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A method is disclosed for configuring a machine vision system over a network, wherein the machine vision system includes a heterogeneous set of vision processors (VPs), and at least one host having a user interface (UI). The method includes the steps of sending VP characteristic information over the network from a VP to a host having a UI; and using the UI to configure the VP via the network. Thus, it is no longer necessary to match a UI with the VP it will connect with, which simplifies installation, configuration, and extension of multiple VP vision systems. The invention also enables a single UI to connect to and configure VPs with substantially different I/O support, communications protocols, and vision functionality.
1. A method for configuring a machine vision system over a network, the machine vision system including a heterogeneous set of vision processors (VPs) and at least one host having a user interface (UI), the method comprising:
sending VP characteristic information over the network from a VP to a host having a UI; and
using the UI to configure the VP via the network.
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a plurality of VP characteristics.
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a plurality of VP identification codes; and
a plurality of functions executable on the VP.
4. The method of
a VP identification code.
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an executable program.
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[0001] The disclosure of this patent document contains material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the United States Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, once a patent is issued on this application, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.
[0002] This invention relates to the configuration of machine vision systems, and particularly to configuration of a remote vision processor over a network.
[0003] A machine vision system includes a collection of one or more vision processors (VPs) for at least processing and interpreting images, and optionally one or more user interfaces (UIs) for at least enabling a user to interact with and/or control a VP. Each VP is connected to one or more electronic cameras through which the VP �sees� its environment, i.e., acquires an image of a scene.
[0004] With reference to FIG. 1, the UI and the VP may coexist on the same computer platform, in which case the camera 11 is connected via acquisition circuitry 12 to a general purpose processor 13 (such as a microprocessor, digital signal processor, or CPU). The general purpose processor runs a program that implements a VP 14 and a UI 15 that communicate with one another via shared memory. The UI interfaces with a user operating one or more input devices (such as a control pad, a keyboard, or a mouse) via input device circuitry 16 and provides a graphical display to the user on a display device (such as an LCD display or a computer monitor) via display circuitry 17.
[0005] Alternatively, the VP and the UI may exist on separate computer systems. This configuration shares the components of the single-computer vision system, but runs the VP on a distinct general purpose processor from the UI. Referring to FIG. 2, a camera 21 is connected via acquisition circuitry 22 to a general purpose processor 23. This processor runs a program that implements a VP 24 and communicates via communications circuitry 25 across a communications channel 26 (such as an RS232 serial connection or an ethernet connection) to the computer running the UI. The UI computer 32 houses a general purpose processor 28 that runs a program implementing the UI 29. The UI communicates with the VP computer via communications circuitry 27 and the communications link 26. A user may control the UI via one or more input devices connected to the input device circuitry 30 and view graphical output via display circuitry 31 on a display device.
[0006] Referring to FIG. 3, if the communications channel provides access to a network, several additional connection schemes are also possible: each UI 35 can communicate via that network 36 with one of many networked VPs 37, 38, 39, as shown in FIG. 3. When a user (either a developer who will configure a VP for a specific vision task, or an operator who will monitor the system during the operation phase) desires to communicate with a particular VP, the user selects the new VP from a list provided by the UI and instructs the UI to establish a connection. In this way, many UIs may control each VP, and each UI may control many VPs. A collection of VPs may work together to solve a complex vision problem�in this case the each VP in the collection solves a particular subset of the overall vision problem.
[0007] There are three modes of operation of a machine vision system, during which different actions take place on both the UI and the VP:
[0008] 1. Connection�using the UI, the developer or the operator selects a VP from a list of all available VPs, possibly displayed in a menu by the UI. UI establishes initial communications with the VP. The connection phase establishes data communications between the UI and the VP. One embodiment of such a data connection is an application layer connection in the OSI communication model.
[0009] 2. Configuration�through the UI, developer configures the connected VP for a specific vision task.
[0010] 3. Operation - the VP executes the sequence of functions defined by the user during the configuration phase. The UI may be used by an operator to monitor the outputs of the VP, or may be disconnected from the VP, allowing the VP to run standalone.
[0011] Referring to FIG. 4, when designing a vision application, a developer typically connects to a specific VP 41 and then performs one or more cycles of configuration 42 and operation 43. After the developer is satisfied with the configuration of the first VP, the developer may connect to a second VP 44 and complete a cycle of configuration 45 and operation 46 of that system. This process may be repeated for additional available VPs of the same type.
[0012] In response to user actions, the UI issues commands to and receives responses from an attached VP according to a fixed application protocol. In order to communicate effectively, both the UI and the VP must be �matched��both UI and VP must agree a-priori on the specific protocol that they use. In addition, the UI must �know� all possible configurations of the VP. For example, the addition of a new VP function to perform optical character recognition (OCR) requires upgrading the UI so that the user may configure vision applications that perform OCR. This means that when designing a vision application as described above, a developer must use a vision system comprised of a homogeneous set of VPs or must operate a different UI for each different type of VP comprising the vision system.
