IP Log

The IP Log Step Tool is used in conjunction with the IP Log Manager Tool to record into a specific file any images that contain errors. The user gives the tool's the images and the tool will log them into a file according to the parameters that the user has set within the tool. The IP Log Manager tool gives the user the ability to set the destination of the images, how many images it will save, and what extension to give the images. The IP Log Step Tool gives communication between the IP Log Manager and the image containing the error. It will also record the name of the image as well as the date and time the image was saved.

This tool is useful when running a sequence. For example if the user is testing an image to ensure that a circle is a circle instead of an oval and the results come back that the image has failed (so it is indeed an oval and not a circle...) then the user would use the IP Log to log the error. This can be used in any circumstance of an image error for many different types of errors. This is an easy way for the user to keep track of the errors occurring.  

Using the IP Log Tool

The IP Log Manager must be set up before the use of the IP Log Tool can be effective. Drag and drop the IP Log Tool from Reports to the sequence. Right click on it and enter into the tool's inputs page.

Inputs

Inputs Page  This is the tool's inputs page.
 Pass (drag and drop) the tool that contains the image with the error into the "Image Source" location of the inputs page.
 Any tool that can output an image can be used here. image tool
 A tool that can output an image will show an "Image"
 option within its parameters page.  
 
 Once an image tool is in place use the dropdown menu on the right  side of the page to select "Image".

 Drag and drop the IP Log Manager tool from the ROTMain into  the "IP Log Manager" section of the inputs page.
 Once this is done the user can run the tool.


Once the tool is run the results will appear within the IP Log Step's Parameters page.
This page will give the name of the image and the date and time that the image was filed.
The image will also be found within the folder that was specified within the IP Log Manager Tool.