MICRO-EPSILON colorSENSOR CFO Series, Instruction Manual

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Operation
colorSENSOR CFO
Color name Value
The maximum length is 64 characters and may
consist of only alphanumerical characters (a-z,
A-Z, 0-9, no foreign character attributes), spaces
and the special char-#,.().
Described by
L* 0 … 130 (150) Value
Numerical value with four decimal places a*, b* -130 … + 130 Value
X, Y, Z 0 … 130 Value
Output circuit
Binary 1 .. 8 or 1 ... 255
Select by clicking the outputs for binary or direct coding (green is set to
high
)
Use the button
Add new color group
(1), see Fig. 28 , to teach the current color located beneath the sen-
sor with your own output circuit, tolerance model, tolerance values and holding time.
The color located beneath the sensor can be added to the specific, existing color group using the button
Add
new color
(5) .
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It is also possible to teach the new color with the Teach menu using the keyboard on the controller, see
Chap. 5.4.2.1 .
Newly learned colors are also saved when the controller is switched off.
The time can be entered in ms in the holding time entry field
(3) . When the color group is detected, the output
circuit (7) for this color group is held for the selected time.
During this time the outputs are not updated and thus, further colors are not detected.
> Production errors occurring in the meantime are not detected.
The output circuit (7) defines the outputs to be switched upon recognition of this color group. The outputs
can be set to
high
= green or
low
= white by clicking on the output circuits.
The changes to this color group can be saved with the Accept button (2)
The changes to this color group can be discarded with the
Quit
button (4) .
Fields with gray
background re-
quire a selection.
Value
Fields with dark
border require
entry of a value.
NOTICE