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AR500 User’s Manual 

 

 

LLL00xxxx – Rev 1.0 

iv 

4.1

 

Sensor Cable, Wire Colors and Functions .................................................................. 9

 

4.2

 

Power Supply (Red, Brown) ........................................................................................ 9

 

4.3

 

RS232 / RS485 Serial Comm. (Green, Yellow) ........................................................... 9

 

4.4

 

Analog Output (Blue, Grey) ........................................................................................10

 

4.4.1

 

Current Loop ..........................................................................................................11

 

4.4.2

 

Voltage Output .......................................................................................................11

 

4.5

 

Logic Outputs (Pink, Grey).........................................................................................12

 

5.

 

Serial Interface Operation ..................................................................................................13

 

5.1

 

Communications Protocol and Syntax .......................................................................13

 

5.1.1

 

Request .................................................................................................................13

 

5.1.2

 

Message ................................................................................................................13

 

5.1.3

 

Answer ..................................................................................................................14

 

5.1.4

 

Data Stream ..........................................................................................................15

 

6.

 

Analog Output Operation ...................................................................................................16

 

6.1

 

Analog Output ON (01h) ............................................................................................16

 

6.2

 

Analog Output Mode (02h bit R) ................................................................................16

 

6.3

 

Analog Output Working Range (0Ch, 0Dh, 0Eh, 0Fh) ................................................16

 

7.

 

Logic Interface(s) Operation (02h bits M1 and M0) ............................................................18

 

8.

 

Performance Optimization .................................................................................................19

 

8.1

 

Baud Rate (04h) ........................................................................................................19

 

8.2

 

Laser ON/OFF (00h) ..................................................................................................19

 

8.3

 

Network Address (03h) ..............................................................................................19

 

8.4

 

Zero Point (17h, 18h) .................................................................................................19

 

8.5

 

Sampling Mode (02h bit S) ........................................................................................20

 

8.6

 

Sampling Period (08h, 09h) .......................................................................................20

 

8.6.1

 

Output Rate ...........................................................................................................21

 

8.7

 

Integration Time (0Ah, 0Bh) .......................................................................................21

 

8.8

 

Results Lock (10h) .....................................................................................................21

 

8.9

 

Results Averaging Mode (02h bit M) ..........................................................................22

 

8.9.1

 

Averaging Configuration (06h) ...............................................................................22

 

9.

 

Demo and Configuration Software .....................................................................................23

 

9.1

 

Program Setup ..........................................................................................................23

 

9.2

 

Connecting to the sensor (RS232/RS485) .................................................................23

 

9.3

 

Sensor Operation ......................................................................................................24

 

9.4

 

Display and Archiving of Data ....................................................................................25

 

Summary of Contents for AccuRange AR500

Page 1: ...R500 Laser Sensor User s Manual LLL00xxxx Rev 1 0 For use with AR500 Laser Position Sensor August 10 2012 Acuity A product line of Schmitt Industries Inc 2765 NW Nicolai St Portland OR 97210 www acuit...

Page 2: ...oduct suited to achieve your intended results and for the installation use and results obtained License Terms And Conditions a You are granted a non exclusive perpetual license to use the Software sol...

Page 3: ...ies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received includin...

Page 4: ...AR500 User s Manual LLL00xxxx Rev 1 0 ii...

Page 5: ...5 serial 3 1 3 3 Analog Output Signals 3 2 General Description 4 2 1 Principles of Operation 4 2 2 Mechanical Dimensions 4 2 3 Installation 5 2 4 Laser Safety 5 2 5 Sensor Maintenance 6 2 6 Sensor Ser...

Page 6: ...ON 01h 16 6 2 Analog Output Mode 02h bit R 16 6 3 Analog Output Working Range 0Ch 0Dh 0Eh 0Fh 16 7 Logic Interface s Operation 02h bits M1 and M0 18 8 Performance Optimization 19 8 1 Baud Rate 04h 19...

Page 7: ...10 9 Start Measurement Stream RF60X_StartStream 32 10 10 Stop Measurement stream RF60x_StopStream 33 10 11 Get Measurement Results from Stream RF60X_GetStreamMeasure 33 10 12 Transmission of user dat...

Page 8: ...for reference Signal and Power Interface how to hook everything up Serial Interface Operation modes formats bias Analog Output Operation current loop voltage scaling Alarm Output Operation alarm sett...

