixed.

Known limitations and issues

Limitation/Issue	Description
Increased switch-on delay	At (internal) temperatures below 0°C, the device needs a warm-up phase in order to turn on. Hence, the switch-on delay is increased compared to the ~20 seconds specified for temperatures >0°C.
CPU temperature availability	The CPU temperature is not available while being below 10°C.
Alleged change of device name	SOPAS ET suggests that the device name can be changed even without the required user level (unexpected). The changes are however not saved on the device (as expected).
Color map not saved	SOPAS ET does not save the colormap when exporting the visualisation settings.
Effectiveness of change of IP address	Importing a *.sopas file which changes the IP address requires to 1) save the paramerters permamently after the import and 2) to reboot the camera to complete the procedure
Inconsistent visualization	Deactivating distance-based filtering leads to a different visualization of the formerly filtered pixels in the point cloud in SOPAS ET. Their color can be less vibrant compared to the other points.

Release notes firmware version 1.6.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Feature	Description
State map	The device now streams a depth and intensity map as well as a state map. The state map helps to understand whether the data is missing due to a configured filter or due to other circumstances e.g. saturation effects.
Edge correction	Helps to eliminate errors which typically occurs at the edges of objects and corrects them to a sharper contour within the depth data.
Isolated pixel filter	Identifies isolated distance pixels within the scene and corrects their distance values compared to its neighbors.
Ambiguity based filter	Identifies and removes ambiguitities which can be caused for example by objects outside the unambiguity range and multipath reflections.
Remission based filter	Sets the distance values for all pixels outside the given object remission range to zero.
Digital IO	Digital IOs are available for in- and outputs. For example, trigger of single frames, power save mode or device warning.
Python 3	We have updated our Python 2.7 samples to Python 3 and provide them within our supporting material.
C++ programming samples update	The C++ programming samples have been updated in order to support the newly introduced state map.
ROS driver update	The ROS driver have been updated in order to support the newly introduced state map.
Update of customer documentation	We have updated for you the customer presentation and the device configuration guide within our documentation.

Release notes firmware version 1.5.0 [Click to expand]

not available

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Release Notes

📥 Download

🧰 Prerequisites

📷Supported Hardware

⚙️ Software and system requirements for firmware installation

🛠️ Installation

🔧 Preparation: Configuration backups

🔄 Updating Firmware via SOPAS ET

Release version 3.0.0

New Features

Bug Fixes

Known limitations and issues

Previous releases

Release notes firmware version 2.1.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Bug fixes

Known limitations and issues

Release notes firmware version 2.0.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Bug fixes

Known limitations and issues

Release notes firmware version 1.6.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Release notes firmware version 1.5.0 [Click to expand]

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Visionary-T Mini CX firmware releases

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Table of Contents

Release Notes

📥 Download

🧰 Prerequisites

📷Supported Hardware

⚙️ Software and system requirements for firmware installation

🛠️ Installation

🔧 Preparation: Configuration backups

🔄 Updating Firmware via SOPAS ET

Release version 3.0.0

New Features

Bug Fixes

Known limitations and issues

Previous releases

Release notes firmware version 2.1.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Bug fixes

Known limitations and issues

Release notes firmware version 2.0.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Bug fixes

Known limitations and issues

Release notes firmware version 1.6.0 [Click to expand]

New features

Release notes firmware version 1.5.0 [Click to expand]

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