[0013] The fact that the UI must be matched with any VP with which it will communicate is a significant problem for known vision systems when updating and extending the functionality of existing VPs, and when introducing new VPs with different functionality from earlier versions. The kinds of functionality that may be built into new VPs include, for example
[0014] New (human) language support
[0015] Changes to the numbers and types of I/O devices supported
[0016] Enhancements to VP performance (by improving existing algorithms or by upgrading VP hardware)
[0017] Addition of new vision tools (such as OCR)
[0018] Addition of I/O functions (e.g. support of new network protocols for VP->external device communications)
[0019] Addition of new runtime graphical controls and displays
[0020] Removal of functions to provide cost advantages over full-featured systems
[0021] Presently, known UIs cannot support this different VP functionality without obtaining a new release from the manufacturer. This is inefficient, inconvenient, costly, and requires continuing maintenance. Moreover, known vision systems systems fail to allow a single UI to connect with a heterogeneous set of VPs.
[0022] In one general aspect, the invention is a method for configuring a machine vision system over a network, wherein the machine vision system includes a heterogeneous set of vision processors (VPs), and at least one host having a user interface (UI). The method includes the steps of sending VP characteristic information over the network from a VP to a host having a UI; and using the UI to configure the VP via the network.
[0023] In a preferred embodiment, the VP characteristic information includes a plurality of VP characteristics. In an alternate preferred embodiment, the VP characteristic information includes a plurality of VP identification codes; and a plurality of functions executable on the VP.
[0024] Alternatively, the VP characteristic information can include only a VP identification code, or only an executable program. The executable program is adapted to configure a plurality of VP functions and parameters. The executable program may be run on a thin client so as to provide a UI.
[0025] In another preferred embodiment, the VP characteristic information includes a plurality of VP identification codes, or a plurality of functions.
[0026] In another aspect, sending VP characteristic information over the network includes connecting to the VP using a thin client. The thin client can be a web browser.
[0027] The invention enables a single UI to connect with a heterogeneous variety of VPs. This is accomplished by extending the application protocol to include a more sophisticated connection phase. During this new connection phase, the VP communicates its capabilities to the UI. The UI then alters the content presented to a user to match the capabilities of the currently connected VP. In this way a single UI may connect to a variety of VPs with differing capabilities and available functions.
[0028] Enabling a single UI to connect to a variety of different types of VPs provides significant cost and ease-of-use benefits. With the current invention it is no longer necessary to match a UI with the VP it will connect with, which simplifies installation, configuration, and extension of multiple VP vision systems. Using the current invention it is possible for a single UI to connect to and configure VPs with substantially different I/O support, communications protocols, and vision functionality.
[0029] The invention will be more fully understood from the following detailed description, in conjunction with the following figures, wherein:
[0030]FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a standalone machine vision system in which both the vision processor and the user interface are realized in a single computer.
[0031]FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a machine vision system comprised of a user interface computer connected with a vision processor computer via a general-purpose communications link.
[0032]FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a networked machine vision system comprised of a plurality of vision processor computers connected via a network to a user interface computer.
[0033]FIG. 4 shows the sequence of operations performed by a developer setting up a two-VP vision system.
[0034]FIG. 5 shows how a preferred UI embodiment presents a list of VP functions and descriptions.
[0035]FIG. 6 shows how a preferred UI embodiment presents the parameter list of a single VP function.
[0036]FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of the invention with the VP transferring a description of its capabilities to the UI.
[0037]FIG. 8 shows an expanded enumerated type in the parameter list of a single VP function.
[0038] How to accomplish the extension of an existing application layer protocol for communications between a UI and a VP will now be explained. Typical client/server protocols are command based, which means that the client (the UI) issues commands to the server (the VP), and the server issues responses to the client. Therefore, all that must be added to an existing protocol is a single command that the UI issues upon connecting to the VP. When the VP receives this command it responds by sending data corresponding to its capabilities to the UI. The exact nature of this data depends upon the
[0039] In a preferred implementation, the VP sends a series of numeric codes along with a list of executable functions and sufficient supporting data so that the UI can effectively guide the user in the setup of an �unknown� machine vision application. In another possible implementation, the VP sends a numeric or text identity code to the UI during the connection phase. The UI interprets the VP-supplied identity code and enables configuration of only the functionality �understood� by the VP. In a third implementation, the communications from the VP to the UI is in the form of an executable program that contains the capability of configuring all VP functions and parameters.
[0040] The operation of any VP may be decomposed into the sequenced execution of a set of functions. A typical VP operation cycle may consist of the execution of three functions, for example:
[0041] 1. Acquirelmage, a function which reads an image from a digital camera connected to the VP
[0042] 2. ReadBarcode, a function that locates and decodes a UPC barcode represented in the image.
[0043] 3. WriteSerial, a function which writes the decoded string to an external computer or device via an RS232 serial port built into the VP
[0044] The function names (italics) are completely arbitrary and need not be explicitly represented on the VP.
[0045] Each function may have one or more parameters: the function produces a result based on some combination of its input parameters. For example, a mathematical function named cos might have a single parameter and as its result generate the cosine of the angle specified by its (numeric) parameter. A more complex function, binarize might take a single parameter corresponding to a two-dimensional grayscale image and produce as its result the two-dimensional black-and-white image that most closely approximates the parameter image. The parameters of any function may be constants, or may be the results of other functions.
[0046] In addition to standard functions that merely transform parameters to results, there are two other classes of functions important to all VPs: input functions and output functions. Input functions read information from hardware devices: their results vary depending on the state of these devices. A centrally important function for any machine vision system is one that acquires an image from a camera (the Acquirelmage function described earlier): in this case the function's result is an image that closely approximates the state of the imaging device or sensor when the function was executed. Other input functions may read, via specialized devices, the states of digital input lines, data sent on a serial port or ethernet network, or any other external entity that may be connected to a compatible input device.
