Minor UI (user interface) comment: White/Gray sensor initialize button is confusing:

[[Ta...]]

The top right sensor initialize button in GOM Inspect has white as "sensor initialized" and gray as "sensor closed".

I interpret white as closed or, de-initialized and gray (or any other color) as initialized.

Ambiguity in this critical button is frustrating, and is actually risky with our ScanBox.

The roll over text "initialize/close sensor" is not helpful when verifying.

For this critical button, I suggest a light blue or any other obvious color, outline indicator, or reverse, that would clearly indicates the sensor status... anything that avoids matching the surrounding application header color.

Vielen Dank!

-TadR,
UNEW, Inc.,
Stuart, FL USA

Edited November 19, 2024
White/Gray confusion.. even while trying to interpret the sensor status.

[[Ta...]]

To be clear: GOM Blade Inspect Pro 2022, Service Pack 6
We recently migrated from 2020, where the header is green and the sensor status is much more clear.

Also:
During a measurement, the initialized button turns off and on.
Whatever the feedback information the on/off initialize lights are supposed to provide, is not very helpful.
A non-changing status indication of sensor/light/lasers would be much more informative.
Initializing the sensor takes several seconds and we need to know for certain before selecting initialize sensor.

Edited November 19, 2024
Just trying to be clear.

[[Ja...]]

I think a reasonable general point, blue would seem appropriate.  It does still go from yellow to white to indicate warm up completed initialised has always been white , so i think your point is about contrast.

I haven looked for it for a long time but look for  ' dark mode' in the preferences  for the gui visualisation , this might already serve the purpose.

The laser pointers serve no real purpose in automation , but do in manual scanning , the software needs to support both.

However, it shouldnt be risky at all.  Yes the scanbox is 'live' when the sensor is initialised BUT , you have to reset the safety then press the run button , that is two clear actions that simply cannot happen by an accident , in my view anyway.

 

[[Ta...]]

Thank you James for the quick reply.
I did a quick search for "dark mode" for a change of display colors.

Yes, not having lasers on our two CORE sensors was a big loss for our high-output manual scanning operations. It made for fast scanning on our old ATOS 2M and 4M scanners.

Risky... I sometimes like to have the ATOS VMR robot on my screen go through the verified program sequence before running a new or pickup template. It's THEN that I need to be certain the sensor is not initialized. Yes, a high-contrast blue button would be a clear indicator. So eine gute Empfehlung. Vielleicht mit Ihrer Hilfe, es kann passieren!

Thank you for all you do!
-TadR

 

[[Ta...]]

I must also say:
So many times, I have executed a measurement series on our ScanBox, then found that the "software robot" is scanning because the sensor is not initialized.
Then, I must undo or re-Apply Current Parameters --> Exposure to my black-icon measurement positions.

If the sensor (light/lasers) are initialized, they should always be indicate as initialized (blue, as you suggested).
This area should indicate the absolute status, even while taking a measurements. The gray/white changes while taking a measurement creates uncertainty.

Hope this helps!

[[Ja...]]

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 just for awareness , I don't work for Zeiss.  i am very active on the forum as i was a long term employee at GOM and feel i can add some help!

I do hope the suggestion gets picked up.

Appreciate about running vmr offline first , again there will be the warning clearly on the screen that path is unverified, are you sure etc.

With regards to running offline by mistake..ive made this frustrating experience many many times!!

[[Na...]]

Hello,

thanks for the feedback and explanation. I'll forward it to the user experience team. Blue definitely makes sense in regards to both Zeiss and the actual light color 🙂

In version 2022 there should still be a "light grey" theme available in the preferences -> general for a green bar in the VMR workspace by the way.

Nanno

[[Ta...]]

Good suggestions! Changing to "Dark Mode" offers a RED color for active buttons (sensor init, auto recalculate, etc.).
This is much better. I know these things are active.

I use our ScanBox and also manually scan with our CORE sensors.
Since the ScanBox is constantly active (moving or taking measurements), it makes me uncertain which color (white/gray) is the active color since I always see a white button. This button is more of an Illumination on/off button, rather than Initialization active/inactive button. 

Thanks James and Nanno for your help!

[[Ta...]]

A few weeks have passed. I believe the main issue is: The "Initialize/Close Sensor" button and "Light On (L)" button TURNS OFF when performing any operation related to scanning. Waiting to reinitialize the sensor after accidentally de-initializing is costing a lot of time. It's a status indicator and should remain on, if the status is true.