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PP8xx LED Controller - User Manual

PP8xx reference information

11.1

Specifications and ratings

11.2

Error codes

PP8xx LED Controller - User Manual

Getting started

Before you use this product, make sure that you have read and
understood

Section 2, Safety

, (or

Section 3, Sicherheit

, or

Section 4,

Mesures de sécurité

) and , and that you have checked the PP8xx fulfils

your requirements. Throughout this manual, all versions of the controller
will be referred to as the PP8xx, unless specified otherwise.

Mount

the PP8xx (see

Section 5, Mounting the PP8xx

) and

connect

it up

as required (see

Section 7, Connecting the PP8xx

Set up

the PP8xx for the desired operation as described in

Section 9,

Web page configuration

Section 10, Command configuration

We recommend that you visit

www.gardasoft.com

for application notes on

this product. There is also a support web page there, which has
information on trouble-shooting problems.

1.1

PP8xx features - a summary

The PP8xx product is an eight channel LED lighting controller for use in
machine vision applications that can deliver up to 20A per channel in pulse
mode. Other variants of the product family are described in the table
below.

Product

Max.

Current

Resolution

Ethernet

RS232

PP820

20A

100mA

PP820C

20A

7mA

PP821

10mA

PP821C

0.5mA

PP822

25mA

PP822C

1.5mA

PP860

20A

100mA

PP860C

20A

7mA

PP861

10mA

PP861C

0.5mA

PP862

25mA

PP862C

1.5mA

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Page 1: ...PP8xx LED Controller Issue 014 User manual www gardasoft com WWW STEMMER IMAGING COM ...

Page 2: ...ot cause any dangerous situation or significant financial loss to occur Deliberate acts of endangerment and vandalism are not covered by this document and must be considered by the installer While care has been taken in the preparation of this document Gardasoft Vision Ltd will not accept any liability for consequential loss of any kind except those required by law All trademarks acknowledged Hard...

Page 3: ...issipation and thermal guidance 18 6 1 Heat output per channel 18 6 2 Total heat dissipation and heat sinking 18 6 3 Minimising thermal dissipation 19 7 Connecting the PP8xx 20 7 1 Power 20 7 2 Lighting output 21 7 3 Trigger input 21 7 4 Ethernet PP82x 22 7 5 RS232 PP86x 22 7 6 Connectors general 23 8 Ethernet address 24 8 1 IP address 24 8 1 1 MAC address 25 8 1 2 DHCP 25 8 1 3 Fixed IP address 2...

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Page 5: ...iguration or Section 10 Command configuration We recommend that you visit www gardasoft com for application notes on this product There is also a support web page there which has information on trouble shooting problems 1 1 PP8xx features a summary The PP8xx product is an eight channel LED lighting controller for use in machine vision applications that can deliver up to 20A per channel in pulse mo...

Page 6: ...ms in 0 1μs steps The delay can range from 4μs to 300ms in 0 1μs steps Switched In switched mode a trigger input can be used to switch the output current on and off The output is only enabled when the input has a voltage on it Triggers occur on the leading edge of the input that is on the transition from logic 0 to logic 1 Output 1 is triggered from Input 1 output 2 from Input 2 and so on Configur...

Page 7: ... to connect the outputs correctly and protect the output wiring and load from any short circuits When switched off energy remains stored in the PP8xx for about 15 seconds The PP8xx does not have complete tracking isolation of inputs including triggering and communications ports and outputs therefore please observe the following guidance Computer equipment that is connected to the communication or ...

Page 8: ...ion The DC power supply to controller must be externally fused to 4A using a slow blow fuse T4AH 50V The installer must provide a clearly marked nearby and easily accessible switch as part of the installation to allow the controller to be disconnected from its power source on both conductors Transients caused by inductive loads must be suppressed externally to the PP8xx Warning This is a Class A p...

Page 9: ...hrung durch das Personal ausgeschlossen ist und stellen Sie sicher dass Luft frei um das Gerät zirkulieren kann 3 2 Elektrik Das PP8xx erzeugt Impulse mit hoher Energie Achten Sie darauf die Ausgänge korrekt anzuschließen und schützen Sie die Ausgangsverkabelung und Last gegen Kurzschlüsse Beim Ausschalten bleibt Energie für etwa 15 Sekunden im PP8xx gespeichert Das PP8xx verfügt über keine vollst...

Page 10: ...sofern angebracht geschützt sein Die Verkabelung der Stromversorgung zur Steuerung muss für mindestens 4 A bemessen sein Die Verkabelung vom Kanalausgang zur Last muss höher als der maximale Kanalausgangsstrom dimensioniert sein Wenn die Steuerung falsch eingerichtet ist oder im Fall eines Fehlers kann es vorkommen dass die von der Stromversorgung an die Steuerung abgegebene Energie direkt mit ein...

