2
0
2
0
-0
3
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Commissioning
Setting the Number of Read Heads, Operating Mode, and Addresses
You have the option to connect up to four read heads to the interface module. To do this, you
must specify the number of modules and their properties in the controller. Several selection
options are available in the hardware catalog.
Figure 4.8
Device view
1.
Switch to the "Device view" tab (1) in the "Devices & Networks" window.
2.
Double-click to select the module with the appropriate number of read heads and operating
mode from the hardware catalog (2).
The selected module is added to the device view (3).
Note
Do
not
use the
"universal module"
when configuring the device.
2
1
3
Note
Depending on your application, select one, two, three, or four connected WCS
read heads and the operating mode. When in the "only Position" operating
mode, the WCS read heads output their position. In the "Position and Speed"
operating mode, the WCS read heads output their position and the speed at
which they are currently moving.
Regardless of the number of WCS read heads, 1 byte is reserved for querying
the diagnostics for the WCS read heads in the master. For the response data,
4 bytes are reserved for each WCS read head in the "only Position" operating
mode (configuration data for four WCS read heads: 0x20, 0xD1, 0xD1, 0xD1,
0xD1). In the "Position and Speed" operating mode, 6 bytes are reserved for
each WCS read head (configuration data for four WCS read heads: 0x20,
0xD2, 0xD2, 0xD2, 0xD2).