LMI Technologies Gocator 2300 Series, User Manual

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Gocator 2300 & 2880 Series
Protocols • Modbus Protocol • 345
Value Name Description
until the alignment process is complete.
3 Align (moving target) Start alignment process and also calibrate encoder resolution. State
register 301 will be set to 1 (busy) until the motion calibration process is
complete.
4 Clear Alignment Clear the alignment.
5 Load Job Activate a job file. Registers 1 - 21 specify the filename.
Output Registers
Output registers are used to output states, stamps, and measurement results. Each register address
holds a 16-bit data value.
State
State registers report the current sensor state.
Register
Address
Name Type Description
300 Stopped / Running Sensor State:
0 - Stopped
1 - Running
301 Busy Busy State:
0 - Not busy
1 - Busy
Registers 302 to 363 below are only valid when the
Busy State is not Busy
302 Alignment State Current Alignment State:
0 - Not aligned
1- Aligned
303 – 306 Encoder Value 64s Current Encoder value (ticks).
307 – 310 Time 64s Current time (µs).
311 Job File Name Length 16u Number of characters in the current job file name.
312 – 371 Live Job Name Current Job Name.
Name of currently loaded job file. Does not include
the extension. Each 16-bit register contains a single
character.
State Register Map
Stamp
Stamps contain trigger timing information used for synchronizing a PLC's actions. A PLC can also use this
information to match up data from multiple Gocator sensors.
In Profile mode, the stamps are updated after each profile is processed. In Surface mode, the stamps
are updated after each surface has been processed.