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LMS400
Configuration
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Chapter
3
3.7.5
Laser control
With laser control active, the switching on of the laser is controlled by the gate configured
or by a dedicated source.
G
ATE
CONTROLLED
The laser is controlled by start and stop trigger source configured in the Gate settings
area (see
D
EPENDENT
ON
SOURCE
The laser is controlled by the source configured in the S
OURCE
selection field. The control
is independent of the settings made in the G
ATE
SETTINGS
area.
Control of the laser by a dedicated source
As soon as the LMS400 has calculated, based on encoder pulses (see
) that a certain distance (the laser off distance) has been
reached, it switches off the laser. In addition, a laser timeout ensures that after a certain
amount of time, the laser is switched off in all circumstances.
If, between switching on and off the laser, the start trigger is set again (for instance by a new
object passing a photoelectric switch), the distance calculation and the laser switch off
delay counter are set to zero and re-started. The laser therefore
remains switched on
.
How to configure the laser control:
In the L
ASER
TIMEOUT
field enter the time in minutes after which the laser is to be
switched off.
In the L
ASER
OFF
DISTANCE
field enter the distance after which the laser is to be switched
off.
Note
The LMS400 can count a maximum of 30000 encoder pulses from the time the trigger
is activated until the lasers are switched off. With the encoder resolution of 0.2
mm/incr. of the recommended encoder this results in 30000 × 0.2 mm = 6000 mm.
On this subject please read the section
in the chapter
“Product description”
of the LMS400 operating instructions.
Open in the P
ROJECT
TREE
, LMS400-XX00, P
ARAMETER
the device page D
IGITAL
I
NPUTS
/T
RIGGER
, area L
ASER
C
ONTROL
.
In the L
ASER
CONTROL
area select the G
ATE
CONTROLLED
or I
NDEPENDENT
option.
In the case of independent laser control, in the S
OURCE
selection field select the D
IGITAL
I
NPUT
IN1 or D
IGITAL
I
NPUT
IN3 option if the laser is to be triggered by switches or sensors
that are connected to inputs. Select the S
OFTWARE
TRIGGER
option if the laser is to be
triggered using a message over one the interfaces.