Communicating With An External Device; Basic Control Operations Of The Reader - Omron V430-F Series User Manual For Communication Settings

1 Communication Specifications Overview
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Communicating with an External
Device
This section gives the communications specifications, describes the control methods that you can use
for communications, and describes the settings that are required before starting communications with
an external device.
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Basic Control Operations of the Reader

The following figure shows basic communications between an external device and the reader and the
flow of signals and data.
Trigger sensor
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The following methods can be used to exchange data between an external device and the reader.
Commands that can be input to the reader from an external device
Type
Control
Commands
Data output from the reader to an external device
Type
Status Signals
Read Character String Output
Additional Information
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Triggers and other
control commands
are input.
Reader
Control Signals Reading is executed when a trigger (TRIG signal: ON) is input.
(Input Signals)
Communication Various commands can be executed, such as a Read commands (trigger)
Command Input and commands to change settings.
The communication commands differ depending on the communications
protocol that you use.
When the reader confirms the input of a control signal or communication
command and starts the reading process, it notifies the external device of
its status (by signals such as InReadCycle, etc.) and its judgement with
the OK/NG Judgment signal.
You can output the character string read from barcodes, or 2D Codes
Additional data such as Symbol Quality grade and code position
coordinates can be output.
For these items to be appended to the output, they must be setup in
advance in the detailed settings menu.
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The read results are output.
・Status signals
・Read character string output
・Additional information
（read time, quality grade and so on）
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