Page 9: ...not scratch the lenses on the front face of the sensor Keep the lenses clean with expert optical procedures The lenses are glass with an anti reflection coating Avoid the use of organic cleaning solv...

Page 10: ...ncludes a serial cable the customer must make their own D sub 9 serial connector 1 3 2 1 RS232 serial Connect the RS232 wires to a 9 pin D SUB male connector that can be plugged into a COM port of a P...

Page 11: ...sure distance The laser beam is projected from the housing s aperture and shines on a target surface where it creates a small spot From there the laser light is scattered in all directions for diffuse...

Page 12: ...tandoff distance minus one half the sensor s span Most brackets will have adjustment capabilities so the AR500 s laser can be aimed in X Y and Z coordinates 2 4 Laser Safety Installers of laser sensor...

Page 13: ...licate tissue wipes Do not use any organic cleaning solvents on the sensor If your sensor does not function according to specifications contact Schmitt Industries Inc Do not attempt to loosen any scre...

Page 14: ...correct sensor operation Read the wire descriptions in Section 4 1 for connection information Connect the cable s 8 pin connector Binder series 712 female to the plug Binder series 712 male on the bac...

Page 15: ...section 4 for details For testing use the included Demo and Configuration software Refer to section 9 3 3 Power On Connect a 15 volt 9 36 volts power supply to the power and ground lines of the senso...

Page 16: ...y 5 Ground Signal common Pink 6 Logic Output programmable Blue 7 Analog output current loop voltage Red 8 Power Voltage in 4 2 Power Supply Red Brown The Brown wire is the Power Supply Common return a...

Page 17: ...to satisfy some PC signal requirements for hardware handshake RS485 RS485 is normally used for longer distances of communications and faster data rates Multiple devices can share one line because RS48...

Page 18: ...sampling frequency of the sensor 9 4 kHz and this value increases in proportion to the frequency reduction Figure 3 Wiring Diagram for Current Loop output 4 4 2 Voltage Output The voltage output conne...

Page 19: ...n section 7 for operation options and details The Logic Output is an open collector NPN transistor switch to the Ground for Signal Grey When the Alarm Output is not active its output will be high impe...

Page 20: ...sessions commands which are only initiated by the master PC controller There are two kinds of sessions with such structures 1 request message answer square brackets include optional elements 2 request...

Page 21: ...period SB 0 when parameters transmit Two additional bits of cyclic binary batch counter CNT Bit values in the batch counter are identical for all transmissions of one batch The value of batch counter...

Page 22: ...requests with sizes greater than one byte set the high byte session then send the low byte request session Refer to Section 11for a list of all requests and parameters and Section 12 for Examples and...

Page 23: ...selected window Outside the window the analog output is 0 Full mode The value of bit R is 1 The entire range of the analog output is scaled within the selected window Outside the selected window the...

Page 24: ...al LLL00xxxx Rev 1 0 17 0Fh High byte for the END of the analog output range Default value is 4000h Value range 0 4000h This code specifies a point within the sensor s span Where the analog output has...

Page 25: ...sample times of two and more sensors Synchronization is achieved by tying together the trigger input lines of multiple sensors and also the logic output lines of the sensor Synchronization is a valuab...

Page 26: ...pped with RS485 interface The factory default value is 1 Network data communications protocols assume the presence of a master in the network which can be a computer or other information gathering dev...

Page 27: ...he Trigger sampling mode is selected the sampling period parameter determines the division factor for the external synchronization input For example for the parameter value equal to 100 data are trans...

Page 28: ...r transmits a zero value 0Ah Low byte for maximum integration time 0Bh High byte for maximum integration time Default value is 3200 s Value ranges 2 to 65535 This value specifies the limiting integrat...

Page 29: ...cted the measurement results are averaged over a time interval 8 9 1 Averaging Configuration 06h Depending on the selected averaging mode Number or Time this parameter controls either the number of re...

Page 30: ...e 9 1 Program Setup Start file AR500setup exe and follow the instructions for the installation wizard 9 2 Connecting to the sensor RS232 RS485 Once the program is started the pop up window appears In...

Page 31: ...Where it will be necessary to set the search range for the baud rate and the network addresses When set press the Search button The program will perform automatic search of the sensor by searching ov...

Page 32: ...of points displayed along the X axis can be set in the Number of points in buffer window Y axis scaling can be set by the Auto scaling function One can toggle ON OFF the scaling grid by checking the G...