[0047] Like input functions, output functions interact with specialized hardware devices. However, their behavior is to assert a state upon the connected external entity. The particular state that each function asserts is based on its parameters: a function WriteSerial may take a single input parameter, a string of text characters, and cause that string of characters to be written out through the system's serial port. Other output functions might assert particular voltage levels onto individual output control lines, write data out through an ethernet network, or cause the UI to display graphics (intended to communicate to a user about the values of the function's parameters).
[0048] The UI together with a host operating system (OS) provides a convenient environment for user configuration of a vision application. Shown in FIG. 5, a preferred embodiment of the UI presents a graphical representation of VP function categories 51, VP function subcategories 52, and VP functions 53. The use can expand and collapse subcategories to view and hide the functions each group contains. The user moves the cursor 54, shown highlighting the function ReadBarCode, with an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard to a desired VP function. In response, the UI displays an associated function description string 55 which describes the use and syntax of the VP function to the user. Selecting the ReadBarcode function (by clicking a mouse button or pressing a keyboard key) causes the UI to display detailed configuration information for the ReadBarCode function (FIG. 6). The UI displays the function with input parameters 61 as well as more detailed information about each parameter. For each parameter, the parameter names 62 63 are shown in a column next to the parameter values 64 65. By moving the cursor 66, the user causes the UI to display the associated parameter description string 68. Depending on the implementation of the particular function, graphics 67 may describe input parameters or function results.
[0049] There are at least three methods that may be used to allow a single UI to configure a heterogeneous set of VPs. In all three methods, the VP 71 transfers across a communications channel 72 a block of data comprising a description of the VP's capability 73 to the UI 74. In the first method, the description is comprised of a numeric or text identification code is sent from the VP to the UI along with a description of the functions that the VP can execute. The UI enables configuration only of functions executable on the VP. In the second method, the description is comprised only of a numeric or text identification code. This method is simpler to implement than the first method, but does not allow the same degree of flexibility. In the third method, a thin client such as a Web browser connects to the VP and downloads a processor independent program from the VP (where the description is contained implicitly or explicitly within the program). This program, when executed by the client, provides a compatible UI within the client framework.
[0050] All three of these methods provide a means for a UI to communicate with a heterogeneous set of VPs. There are many possible reasons why VPs may differ, and it is very desirable to have the ability to access any of these systems from a single UI. VPs may run different versions of firmware with slightly different characteristics. VPs may be constructed as application specific VPs: they may be designed to solve a very narrow class of machine vision applications. VPs may be constructed with reduced capabilities for cost reasons or for hardware platforms with limited memory storage. Finally, as software and firmware technologies evolve, new tools and capabilities will be designed into future VPs�it is desirable for a UI installed today to function with currently available VPs as well as those that will be built in the future!
[0051] Using this method, a set of 0 or more VP characteristics is defined, and each characteristic is labeled with a number. VP characteristics are features of the VP that are convenient to have constrained when designing the UI. For example, typical characteristics represent hardware limits such as the number of available RS232 serial ports, the number of available digital inputs, and the horizontal and vertical size of the digital camera attached to the VP. Characteristics may also represent general software concepts such as the availability of specific communications protocol support or the software revision number.
[0052] When a UI connects to a VP, the VP transmits to the UI the set of characteristics broadly defining the type of VP. Using the example above, the VP might transmit the numeric sequence (1,10,640,480) to indicate the presence of one serial port, ten digital inputs and an acquisition size of 640�480 pixels. Any encoding of the enumerated values is possible: other options include human-readable strings, for example �serial 1 digital 10 acquisition 640 480� could be used to define the same VP characteristics.
[0053] We transfer the following set of characteristics from the VP to the UI during the connection phase:
[0054] Firmware revision number
[0055] Hardware serial number
[0056] System-specific global software configuration parameters
[0057] Contents of current VP program
[0058] RS232 serial port characteristics including
[0059] Number of serial ports
[0060] Hardware Configuration of each serial port including
[0061] Baud rate
[0062] Parity
[0063] Data bits
[0064] Stop bits
[0065] Hardware handshake
[0066] System-specific software configuration of each serial port (including transmission mode and related parameters)
[0067] Digital I/O characteristics including
[0068] Number of digital inputs
[0069] Number of digital outputs
[0070] System specific software configuration of each digital input (including operational modes for each input and output and related parameters)
[0071] Network parameters including
[0072] Ethernet MAC
[0073] Static IP address (if applicable)
[0074] Subnet Mask
[0075] Default Gateway
[0076] System Name
[0077] DNS Server address
[0078] System specific network parameters
[0079] The VP also sends the syntax of all functions that may be individually specified and executed by the VP. The UI receives the syntax specification and enables a user to construct a VP program by specifying the order of execution of these functions. Minimally, the syntax must include a list of VP function descriptions, where each function description is comprised of:
[0080] Function name
[0081] Number of parameters
[0082] Using this information the UI can guide the specification of valid VP functions.
[0083] A more complete implementation may contain the following:
[0084] List of text strings and associated numeric string Ids (string table).
[0085] List of VP function categories. Each function category is comprised of
[0086] List of VP function subcategories. Each function subcategory is comprised of
[0087] List of supported VP functions (including input and output functions). Each function is comprised of
[0088] Function name
[0089] String ID of function description string
[0090] Function result type (integer, floating point, image, text string, etc.)
