Important paths

Paths for Vision data

Notice

Paths that are relevant for data

Make sure that the following standard paths are not affected by Write filters or similar programs. Failure to do so may result in data loss. If the corresponding path settings were adjusted manually, the same applies to the set paths.

Use

Path

Storage location for File Source images

C:\Users\Public\TcVision\FileSources\<UniqueId>

(Automatically defined by the File Source. <UniqueId> is different for every project.)

Storage location for camera streams

C:\Users\Public\TcVision\CameraStreams

(May differ depending on the setting in Record/Playback.)

Storage location for images that are read or written by PLC functions.

C:\Users\Public\TcVision\Images

(May differ depending on the setting in Service Configuration.)

Storage location for containers that are read or written by PLC functions.

C:\Users\Public\TcVision\Containers

(May differ depending on the setting in Service Configuration.)

Storage location for ML models that are read or written by PLC functions.

C:\Users\Public\TcVision\MlModels

(May differ depending on the setting in Service Configuration.)

Storage location for calibration results that are read or written by PLC functions.

C:\Users\Public\TcVision\CalibrationResults

(May differ depending on the setting in Service Configuration.)

Storage location for individual calibration patterns

C:\Users\Public\TcVision\CalibrationPattern

Paths for log files

Log file

Path

TwinCAT Vision installation log

(all other TwinCAT installation logs are also located in this folder)

C:\Users\<User>\ TF7xxx-Vision.exe.log

From Build 4026:

C:\ProgramData\Beckhoff\TcPkg\logs\

The individual product log files are located in the MSI subfolder.

TwinCAT Vision Service Log

C:\ProgramData\Beckhoff\TcVnService\TcVnService.log

General TwinCAT Vision log

C:\ProgramData\Beckhoff\Vision
(May vary depending on the setting in Logging)

Result images of the Calibration Assistant for analyzing the recognition of feature points on the calibration pattern

C:\ProgramData\Beckhoff\Vision\_CalibrationAssistantOutput