Panasonic MICRO-IMAGECHECKER A200 Series Hardware Manual page 45

Serial (RS−232C) Ports
4.1 Serial (RS−232C) Ports
Examples of RS−232C Connections
General−purpose RS−232C and VBT Ver. 2 can be used for the COM port.
Only VBT Ver. 2 can be used for the TOOL port.
PLC
COM
PC
COM
PLC
Inspection results and measured
data from the A Series is commu-
nicated to the PLC. The PLC con-
trols machinery systems.
4 − 4
PLC
TOOL
Cannot connect
PC
TOOL
For saving and restoring
VBT Ver. 2 data only
PC
A specialized software program running under
Windows is used to backup and restore image
data and various types of setting data stored in
the A Series controller.
A200/A100 Hardware
COM
TOOL
For saving and restoring VBT Ver. 2
data only
COM
TOOL
Cannot connect
PLC
PC
PC
PLC