[0091] Parameter list. Each parameter is comprised of
[0092] Parameter Name
[0093] Default value�the parameter value filled in when the function is initially created
[0094] Parameter type�the type of input parameter. The UI uses the parameter type to determine how the user may modify the value. Parameter type is one of BOOLEAN, INTEGER, FLOAT, STRING, or ENUMERATED.
[0095] Minimum value�the minimum legal value the parameter may hold
[0096] Maximum value�the maximum legal value the parameter may hold. Together, the minimum and maximum values and the type determine the
[0097] Optional enumerated list of string IDs for parameters of type ENUMERATED. ENUMERATED parameters may take one value from a small set of named parameters.
[0098] String ID of parameter description string
[0099] The UI uses this information to more appropriately guide the user in system configuration. As shown in FIG. 7, the function name 61, is prominently displayed when configuring an instance of a particular VP function. Also shown are parameter names 62 63, and currently selected values 64 65 for each parameter. The displayed format of each current value depends on the parameter type. For example parameters of numeric type are shown as floating point numbers 64, and parameters of enumerated type are shown as one of a list of enumerated strings 65.
[0100]FIG. 8 shows how the UI enables selection from a list 81 of string ID for parameters of enumerated type. The use may select one of the members of the list by moving the cursor 82 on top of the desired element and clicking a mouse button or pressing a specific keyboard key. The use of string IDs reduces the memory storage and communications bandwidth requirements. Since many functions in a given VP share parameter types help strings and descriptive text to be displayed to the user are transferred in a single string table. String IDs are numbers that specify a single string in the string table. This significantly reduces the amount of data in the function list.
[0101] The organization of VP functions into categories 51 and subcategories 52 (shown in FIG. 6) is very important to aid the user in selecting from the potentially large number of available functions. Two levels of grouping have proved sufficient in our systems, but VPs with fewer functions may benefit from fewer levels of grouping and VPs with more functions may benefit from more levels.
[0102] A simplification of Method 1, using the second method the VP transfers only a list of encoded characteristics. The description of VP functions is not sent to the UI. This greatly simplifies the implementation of the VP/UI protocol at the expense of flexibility. The main limitation of this method is that the complete set of characteristics and their possible values must be known when the UI is constructed and installed. If a new version of the VP is developed (perhaps with additional VP functions to support new vision applications), the UI needs to be upgraded as well.
[0103] Using Method 2, sets of available functions can be encoded as specific characteristic codes. This permits VPs to implement only a subset of all known executable functions, and to communicate the implemented subset to the UI. However, the set of all possible function must be identified when the UI is constructed. Therefore, as already noted, future extensions to VP functionality demand the replacement of the UI.
[0104] The most general and flexible of the three methods utilizes a general purpose �thin client� computer program such as a web browser program. Utilizing a well-known application protocol such as HTTP, the thin client connects to the VP. The VP then provides an executable program that is run on the thin client computer. The description of the VP's capabilities is encoded within the transferred program.
[0105] This executable program may be either in the native instruction set of the client computer, or in any other well-defined instruction set such as Java bytecode. The executable program may either be provided directly by the VP, but the executable program may also reside on another computer on the network requiring the client to retrieve the program from that source. Running the transferred program implements a UI on the client computer.
[0106] The UI may be intended for use only with VPs of a single type. In this case, to support heterogeneous VPs on a network, each VP must provide its own UI program to the host computer. Alternatively, each UI program may be capable of connection with and configuration of a heterogeneous set of VPs by itself, implementing either of the earlier-discussed implementations of this invention.
[0107] Other modifications and implementations will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as claimed. Accordingly, the above description is not intended to limit the invention except as indicated in the following claims.
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The shortlists for the 2015 Running Awards has been revealed.
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Supermum runner Jo Pavey has been named among the ten contenders for the 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year
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A group of US ultrarunners managed to catch a shoplifter in Tennessee earlier this month.
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21 Oct 2014
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10 Oct 2014
Scottish international ultrarunner, Dr Andrew Murray is to launch Scottish Running Clinic on 20 October.
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8 Oct 2014
An ultramarathon runner from Florida has abandoned his attempt to run from Miami to Bermuda in a giant inflatable ball after the US Coast Guard rescued him 70 nautical miles off the US coast.
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14 Sep 2014
Nicky Morgan has removed guidance for schools to use running as a punishment.
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1 Sep 2014
Following the success of the inaugural Running Awards in April this year, organisers have confirmed they will return in 2015.
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21 Aug 2014
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Musical Healing
30 Jul 2014
New research suggests that listening to music after a run can speed your recovery.
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7 Jul 2014
An American teenager looks to have set a world record for running a mile wearing flippers.
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30 Jun 2014
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4 Apr 2014
Foot Locker staged a vertical race in London to promote their latest running collection.
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31 Mar 2014
A Chinese runner has created a mask from his running shoes to filter out air pollution.
Selfie Help For NYC Runner
24 Mar 2014
An American runner has become an internet sensation by taking 13 selfies featuring 'cute guys' during last Sunday's NYC Half Marathon.
Running Scared
17 Mar 2014
A petition has received over 9,000 signatures as a reaction to education secretary, Michael Gove, issuing guidance for teachers stating "extra physical activity such as running around a playing field" should be used as punishment in schools.
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Any Experience with Florida Hill Nursery?
Anyone ever purchased from Florida Hill Nursery before? I cannot find reviews on Dave's garden watchdog website.
FHN have a pretty good selection of stuff but lack of references from people have deterred me from ordering from FHN.