Page 33: ...k at previously saved data press the Import button and select the required file 9 5 Setting and Saving Sensor Parameters 9 5 1 Setting Parameters Configuring is only accomplished through RS232 or RS48...

Page 34: ...on and not factory default configuration 9 5 3 Saving and Writing a Group of Parameters Parameters of the sensor can be saved to a file on your computer This is done by selecting File Write parameters...

Page 35: ...tion speed through COM port The parameter is identical to field BaudRate in DCB structure described in MSDN lpHandle pointer to the device descriptor Returned value If COM port fails to be opened and...

Page 36: ...sor type WORD wDeviceRange two byte value which contains the measurement range of RF60 sensor tpe WORD The function RF60x_HelloCmd Parameters hCOM descriptor of the device obtained from function RF60x...

Page 37: ...Number of averaged values RF60x_PARAMETER_SAMPLING_PERIOD Sampling period RF60x_PARAMETER_ACCUMULATION_TIME Maximum accumulation time RF60x_PARAMETER_BEGIN_ANALOG_RANGE Beginning of analog output ran...

Page 38: ...ory RF60x_RestoreFromFlash The function RF60x_RestoreFromFlash restores all parameter values in the FLASH by default Parameters hCOM descriptor of the device obtained from function RF60x_OpenPort or C...

Page 39: ...la X D S 4000h mm Parameters hCOM descriptor of the device obtained from function RF60x_OpenPort or CreateFile bAddress address of the device lpusValue pointer to USHORT WORD type variable containing...

Page 40: ...RF60x_GetStreamMeasure reads data from the COM port input buffer which are received from RF603 sensor after successful execution of the RF60xX_StartStream function The data arrive in the buffer at a r...

Page 41: ...receipt of data the amount of read bytes will be recorded to the variable Where this parameter points to Returned value If transmission or reception of bytes fails the function returns FALSE otherwis...

Page 42: ...The function RF60x_Ethernet_ClosePort closes net port and returns the result of operation Parameters hHandle descriptor of the device obtained from function RF60x_Ethernet_OpenPort Returned value If...

Page 43: ...UDPVALUE Where wMeasure pointer to variable USHORT WORD which contains the result D bStatusonebyte value which contains measurement status type BYTE As for function RF60x_Measure the value of the resu...

Page 44: ...AR500 User s Manual LLL00xxxx Rev 1 0 37 If there are no data in the buffer the function returns FALSE otherwise the function returns TRUE and fills the structure lprf60xUDPPacket...

Page 45: ...m of results stream of results 2 8h Stop data streaming Parameter Code Description Values 00h Sensor ON 1 laser is ON measurements are taken default state 0 laser is OFF sensor in power save mode 01h...

Page 46: ...f 1mks 0Bh Higher byte of maximum integration time 0Ch Lower byte for the beginning of analog output range 0 4000h default 0 specifies a point within the absolute range of transducer where the analog...

Page 47: ...te of Destination IP Address 70h 0th byte of Gateway IP Address by default C0A80001h 192 168 0 1 71h 1 st byte of Gateway IP Address 72h 2 nd byte of Gateway IP Address 73h 3 rd byte of Gateway IP Add...

Page 48: ...e following is the format of two answer data bursts for transmission transmission bytes of one data byte DAT 7 0 DAT 7 0 Byte 0 Byte 1 1 0 CNT 1 0 DAT 3 0 1 0 CNT 1 0 DAT 7 4 Answer of Slave Note all...

Page 49: ...Request Master 01h 82h Message Master 85h 80h Answer Slave A4h A0h 12 3 Request Inquiring of result Condition device address 1 result 02A5h packet number 3 Request Master 01h 86h Answer Slave B5h BAh...

Page 50: ...AR500 User s Manual LLL00xxxx Rev 1 0 43 Message Master 89h 80h 80h 83h and for lower byte code of parameter 08h value of parameter 39h Request Master 01h 83h Message Master 88h 80h 89h 83h...

Page 51: ...at the sensor input must be 25 C and it must be filtered of oil dirt and passed through a desiccator to remove moisture The maximum allowable ambient operating temperature for the sensor in the prote...

Page 52: ...User s Manual LLL00xxxx Rev 1 0 45 13 2 Spray Guard The optional spray guard is designed to minimize the amount of dirt or liquid spray from reaching the optical windows of the sensor Figure 9 Spray...

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