Page 11: ...Installationsanleitung Haftungsausschluss Diese Informationen dienen nur zur Orientierung Installationstechniker müssen ihre eigene spezifische Risikobewertung für die jeweilige Installation durchführen Auch wenn Gardasoft Vision Ltd diese Empfehlung mit größter Sorgfalt erstellt hat übernehmen Gardasoft Vision Ltd und Gardasoft LLC keine Haftung für Schäden jeglicher Art außer in dem gesetzlich e...

Page 12: ...as de le toucher par accident et veillez à ce que l air circule librement autour de l unité 4 2 Électricité Le PP8xx produit des impulsions d énergie élevées Veillez à bien raccorder les sorties et à ce que les câbles de sortie et la charge soient à l abri de tout court circuit Lorsque le PP8xx est éteint de l énergie résiduelle reste dans l appareil pendant environ 15 secondes Le PP8xx ne possède...

Page 13: ...ôleur doit avoir une capacité minimale de 4A Le câblage reliant la sortie de la chaîne à la charge doit avoir une capacité supérieure au courant de sortie maximal de la chaîne Si le contrôleur est mal réglé ou en cas de panne l énergie fournie par l alimentation au contrôleur peut devenir directement connectée à n importe quelle chaîne de sortie ou à toutes les chaînes de sortie Vous devez prendre...

Page 14: ...de d installation clause de non responsabilité Ces informations sont seulement à titre indicatif Les installateurs doivent effectuer leur propre évaluation des risques pour chaque installation Même si Gardasoft Vision Ltd a préparé minutieusement ces conseils Gardasoft Vision Ltd et Gardasoft LLC décline toute responsabilité pour tout dommage quel qu il soit à l exception de ceux requis par la loi...

Page 15: ...8 Watts 5 1 Environmental considerations The PP8xx enclosure is a fire enclosure as long as the following conditions are met The unit must be mounted either with the mounting face horizontal or downwards or with the large face of the base horizontal and downwards All downwards facing holes must have a screw in them If a fire enclosure is used the enclosure should be metal or plastic with a flammab...

Page 16: ... pulsed output the heat dissipation is given by DH IO x Duty Cycle x VS VL Where Duty Cycle Pulse width s x Trigger Frequency Hz When overdriving the voltage across the lighting is more difficult to determine In most cases it is reasonable to use the voltage rating of the light 6 2 Total heat dissipation and heat sinking The total heat dissipation for the PP8xx is given by adding together the heat...

Page 17: ...mera trigger into the PP8xx and pulse the lights Turn the light off when not needed If you don t have precise timing of when the camera will trigger you can use switched mode to switch the output off or on depending on the trigger input or use remote commands to turn the output on and off Reduce the output current if possible Reduce the supply voltage Most PSUs have some adjustment in their output...

Page 18: ... trigger input connections The PP8xx s connections are shown below 7 1 Power Any power supply derived from mains electricity must have a Safety Extra Low Voltage SELV output Route low voltage wiring to the PP8xx controller separately from mains electricity wiring Please refer to Section 2 Safety If this is not possible make sure the low voltage wiring has an insulation rating that is appropriate o...

Page 19: ... connector has connections for two output channels as follows Pin Function 1 First channel positive 2 First channel negative 3 Second channel positive 4 Second channel negative 7 3 Trigger input The PP8xx has an opto coupled trigger input for each channel The connection to the trigger inputs is through a 9 way male D type connector as shown below Pin Function 1 Input 4 positive 2 Input 3 positive ...

Page 20: ... 4 Ethernet PP82x The RJ45 connector fitted to the PP82x controller requires a straight through cable to connect to a network switch hub or router The connection is 10Base T and operates at 10MBits per second 7 5 RS232 PP86x The RS232 connector fitted to the PP86x controller is a standard 9 way female D type A standard straight through cable can be used to connect the controller to a PC serial por...

Page 21: ...s connections are as follows Connector Description Supplier Part number Power input Würth 351 series 2 way screw terminal free socket Würth 691 351 500 002 Farnell 164 1952 Lighting output Würth 351 series 4 way screw terminal free socket Würth 691 351 500 004 Farnell 164 1954 23 WWW STEMMER IMAGING COM ...

Page 22: ...ontroller 8 1 IP address The PP82x needs an Internet Protocol IP address to communicate over Ethernet There are two ways to get an IP address either programmed into the unit or using DHCP For DHCP mode the PP82x acquires its IP address subnet mask and gateway address from the DHCP server Otherwise the PP82x has a fixed IP address subnet mask and gateway address DHCP mode or the IP address can be s...

Page 23: ...ns iii Right click on Local Area Connection Select Properties iv From the list select Internet Protocol TCP IP press Properties If Obtain an IP address automatically is set then DHCP is probably used However there may be an alternative fixed IP address on the Alternative Configuration tab You can find out what IP address is being used by a PC at any time by following the steps below i Go to the Co...