I believe Hoosierquilt got some blueberries from them via Ebay. I went on their website and ordered 10 blueberry plants. I never got a reply. That put me off and I'm going to wait until fall to get the plants from someone I trust and have bought from before.
I did. I ordered a couple of Sweet Crisp and an Emerald. The plants were small, but really healthy. They were very nice, and they shipped them very swiftly. They have a rather ingenious was of shipping - taping the little plants to a piece of cardboard, and very well wrapped and filled with peanuts, so they arrived all the way to S. California in perfect condition. I was pretty impressed with how they packaged the plants, actually.
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Hello hoosierquilt, Thank you for your feedback we work real hard at getting quality plants to our customers at a great price in a timely fashion and appreciate honest feedback from experienced gardeners. We are just as picky who we sell to as people are to purchase from. We prefer not to send our plants off to certain death with inexperienced growers and will decline sales to people with limited gardening abilities and Its a philosophy that keeps costs low and buyers happy. Thank you for your business and come back anytime.
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I should be getting an order from them any day now, the just shipped notice came three days ago. They were the only place I could find these Sweetcrisp and I want to give them a try after your report, fruitnut. They were ordered through the website, it worked for me. I'll try to follow up here with comments on the plants.
Hello Fruitnut, I just realized my email server was maxed out to the extent that I was unable to receive emails. I have increased my email storage ability and can now receive emails. We have grown so fast over the passed 2 years that we have surpassed our original expectations and subsequently the framework. If there is anything you need just ask.
FHN seems to be the only place with Sweetcrisp in stock right now. I ordered 10 of them and 5 Emerald today. Also ate the last of the Sweetcrisp with a few friends. They were as impressed with that variety as I am. So I already have buyers for Sweetcrisp plants as soon as I get them established in 5 gallons of good media.
Fruitnut, do you have any northern highbush plants? I have two northern highbush plants (bluegold and elliott) and I am in Zone 8. I wondering if these will have enough chill time for the fruits to set.
I am seriously debating whether or not to get rid of these two plants and replace them with southern highbush plants.
Hi Shawn,
what varieties of blueberries would you recommend for me?
So far I've got O'neal & Misty. Have space for 4-5 more bushes.
Conditions: hot dry summer with cool nights, low chill requirements in winter.
Hello Jeff, Misty is a recommended pollinator for Sharpblue so I would suggest at least one or two Sharpblue and the Windsor strain has produced wonderfully in my personal garden. University of Florida has a top notch blueberry breeding program that leads the nation. Here is a link.
Windsor is vigorous, with stout stems and a semi-spreading growth habit. Windsor leafs out strongly as it begins to flower, and this strong leafing enables it to support a large crop. Berries are normally ripe by April 28. Windsor berries are very large. Berries from the first half of the harvest average about 2.4 grams on young vigorous plants. The berries are about the same color as those of Sharpblue and Star. It has good firmness and flavor. Although Windsor grows and fruits well, it has lost favor among growers because of the deep picking scar which complicates packing and reduces post-harvest life.
When growere dont utilize a variety because it doesnt pack well that usually means its a top knotch fresh eating variety.
I'd get rid of the northern highbush unless you reliably get 800 chilling hrs or more each winter. I started with six varieties each of northern and southern in 2004. I never got a crop off any of the six northern. The southern grew much better and leafed out much better in spring.
Thatever you get try a Sweetcrisp. It is very low in chilling needs and by far the best blueberry for eating IMO. All the others are mush compared to Sweetcrisp.
Have you tried Sweetcrisp? What do you think of it?
Thanks for the info. You have confirmed my biggest fear...
Damn Lowes for selling BB plants that will not even fruit. Good thing is they have great return policy. I will dig up the Elliott and Bluegold tomorrow and send them back to Lowes.
And spekaing of northern plants, is Legacy consider low chill or high chill? According to Fallcreek Nursery's chart it is high chill but I saw other places have Legacy listed under low chill.
I am going to order two Sweetcrisp (and see if it lives up to fruitnut's hype ;D ), a sharpblue, and going to try out Windsor.
I already have emerald, jewel, misty, southmoon, sharpblue (not satisfy with the plant I bought from local nusery so I am going to buy one from Shawn), 2 sunshine blue, legacy. The new plants I am going to get from FHN will complete my BB collection... for now at least.
Nice BB collection. Please give a report when possible. I know I've been pushing people to try Sweetcrisp pretty hard. But it's that good IMO. I wish I owned the patent.
Legacy is one of those varieties that falls between northern and southern. I think it's worth a try in all but the lowest chill areas.
My blueberries from Florida Hill arrived today in excellent shape, well packaged and very healthy-looking leaves. They are a little smaller than I thought they would be but they are 5" tall which was how they were described. I hope I can nurse them up to size. One thing I learned from experience is to put a big stake right next to any small plant, to keep people from stepping on it.
I received my plants from Florida Hill Nursery yesterday. Plants were very well packed and they looked good. It took exactly a week from the date I placed my order to receive the plants.
You can see how the plants were packed as well as how big the BB plants were in the photos below.
I planted my new BB plants in 40% peat moss, 40% potting soil, and 10% cocoa shell, and 10% perlite mix. Before mixing the 10 gallon potting mixture together I also added 1 cup of organic Azela fertilizer, about 1/2 cup of organic organic soil acidifier, and 1/4 cup of organic dried blood meal into the mix.
