STI VS6400 Series Installation And Operating Manual

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VS6400 Series

Installation and Operating Manual

Scientific Technologies Inc.

Optical Sensor Division

Manufacturing and Sales Office

6550 Dumbarton Circle

Fremont, CA 94555-3611

1/888/510-4357

Phone 510/608-3400

Fax 510/744-1442

www.stiscanners.com

P/N 99760-0010 Rev.E © Jan. 2006 STI

Call: 1/800/221-7060 U.S.A. and Canada

Telephone: 510/471-9717, Fax 510/471-9752

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Page 1 Installation and Operating Manual Scientific Technologies Inc. Optical Sensor Division Manufacturing and Sales Office 6550 Dumbarton Circle Fremont, CA 94555-3611 1/888/510-4357 Phone 510/608-3400 Fax 510/744-1442 www.stiscanners.com P/N 99760-0010 Rev.E © Jan. 2006 STI Call: 1/800/221-7060 U.S.A. and Canada Telephone: 510/471-9717, Fax 510/471-9752...
Page 2 SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. 31069 Genstar Road, Hayward CA 94544 USA...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Content Vehicle Scanner VS6400 Rev.E Table of Contents Section 1 – Introduction ............ 3 Section 2 – Installation and Connections ....... 3 Section 3 – Setup Software ..........5 Section 4 – General Setup Commands ......6 Section 5 – Relay Outputs ..........6 Section 6 –...
Page 4 Department. STI which is not specifically set forth herein shall be binding upon STI. STI shall not be liable ETURNS for any incidental or consequential damages, Whenever you return a product to STI...
Page 5: Section1 - Introduction
Warning! Installation and maintenance must and must not be used for personnel protection (safety) be performed by qualified personnel. applications. STI has a wide range of safety products for these applications. Contact STI for information on our OUNTING THE RANSMITTER AND ECEIVER safety products.
Page 6 SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. VS6400 Cable Identification Pin No. Color Code Function Description White – Sync – Synchronization Link Brown +VDC +24VDC Green – Com – RS485 Communication Link Yellow Output #2 Alarm Output Gray Output #1 Control Output Pink +Sync +Synchronization Link Blue 0 VDC...
Page 7: Section 3 - Setup Software
OMMANDS ProComm, or using the terminal window in Type the setup commands needed. Refer to STI’s Windows setup software. You will need a the individual output sections for the commands personal computer with an RS-485 port. needed for the output you are using.
Page 8: Section 4 - General Setup Commands
Section 4 – General Setup Commands SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. General Setup Commands Relay Outputs Relay Outputs The following commands are useful during Note that the outputs are solid state DC relays, NPN (current sinking) rated 150 mA at 30 VDC setup.
Page 9 This mode disables the relay. OMPLEX OMMAND The following commands are available. Each Syntax: RELAY NULL command should be followed by the Enter key. STI V Command Format: CMASK? EHICLE CANNER IAGNOSTIC UNCTION The diagnostic scan function is designed to Reports the current mask setting.
Page 10: Section 6 - Serial Output
Section 6 – Serial Output SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. Serial Output ASCII NULL Mode ASCII NULL Mode turns off serial data The serial port is used for software setup reports and for seial output reports. For serial reports you must set a serial report, set a serial timing Syntax: ASCII NULL mode, then save your settings.
Page 11 Section 6 – Serial Output Vehicle Scanner VS6400 Rev.E 2) for each object: Interpretation: two objects detected; the 9th – ASCII 20 (the space character); beam is the first beam blocked by the first – four ASCII characters for the hexadecimal object, the first object blocks two beams, the number of the beam closest to the cable that 19th beam is the first beam blocked by the...
Page 12 Section 6 – Serial Output SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. BINARY PSIZE Mode Binary Serial Data Reports BINARY PSIZE Mode gives the position Binary formats issue true binary numbers to and size of the largest object detected. the serial port and cannot report values larger than 255 .
Page 13 Section 6 – Serial Output Vehicle Scanner VS6400 Rev.E is detected, only one byte is given of value 00 Comment: This function gives the same results In each pair of bytes, the first byte is the as BINARY TOPBEAM when the transmitters position (beam closest to the cable) blocked by and receivers are reversed end-to-end.
Page 14 SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. Section 6 – Serial Output Syntax: BINARY LBB+FBB+NOBJ BINARY L & F IRST LOCKED Reports, in binary format, 2 bytes, representing the last and first beams blocked, Note: This command is not available on the e.g., 0x9E 0x17. No delimiters nor spaces are Windows Software check-off boxes.
Page 15 Section 6 – Serial Output Vehicle Scanner VS6400 Rev.E Quiet Mode Quiet Mode inhibits duplicate serial reports with a value of zero. Syntax: QUIET Y turns on this mode. QUIET N turns off this function. Heartbeat Mode Heartbeat Mode overrides delta and quiet functions on an independent synchronous basis.
Page 16: Section 7 - Array Modifying Commands
Section 7 – Array Modifying Commands SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. Array Modifying Commands scanner always uses masking. The default These commands modify the scanner’s settings, however, result in the real beam status. beam pattern to 1) improve the resolution, 2) SETMSK ignore small objects, and 3) alter how the SETMSK (set mask) is used to set the mask scanner interprets the beam status.
Page 17 Section 7 – Array Modifying Commands Vehicle Scanner VS6400 Rev.E MSK (mask logic) determines the masking logic. Three logic functions are available. OR logic, AND logic, and EXCLUSIVE-OR logic. Syntax: MSK aaa where aaa is ORL for OR logic, ANL for AND logic, or XRL for Exclusive-OR logic.
Page 18: Section 8 - Specifications
SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. Section 8 – Specifications Specifications 24 VDC ±20%, 14W maximum power consumption. Operating Power Detection response time: 40 mS max in normal scan, 80mS max in double scan; see table for specific scan times for the different lengths Serial communications RS-485 at 19.2 kbaud Solid State Outputs...
Page 19 Section 8 – Specifications Vehicle Scanner VS6400 Rev.E Transmitter Indicators Red, solid “on” indicates power, normal operation; “flash- ing” indicates transmitter fault Receiver Indicators Green: beams aligned, no blocked beams Yellow: alarm condition Red: beams blocked or misaligned Individual Beam Indicators: illuminate to indicate which beams are blocked Construction Painted aluminum housing, plastic window.
Page 20: Section9 - Ascii Terminal Emulators
SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. Section9 – ASCII Terminal Emulators ASCII Terminal Emulators You can use a terminal emulator to setup the scanner. This is also useful for debugging if you cannot establish communications using the setup software. When using a terminal emulator use the following setup parameters in the emulator.
Page 21: Section 10 - Dimensional Drawings
Vehicle Scanner VS6400 Section 10 – Dimensional Drawings Rev.E Dimensional Drawings 90° 3.50 [88.9] ROTATION 2.79 [70.7] TOP VIEW MTG BRACKETS MTG BRACKETS INVERTED INVERTED 2.80 [71.1] 1.25 [31.8] 1.75 [44.5] 1.15 [29.2] 0.66 [16.6] A = DETECTION ZONE (20.63"/524.0mm SHOWN) 2.72"...
Page 22 Section 11 – Warranty SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES INC.