11.3
Accessories for visualization, configuration, and integration
Using the
, you can easily connect IO-Link sensors from SICK to a PC or a laptop via USB. You can
then quickly and easily test or configure the connected sensors using the SOPAS ET program (SICK Engineering
Tool with graphic user navigation and convenient visualization).
The corresponding visualization files (SDD = SOPAS Device Description) are available for many devices so that you
can operate the IO-Link sensors using SOPAS ET.
You can download SOPAS ET and the device-specific SDDs directly and free of charge from the SICK homepage:
Various IO-Link masters are available from SICK for integrating IO-Link masters using fieldbus. For more details,
see:
.
11.4
Data repository
When the current IO-Link standard V1.1 was introduced, the automatic data repository (Data Storage) was added
to IO-Link’s range of functions. The data repository allows the machine operator to replace defective IO-Link
devices with corresponding replacement devices without having to reconfigure these manually.
When the data repository is activated, the IO-Link 1.1 master always saves the last valid setting parameters of all
connected IO-Link 1.1 devices in its local memory. If you replace one of the connected IO-Link devices with
another device which is compatible with the function, the IO-Link master will transfer the last valid parameter set
of the previous sensor to the new sensor automatically.
The data repository therefore means that devices can be replaced in a plug-and-play manner within a matter of
seconds – without complex reconfiguration, special hardware or software tools, and specific specialist knowledge.
NOTE
•
To use the data repository, you must activate it in the IO-Link master.
•
When the conversion of one or several sensor parameters is initiated via the control, then the control must
activate the
Data Storage Upload Request-Flag
as the final command in the sensor. Only this initiates the data
repository.
•
Uploading / downloading sensor parameters using the data repository function can take between a few hun‐
dred milliseconds and three seconds depending on the volume of data and the IO-Link master used (typical
values; values can differ in practice).
•
For details on using the data repository, see IO-Link Interface and System Specification, V1.1.2, chapter 10.4
Data Storage (DS) at
, Downloads menu item.
11.5
Physical layer
The physical layer describes the basic IO-Link device data (see table below). The device data is automatically
shared with the IO-Link master. It is important to ensure that the used IO-Link master supports this performance
data.
NOTICE
The maximum current consumption of the IO-Link sensor (including load at the outputs) must not exceed the per‐
missible output current of the relevant port on the IO-Link master.
Table 14: Physical layer – System data
SIO mode
Yes
Min. cycle time
2.0 ms
Baud rate
COM 3 (230.4 kbit/s)
Process data length PD in (from device to master)
16 bytes
IODD version
V1.0
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