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Appendix |Operating Menu
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Digital interfaces Digital interface
selection
Output in the web diagram/ Ether-
net measurement transfer / RS422
/ EtherCAT
Defines which interface is used for data
output. No parallel data output via multiple
channels.
Data selection
Distance 1, 2 /
Distance 3 ... 6
/
Difference 1 - 2 /
Difference 1 - 3
up 5 - 6
1
/
Statistics Min / Statistics Max /
Statistics Peak-Peak / Exposure
time / Intensity of the (all) distance
value(s) /
Encoder 1 / Encoder 2 / Encoder
3 / Error status / Measured value
counter / Time stamp
Select the relevant check boxes to choose
which data are used for transmission. The
data are issued one after the other in a de-
fined sequence. RS422 allows transmission
of no more than 32 records.
Ethernet set-
tings
IP settings for
controller
Address type
static IP-Address / DHCP
IP address
Value
Values for IP address /
gateway / subnet mask.
Only for static IP ad-
dress
Gateway
Value
Sub-network tag
Value
Ethernet
measured
value transfer
settings
Transmission type
Server TCP IP / Client TCP IP / Client UDP IP
/ No transfer
IP-address
Value
only for Client TCP IP
and Client UDP IP
Port
Value
Settings RS422 Baud rate
9.6 / 115.2 / 230.4 / 460.8 / 691.2 / 921.6 /
1500 / 2000 / 3500 / 4000 kBps
Ethernet/
EtherCAT
Operating mode after start
Ethernet / EtherCAT
Switching out-
puts
Assignment of
the switch out-
puts (Digital I/O)
Switch output “Error 1“
Switch output “Error 2“
Error intensity (F1) / Outside of the measuring
range (F2) /
F1 or F2 / Lower limit value (Gr1) / Upper
limit value (Gr2) / Gr1 or Gr2 / no output
Limit value set-
tings
Lower limit value (in mm)
Value
-120.0 ... 120.0 mm
Upper limit value (in mm)
Value
-120.0 ... 120.0 mm
Measurement value that belongs to limit values
Distance 1, 2 /
Distance
3 ... 6
/ Difference 1 - 2
/
Difference 1 - 3 up
5 - 6
1
Switch threshold of the error outputs
High active / low active
Analog output
Output signal
Distance 1, 2 /
Distance 3 ... 6
/
Difference 1 - 2 /
Difference 1 - 3
up 5 - 6
1
With the distance measurement program only
Distance 1 can be measured.
Output range
4 ... 20 mA / 0 ... 5 V /
0 ... 10 V /
-5 ... 5 V / -10 ... 10 V / inactive
Either the voltage or the current output on the
controller can be used at any given time.
Scaling
Standard scaling
Distance measurement: scaled to
0 ... measuring range
Thickness measurement: scaled to
0 ... 2 * measuring range
Two-point-scaling
Start of range
(in mm):
Value
-120.0 ...
120.0 mm
End of range
(in mm):
Value
-120.0 ...
120.0 mm
Output-data rate Measured value
Value
Only every nth value is used
(n = 1, 2 ... 1000).
All other measured values are discarded.
Reducing inter-
faces
Analog / RS422 / Ethernet
Select the relevant check boxes to choose
which interfaces are used for data reduc-
tions.
1) Only with controller IFC24x1MP available