My new plants are happily residing in 3 gallon pots with cocoa shell mulch. I am going to continue to follow the fertilizer regime Fruitnut posted in this forum (it works wonder with my other BB plants) and hopefully these new plants will grow nice and tall.
My 15 plants arrived in good shape today despite the mailman leaving them setting in 100F heat all afternoon. Usually plants arrive here UPS but these were USPS. I spotted them about 5 pm and just finished planting in 5 gal pots. They look very good. These are as good as any I've gotten mailorder and the cheapest.
I was a little apprehensive ordering during this heat wave. But those concerns were unfounded. I'll be well ahead of ordering this fall. And well on my way to more Sweetcrisp. I will easily be able to sell all of that variety I can grow at $10 per lb.
Thank you Shawn!!
Anyone order from them lately ? Their website rejected my online credit card order , although I tried several times. It gave me some unknown reason code for rejection and I cannot get them to return my emails. Are they still in business ?
A couple of weeks ago I got four banana plants from them and they were/are fine. They warned the plants are small but they were bigger than I expected and were nicely rooted.
I wanted a special variety and have to trust them on that for a year or so.
I ordered 4 blueberry plants from Florida Hill and shipping was the same single rate for up to 4 plants--and by far the most reasonable shipping charge I have seen anywhere! The plants were also most reasonably priced. They arrived two days after shipping USPS Priority Shipping and were packed exceptionally well (see above photos from Tonton101.) The plants while small, are extremely healthy and show no stress from being shipped. I am delighted with the products and service from Florida Hill and will certainly order again.
I don't like them.It is true though,FHN is ridiculous,when they can't get numerous people's orders correct.
And any FHN staff that are snooping around here,the Blueberry plants I received were not Sweetcrisp and I had to wait over a year to find that out. Brady
Is this company still in business? Their website is just a blank white page.
I had recently read the bananasdotorg thread, and then this thread just now. Some pretty surprising behavior.
Anyway, scottsmith and fruitnut, did the plants you received from FHN turn out to be the correct varieties?
I ordered a banana plant from them back in May. It was fast and cheap. It arrived small and green with yellowing but it started dying as soon as I planted it. I emailed them, I did receive an email but they were blaming me for the dying plant. No refund nor support. Never again buying from them.
I knew that I was ordering from a tissue-culture propagator and I know what a "liner" plant is in the trade (small, but big enough to be reasonably "tough" for planting into nursery lines or pots, or--but only with special care--into permanent sites).
Part of peoples' disappointment with the smallness of plants may result from misunderstanding. I thought the ones I received were bigger and better developed than the minimum I would have reasonably accepted. And I know I got the right grapes at least, by their distinctive leaf shape ("Southern Home"). I will buy more.
The page is working again. I don't think they deserve to go broke, really, but i do think some business practices need to change. I got decent sized plants and they are growing nicely now, so i have no real reason to complain exept for questionable business ethics.


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Continuing the evolution of the Gallien Krueger MB bass head series, the MB800 features incredible output, increased functionality and a completely discrete FET (field effect transistor) driven preamp.
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Comments about Gallien-Krueger MB Fusion 800W Hybrid Bass Amp Head:
The tone of this little amp is surprising. I compared it directly with a MB500 head. While switching back and forth, I found myself jamming and creating more parts on the fusion, it's tone was just a lot of fun.
Rather than telling you about all the good things everyone has already said, I'll tell you about the reason I sent this amp back. The fan noise. After about 30 minutes they kick on and don't turn off. At full band volumes you wouldn't hear it but every time you stop playing it will be the loudest thing in the room. I thought maybe I had a defective unit but GK tech support said it was normal. The unit also had a defective contour knob that would only work very 6 or 7 pushes.
I loved the tone so much that I ordered the fusion 550 instead, as it doesn't use fans for cooling. Hopefully it sounds just as good, if not better. I didn't order the 550 from MF because they wouldn't transfer a 20% off discount that I had used on the fusion 800.
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I originally purchased the MB Fusion 800 as a backup amp because of it's small size and power rating. After playing through it I was blown away by the tone and power output from something that only weighs just over 5 lbs. I'm running it to a 4x10 4ohm Bergantino cabinet. Pretty much run everything flat with just a slight bump in the low mids. Recently I played a large outside venue and had no problems at high volume levels. It was clean/clear and cut through the mix with ease. Wasn't even close to clipping. Prior to buying the Fusion 800 I tried two other popular micro amps and IMHO the GK blew them both away. There secret could be the 3 12AX7 preamp tubes? The illuminated knobs and red muted switch is also a great feature. I really can't find any negatives about this gem of an amp only that it doesn't have a 1/4" speaker output jack. Needless to say this is now my main amp.
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I just had to give other musicians my take on this product. I'm not a compensated endorsee, I've never given a product endorsement before and my comments are probably too long but I hope this helps some of you with your decision on buying a bass amp.
I bought this amp a few months ago. After hundreds of gigs (big and small) playing through an Ampeg Pro 4 (which is a great amp in its own right), I got tired of lugging the weight. I saw this little tiny amp after hours of surfing and decided to try it out.
HANDS DOWN the best bass amp I have ever owned!!
I took it out of the box and it looked like something you would buy a child from Toys R Us. That is the only con to this amp. **I ONLY say that because bassists might see this amp and pass it by because it's so small and "child like". Don't be fooled!!!!
