Defining Data Types - Microscan Visionscape HE1600T Manual

Setting Up the PLC Program
FIGURE F–25.
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Enter "HE1600T" for the name. Enter the IP address of the camera. In this
example, the static IP address of the camera is 10.2.1.20. For the I/O assemblies,
the input assembly is instance 100, and it is 20 DINTs of data. The Output
assembly is instance 112, and is also 20 DINTs of data. The "Configuration"
assembly is not used by the camera, so enter in instance 1, size 0 and click OK.
At this point, the program creates a set of Controller Tags for each instance of the
I/O assemblies of the new module. You can examine the tags by double-clicking
"Controller Tags" in the RSLogix 5000 Tree View.

Defining Data Types

For better readability and programming, we will define data types that
correspond to our assembly structures. First we will define a new String type that
has space for 28 characters, the same as we defined in our assemblies. Right click
on Data Types -> Strings in the tree and select New String Type....
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Rev. 1H, Mar 2009 Visionscape® Smart Camera HE1600T Guide