Page 24: ...nation port 30311 with the message body GardasoftSearch 8 bit ASCII 13 characters The message output by the PP82x is a UDP packet from source port 30311 destination port 30310 It is formatted as Gardasoft PP82x 000000 111111111111 22222222 8 bit ASCII 44 characters where 000000 is the serial number of the unit 111111111111 is the MAC address in 6 HEX bytes 22222222 is the IP address in 4 HEX bytes...

Page 25: ...o type the controller s IP address displayed in GardasoftMaint into your web browser which will display the Main page GardasoftMaint software is available from www gardasoft com Downloads 9 1 Main page The main page shown below is the first to open when you access the PP82x s web pages This gives the controller s hardware and firmware revision levels and the serial number 9 2 General setup page 27...

Page 26: ...can use to operate the PP82x You can also set up the trigger mode and turn the internal trigger on or off 9 3 Configuration page The configuration page allows you to set up the lighting parameters You can set the mode continuous pulsed or switched the light s brightness and pulse settings You must click the Submit button to effect any changes you make The configuration page for Channel 0 is shown ...

Page 27: ...mands from a host should be sent to destination port 30313 Replies will be to destination port 30312 For UDP commands from a host should be sent from source port 30312 to destination port 30313 Replies will be sent from source port 30313 to destination port 30312 A TCP IP connection will time out and close if it is idle for more than 10 seconds The host must send regular heartbeat commands for exa...

Page 28: ...y changes made using these commands are not saved permanently until the AW command has been issued as follows Save the settings to memory AW Once the settings are saved to memory they are then retained when the unit is switched off If this is not done changes to the settings are volatile and if the unit is switched off they revert to those in force when the last AW command was issued Report the fi...

Page 29: ...to 200ms 5kHz TT1 100 Set the internal trigger to 100μs 10kHz Clear settings Clear all output channel settings All output channel and timer settings are cleared to a default value 0 0A continuous This does not clear any Ethernet settings CL Simulate an input trigger This command sends a trigger pulse to the specified input channel TRc Where c is the input channel 0 to 7 Enable Ethernet messsages G...

Page 30: ...ters A value of 65 is A 66 is B and so on to 90 which is Z 10 4 Lighting commands You can use the commands listed below to set up the lighting parameters of the PP8xx Report the current settings for the outputs ST Reports the status of all channels STf Reports the status of one channel where f is the output channel 0 to 7 The status output is in the following format fM1VaDdPpRr for pulsed output m...

Page 31: ...utput channel 3 RS3 0 5 Switched output mode This command sets the specified channel to switched mode at the required current RWf a Where f output channel 0 to 7 a output current in amps For example Set channel 4 to produce 1A whenever input 4 is active RW4 1 0 Pulsed output mode This command sets the pulse parameters for the specified channel Note Output 1 can only be triggered by input 1 and out...

Page 32: ...xample Effect AW AW Save changes ST ST2 Show configuration for channel 2 VR VR Read the firmware version RS RS2 0 7 Set channel 2 to 0 7A continuous RW RW1 1 1 Set channel 1 to 1 1A switched by input 1 RT RT2 3 4 1 9 Set channel 2 to 3ms pulses delayed by 4ms with an output pulse current of 1 9A FP FP1 Trigger all channels from trigger 0 input TT TT1 1ms Set test mode with pulses every 1ms CL CL C...

Page 33: ...uous in steps of 10mA PP821C 861C 2A pulsed 2A continuous in steps of 0 5mA PP822 862 5A pulsed 2A continuous in steps of 25mA PP822C 862C 5A pulsed 2A continuous in steps of 1 5mA Trigger inputs 8 opto isolated digital inputs Pulse width timing From 1ms to 300ms in steps of 1μs Timing repeatability 100ns for pulses up to 1ms Trigger to pulse delay From 4μs to 300ms in steps of 1μs Timing repeatab...

Page 34: ...non volatile memory Err04 The command has the wrong number of parameters Err05 This is a warning not an error A timing parameter is out of range and the value of that parameter has been adjusted Err18 On power up the stored configuration was invalid Err40 When the unit has powered up the non volatile memory was corrupt and has been cleared Set up the unit again All other errors A hardware error ha...

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Page 36: ...7 Copyright 2017 Gardasoft Vision Ltd Gardasoft Vision Ltd Trinity Court Buckingway Business Park Cambridge CB24 4UQ UK tel 44 1954 234970 fax 44 1954 231567 Gardasoft LLC Oak Ridge Road Weare New Hampshire 03281 USA tel 1 603 657 9026 www gardasoft com WWW STEMMER IMAGING COM ILL GARD27 10 2019 Subject to technical change without notice No liability is accepted for errors which may be contained i...

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