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T i M 5 5 x / T i M 5 6 x   |   S i C K

8015886/YDR0/2014-08-27 • 

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SICK AG

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Waldkirch

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Germany

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www.sick.com

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Activate the output of the measured values in SOPAS on a 
trial basis:

1.  Start the terminal emulator with the 

 button.

2.  Select the 

C

onneCt

... 

 command in the 

C

onneCtions

 menu 

in the dialog window and establish communication with 

the TiM over the Ethernet or USB interface.

3. 

Enter one of the two telegrams in the "Send telegram" 

input line as they appear (automatically framed by STX and 

ETX when sending in the default setting). Pay attention to 

blank characters in the string. 

4. 

Use the 

 button to transfer the telegram to the TiM. 

The TiM responds by providing the data as a one-off or 

continuously in the display area of the terminal emulator.

Data output format of the measured values

The data output format per scan is comprised of the 

measured values (radial distance, RSSI), device and status 

information and time stamp. 

In the default settings, the distance is output as a measured 

value (in mm). 

In order to output remission values in the telegram, select the 

Rssi 

checkbox.

To display the remission values in the scan as well, select the 

Rssi...

 checkbox. 

Output range of the measured values

The TiM scans an angle range of 270°(-45° to 225°) and 
outputs 271 measured values per scan in the default setting. 
The angle range for which measured values can be output 
can be set via 

o

utput

 

RanGe

 (TiM55x: resolution 1°, TiM56x: 

resolution 0.33°).

Some other useful functions

• 

 button: Display the fields in the polar coordinate 

system

• 

 button: Change the view of the TiM from above (TiM: 

black) to the view from below (TiM: blue)

• 

 or 

 button: Switch off the display the full measur-

ing line or display a dotted measuring line.

Completing the configuration

 

>

Permanently save the entire configuration:

Parameter set in: TiM click the 

 button 

Configuration file on the PC: click the 

 button.

One-off output of measured values:

Telegram layout: 

sRN LMDscandata

Telegram part

Description

Variable type

Length 

(byte)

Value range

Command type

Request (SOPAS read by name)

string

3

sRN

Command

Request data

string

11

LMDscandata

Example:

Telegramm type

Command

ASCII

<STX>sRN{SPC}LMDscandata<ETX>

HEX

02 73 52 4E 20 4C 4D 44 73 63 61 6E 64 61 74 61 03

Binary

02 02 02 02 00 00 00 0F 73 52 4E 20 4C 4D 44 73 63 61 6E 64 61 74 61 05

Continuous output of measured values:

Telegram structure: 

sEN LMDscandata

 measurement start/stop

Telegram part

Description

Variable type

Length 

(byte)

Value range

Command type

Request (SOPAS event by name)

string

3

sEN

Command

Request data

string

11

LMDscandata

StartStop measure-

ment

Enum8

1

0  Stop measured value output

1  Start measured value output

Example:

Telegramm type

Command

ASCII

<STX>sRN{SPC}LMDscandata<ETX>

HEX

02 73 52 4E 20 4C 4D 44 73 63 61 6E 64 61 74 61 03

Binary

02 02 02 02 00 00 00 11 73 52 4E 20 4C 4D 44 73 63 61 6E 64 61 74 61 05

• 

Use TiM on port 2111 to configure the device.

• 

Use TiM on port 2112 to view only measurement data.

 

Default IP address of the TiM:

6.  Assign the required IP address/subnet mask to the TiM 

via 

automatiCally

 or 

m

anually

. The IP address/subnet 

mask should correspond to the address space of the later 
application.  

7.  Click 

Finish

 to quit the Connection Wizard.   

SOPAS ET establishes communication with the TiM, loads 
its current device description (parameters), and displays it 
in the navigation tree.

SOPAS ET program window for TiM

Navigation tree (left) and respective device pages (right) 

b. Output of measured values

If the TiM receives one of the two following commands by tele

-

gram over the Ethernet or USB interface it will start the output 
of measured values in real time over these data interfaces.

The detailed construction of the output telegram as well 

as the flow of requests and outputs is described in the 

"

Measured value output

“ in the 

&

 

Technical Information 

(Nr. 8015883).

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