Ds2 User Interface - General Information; Program Installation - Datalogic DS2 Ethernet Instruction Manual

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6.1.1. DS2 user interface – General information
The DS2ETH user interface is a Windows program, compatible with 9x/SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
versions, that controls the scanning trend and the digital output status of the DS2 AREAscan
grids with Ethernet interface (or simply DS2ETH).
Thanks to the easy and intuitive user interface, the different configuration parameters of the light
grid, stored in the non-volatile device memory, can be visualised and modified.
Ethernet interface present in DS2ETH supplies a pattern concerning the projection of an object on
the receiver in terms of received light (object absence) or received darkness (object presence). This
pattern contains the binary information concerning each single beam (Complete Beams Status
Array). The position of a beam can be obtained from the weight of single beams and the state from
its value "0" or "1". A bit "0" indicates a not obscured beam and a bit "1" indicates an obscured
beam. At the end of every scanning a new data frame is sent.
It's also possible to receive a partial information about the scanning by means of one or two
numerical measures:
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Top Beam (darkness or light)
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Bottom Beam (darkness or light)

Middle Beam (darkness or light)

Total Beam (darkness or light)

Total Contiguous Beam (darkness or light)

Number of the Transitions (darkness or light)
How many and what measures will be transmitted depends on how it's programmed. It's possible to
freely select one or two measures between those listed before. The only limit is that the same
measure will not be able to be requested twice. These data can be transmitted in binary or ASCII.
The communication protocol foresees the presence of a client unit and a server unit. The
information exchange takes place in a request-reply mode: the client sends a data frame to the
server and the server answers with another data frame to the client.

6.1.2. Program installation

Insert the CD of the DS2 Host Interface software in the PC reader.
The installation program will begin automatically. Simply follow the indications provided.
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