Explore Previous LightGuide Software Updates
Explore previous LightGuide updates that have shaped our platform over time. Here, you will find an overview of key features and enhancements from previous LightGuide software releases, allowing you to revisit past updates, gain insights into the evolution of our software, and understand how LightGuide has consistently innovated to meet user needs.
Take Control of Your Data with Advanced Data Management Tools
Empower your team with advanced data management tools to optimize workflows and drive performance.
- Query editor: Easily access, analyze, and leverage data to make informed decisions. Run custom queries and save results to CSV to unlock operational insights.
- Standard step times: Define and analyze standard step times within your workflows to improve performance and enhance training effectiveness.
- Enhanced variable management: Simplify variable management and streamline authoring with the ability to save variables to your database.
Streamline Workflow Management with Enhanced Authoring Capabilities
Create, manage, and optimize complex workflows with ease.
- Workflow preview panel: Streamline authoring and manage complex workflows with advanced search, filtering, and collapsible steps for easy comparison.
- Flexible command control: Temporarily disable specific workflow elements to facilitate testing, troubleshooting, and pilot projects while preserving workflow integrity and documentation.
- Graphic layers: Control the rendering order of graphic elements to ensure critical information is always visible.
Effortlessly Access and Manage Variables for Faster Workflow Creation
It’s now easier than ever to find, manage, and utilize the variables that power your workflows. Here’s what’s new:
- Enhanced search functionality: Effortlessly locate the specific variable you need with our improved search bar.
- Pin your favorites: Keep frequently used variables at your fingertips by pinning them to the top of the table for quick access.
- Categorized system variables: Built-in system variables are neatly categorized, making it easier to understand their purpose and use the right variable for the job, for faster authoring.
LightGuide is Now Compatible with Windows 11
LightGuide is now fully compatible with Windows 11, ensuring a seamless transition and uninterrupted performance so you can use the latest features of Windows 11 alongside the powerful capabilities of LightGuide.
The choice is yours! When integrating your LightGuide system, you can now choose between Windows 10 or Windows 11 to best suit your existing infrastructure and workflow preferences.
Get Insights into Equipment Health with Advanced Projector Monitoring
Gain insights into projector health and send critical performance data (lamp hours, temperatures, video inputs, error alerts, and more) directly to your PLC, MES, or IIoT platform for proactive intelligence that empowers you to anticipate maintenance issues before they disrupt your workflow.
Experience unprecedented reliability, minimized downtime, and informed maintenance – all wrapped into a detailed log for fast, precise troubleshooting that supports preventative and predictive maintenance initiatives.
Effortlessly Restore Your LightGuide System in Sonar
Encounter an unexpected change and need to revert to a previous system state? Don’t worry! Your LightGuide settings are recoverable. Browse backup records in Sonar (complete with timestamps and comments) and select the desired recovery point to quickly and easily restore your LightGuide system to its desired working state.
Streamline System Setup with Powerful Configuration & Auditing Tools
Seamlessly configure LightGuide across your factory with intuitive tools that guide you every step of the way. Automatically configure your time zone and other critical system parameters. Use Display Setup Exceptions to set reminders and leave notes for incomplete tasks, ensuring reliable system operation from the start.
Explore Our Expanded Lineup of Camera Integrations
LightGuide empowers you to choose the tools that fit your needs. We’ve expanded our portfolio of camera integrations to provide you with even more options to choose from, including:
- Vzense DS77: Pinpoint errors with millimeter precision and reliable ethernet connection.
- Orbbec Femto Bolt: A high-performance camera comparable to the Microsoft Azure Kinect.
- Basler Cameras: Get a faster stream and do more with up to double the frame rate.
Enforce Processes by Controlling Workflow Buttons on Operator Interface
Gain more control over workflow execution to improve process adherence. Manage workflow buttons on the operator interface to prevent workers from pausing, restarting, reversing, or aborting workflows, ensuring each step is followed precisely as designed.
Standardize and Engage Operators with 5x More Animated Graphics
Sometimes, when writing work instructions, a static image won’t do. Capture operator attention and strengthen their process comprehension with our expanded library of animated graphics.
Easily Track System Configuration Status in Sonar
Visually confirm and compare LightGuide configurations across all stations in your factory. Establish and maintain both system and workflow consistency throughout all operational evolutions.
Setup Direct PLC Communications with EtherNet Industrial Protocol (E/IP) Profiles
E/IP, now with standard data mapping, directly connects LightGuide to your automation equipment with no hardware gateways. By using this powerful, standard E/IP interface, manufacturers reduce cost, setup time, and troubleshooting time.
Analyze the Full Potential of Your Operations with the New Data Hub
Uncover powerful real-time insights throughout processes with the new Data Hub in LightGuide’s AR work instruction platform. Understand full process lifecycles, identify root causes, and optimize outcomes with detailed analytics.
Audit Your System and Simplify Service with Sonar’s New Pack-and-Go Feature
Get to work faster by leveraging Sonar’s new Pack-and-Go configuration within LightGuide’s AR platform. The concise Pack-and-Go tool simplifies service, storing all of your system configuration settings, enhancing Sonar’s ability to easily audit, inspect, and match system information for consistency and direct traceability.
Accelerate Authoring Efficiency with New User Interface
Streamline and accelerate your LightGuide user experience with our new user interface. This distinct design makes it easier to identify key authoring elements, simplifying LightGuide platform training and comprehension with a cohesive user experience.
Eliminate Onboarding Barriers with Sonar's Display Configuration Walkthrough
Get to work faster with LightGuide by leveraging our concise display setup walkthrough in Sonar. Find all the information you need to configure and maintain your LightGuide system, plus, audit and save all system settings for direct traceability.
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Dive deeper into all of LightGuide’s features with our comprehensive knowledge base, featuring in-depth guides and documentation to help your team unlock the full potential of LightGuide’s capabilities.