Communicating With An External Device; Basic Control Operations Of The Smart Camera - Omron MicroHAWK F440-F Series User Manual

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Communicating with an External De-
vice
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 Smart Camera

The following figure shows basic communications between an external device and the smart camera
and the flow of signals and data.
Trigger sensor
PLC
The following methods can be used to exchange data between an external device and the smart cam-
era.
Commands that can be input to the smart camera from an external device
Type
Control com-
mands
Data output from the smart camera reader to an external device
Type
Status signals
Result data
State
Command execution result
F440-F/F430-F/F420-F Series Smart Camera User's Manual for Communication Settings (Z444)
Triggers and other
control commands
are input.
Smart Camera
Control Signals Online, offline, trigger (TRIG signal: ON), job change, counter reset, data
(Input Signals) save, set
Communication Various commands can be executed.
Command Input The communication commands differ depending on the communications
protocol that you use.
The status of the smart camera is notified to an external device.
Inspection results
The operating status of the smart camera is displayed.
The result of the executed command is output from the smart camera to
an external device.
1 Communication Specifications Overview
The following results are output.
-Status signals
-Output data
Description
Description
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PLC
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