I took it to a gig and plugged into my full rig (of course). I play a Peavey Cirrus 4 string with custom gauge GHS Boomer strings and my cabs are a custom Mesa Boogie 6X10 sitting on top and an old American made Ampeg Classic 4X10 for the bottom. This amp is balanced, punchy, extremely powerful and very easy to use. It gave my cabs every bit of power they could handle, with room to spare.
This amp gave my bass a tonal depth and quality which I hadn't really heard before. The balance this amp provided gave each string almost perfect clarity. I was absolutely blown away. I currently play my small to medium gigs using this amp with a single Avatar 12 cab for a great sound and unbeatable weight. My other cabs have been relegated to large or outdoor venues with this amp.
I've only had it on a few gigs, (plus a few demos, letting a couple of my good friends around town play through it on their gigs; not a single negative comment), so I can't speak to this amps durability or GK's customer service. I hope I never have to.
Lastly and this is not a negative for me but this amp is so small that it doesn't fit in a rack even with ears. You have to contact GK and get their custom ears to rack-mount this amp. I carry the amp, the Neutrik cable and the power cable in a padded laptop case and it works great.
I know I didn't give any technical details in my comments and only a few superlatives--if you need technical, You Tube has some vids on this amp--but this is a GREAT amp that gives my bass a beautiful sound and weighs about as much as a six-pack of beer. The days of me lugging 60-110lb amps thinking that was the only way to get power and tone are over gang. Play well and stay safe all...
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brandon at mf was so great to work with on this purchase.I have been a longtime gk fan ,but this amp is the real deal.I debated about the gkfusion 500 but we do play outdoors in the summer and i was con cerned about headroom. that is no longer an issue.I pair it with a neo 810 and am thrilled with it. Colin
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This amp sounds great and provides plenty of volume with just the right set of features... and it's only 5 pounds! It would be 5 stars but for one issue: switching to gain B with the footswitch causes a noticeable dropout. I haven't recorded with it yet, but that's going to be problematic when I do. I've had to anticipate the spot where I'm going to switch to the boost and hit the switch slightly ahead of the downbeat.
But otherwise, it's a fantastic amp at a reasonable price.
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LOL You mean to say that Emelin, who has very little winger experience, the player who is being benched, for his lack of NA defensive experience, is expected to play a fantastic shut down role in a position he's never played before?
Im REALLY happy they brought up Pulashaj. Because Emelin should be playing defence, and focusing on that. No reason to throw him around the wringer just because he didnt fit like a glove right off the hop.
So it was OK to make a RW of Weber? Playing LW isn't as demanding as playing D.
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Ok... Im not entirely a skeptic, I more or less thought that being the pressure cooker in Montreal... Perhaps it's wise to leave these NUTTY ideas behind locked doors (I would have banned media today before icing Emelin as a Winger). Martin can try whatever while he runs the team.
However it is a bad move, because Emelin is trying to master the NA game. He's a very solid defenceman from the Russian National team, so we know he can handle our game... It's just some fine tuning, and Martins is wasting experience to a guy who is in the midst of a rough adjustment, and telling him to play a position that I have never heard Emelin play professionally on the wing. We dont even know if the kid is comfortable playing out of position hes been here all of 2 months, and he's being tossed around like a rag doll.
If we could give him a consistent situation to learn our game in, then maybe we could rely on him to be a bigger member of our defence. Considering he IS our defenceman who actually doesnt have to push himself to play physical, I dont see why he cant be given opportunities on defence, because I believe this guy has potential to be a fantastic Defenceman in this league. Due to his contract, we dont have a whole lot of breathing room when it comes to his playing career.
If Emelin is regarded as the 7th Dman he'll sit against the Flyers and Bruins. Better to let him play at LW than not to play at all. I'd trust him ahead of Palushaj against those two teams. The Habs have been treated like pinatas so far.
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Age and Anomalous Experience
Please note all this is a work in progress: little more than a series of memo's in which Becky and I are developing ideas we want to explore…
OK last night I posted on a topic that interested me, and seemed to suggest that we forget anomalous experiences quite quickly. Andrew has raised the possibility that the more recent experiences may simply be made up: I admit that is possible, but wonder why people would claim the fictional experience was situated in the last twelve months, rather than long ago, or just today?
This morning I am going to look at the data again, but this time look at age at time of the experience rather than time elapsed between the experience and the report. The first chart shows the ages of our respondents – by category, as we do not possess precise ages for most respondents, and many said things like "when I was living with my parents" or "twelve years ago".
Table 1. Age of Persons Who Responded
As you can see, they cluster around the 30's - unsurprising given the method of collection, as most of the people who viewed the question were in that age category! However the age of percipients does set an upper limit for both how long ago an experience can have occurred, obviously enough (people can not have anomalous experiences before they were born), so I have reproduced the data here. It is a shame we did not ask for more precise ages!
Perhaps more interesting is the following chart, which shows how old people were when the claimed anomalous experience took place.
Table 2. Number of INCIDENTS reported by age category
The sharp decline after 30's is simply owing to the age of our respondents as shown in the first chart, os it is not safe to assume any falling off in experience as we grow older, and the data set is really too small to allow for any meaningful statistical analysis (which is why the study used Grounded Theory methodology). The 1894 Census saw a peak around the age of 21: however there were methodological problems in that Census which may account for this. The Census of Hallucinations (1894) discounted experiences below the age of ten years – we have reported on them and included them in our dataset.
Bear in mind these are experiences, not people. As we shall see in future reports, some people reported many incidents of allegedly anomalous experiences. Also note that continuing and ongoing experiences were not included in these figures. 42 incidents could be placed at a certain age in the percipient's life from the accounts submitted.
However, some experiences (mainly those in childhood) were placed at a precise age: so here are the break downs for the under 20's…
Table 3. Incidents in the Under-20's
The number of experiences at age 18 to 19 appears comparatively high: not quite sure why that should be. Maybe moving away from home?
Anyway these figures are not as interesting as the last set to my mind, but if anyone has comment or thoughts on all this we would love to hear them!
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Charting the Unknown: Ghosts, Memory & the Progress of Time
OK something mildly interesting tonight – very much a preliminary set of thoughts on something Becky and I are still working on. Before she started her PhD we undertook some simple research on reports of "paranormal experiences" together, using a novel new methodology which is actually quite close to that used by the SPR in the 1894 Census of Hallucinations. And something has already come up that I find fascinating!
I don't know yet if Becky is going to develop said methodology for her PhD, so I won't talk about it here, but the important thing is with the help of a number of friends, including but not limited to Yvette Nicole-Hall, Axel Johnston, Rupert Scott-Ward, Miranda Cardew, Lynn Cinderey, Emma and Paul Tudor, Thomas Nowell and others (the full list will appear in the final paper if we ever finish writing this up: please drop me a line if you took part and I have missed you off the list!) we collected sixty "paranormal" type experiences. We then coded them, using a Grounded Theory approach, and I'm still looking at the data.
The question that was posed in our "accidental census" (Becky developed the methodology quite by chance) was
"Have you ever – when believing yourself to be fully awake and unaffected by illness, drink or drugs — had a vivid experience of seeing something or someone, or of hearing a voice, when there is nothing there and no ordinary cause you can find?"
or one of three other minor variations of the same, as we were playing around with the wording, experimenting with the original SPR form, DJ West's, the MAss Observation Survey question and finally Becky's own version (above). The only difference noted was in number of responses,
So what did we find? Well one thing I mentioned the other day leapt out at me immediately. Remember I said in the piece on Thetford Priory and my own ghost experience that I thought experiences diminished rather the grew in the telling, and that many events that seemed quite "paranormal" at the time are quickly forgotten? Well sixty cases is not a lot to base anything on, but here is a quick chart I just knocked up in Open Office Calc.
Bit blurry as I'm not good with the Export function. Anyway at first glance, it seems to show pretty much what we might expect in terms of a fairly even distribution of our experiences. Ah I hear you cry – there are only 49 percipients (people who experienced the event) listed here. Yep, in some cases it was impossible to work out exactly WHEN the event occurred from the narratives we received, and we also omitted repeated phenomena (as in "this happens to me every day" and continuing phenomena, as in "and it's still happening…") from this chart. If they were included the effect would be stronger I think…
So what is puzzling me? The garishly (and with no regard to red/green colour blindness: I should have checked how to change the colours) bars do not represent equal periods of time. Two people reported their event the day it happened, the first bar. The second bar is those who told us of something in the last week, the third the last month. The first 5 bars represent events that were experienced in the last year… But as we get further down the chart, well the fifth bar is four years (from 12 months to 5 years), then we go up in 5 year blocks, then ten years.
Here is the important bit: in the last twelve months, twelve people claim to have had an experience of the type we are interested in – including witnessing an apparition, seeing an object move in what appears to be a "paranormal" fashion, hearing voices, being touched by invisible presences, etc, while well and not under the influence of drugs or drink. So lets assume that people are more likely to recall and report accurately events in the last twelve months. Using that 12 months as a baseline; if that rate was the average (assuming that Dave Williams was wrong earlier tonight when he joked "it looks like Zuul is coming to the West Midlands!) then we would expect sixty reports in each of the 5 year blocks; the mean is actually 4.6 reports per five years. So where are the missing 275+ reports?
Well the age of the population reporting is obviously crucial. We only asked by decade of age, and though I have some precise ages, for most people I only know if they were say in their thirties or forties. I created a chart to show the distribution here. With the limited data I have I would estimate the average age is somewhere around 33. It is hardly surprising then that many people do not report events forty years ago — they were not born.
This leave three main hypotheses to consider to account for the issue
1. The one the SPR Report On the Census of Hallucinations put forward in 1894, and I mentioned to Wiseman & Watt at the Science of Ghosts event in Edinburgh last April, which seemed to surprise them — – people rapidly forget anomalous experiences in the main.
2. People are reporting the most spectacular events they can think of they have experienced, and ignoring minor recent experiences that would meet the Census question.
3. People are making up their experiences, and claiming these false experiences happened recently. I rather doubt this one for various reasons, not least the mode of collection for the data, and the fact the same pattern is found in Sidgwick (1894) – and I suspect in Donald West's three studies.
I will return to this issue tomorrow, and talk more about the preliminary findings. For the moment I welcome any comment, in particular suggestion of appropriate statistical measures to employ on the quantitative data as Becky has returned to Derby to work, and I'm fairly rubbish at this sort of thing. :)
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(CNN) Question: Can the court decide the constitutionality of health care now, or does it have to wait a few years?
To answer, the court had to decide whether a penalty the law imposes on people who do not have health insurance amounts to a tax.
A previously obscure law mandated that the legality of a tax cannot be challenged until it is imposed, and the health care law doesn't call for penalties until 2014.
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