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9.3.3 Transmit process values of the completeness monitoring via TCP/IP
The device can transmit the process values to a PLC via the TCP/IP protocol. The process values are
displayed in the ifm Vision Assistant as output string as below:
In the output string the process values are separated by a semicolon. The output string is transferred to a
PLC in the displayed sequence.
Observe the following remarks for the transmission of the output string to a PLC:
● Semicolons ";" in the output string are not transferred.
● All numerical values are converted into binary 16-bit integers before the transmission.
The output string is composed of the following (data type: ASCII):
star;0;00;0;+0.000;01;7;-0.068;02;6;+0.013;03;0;+0.001;stop
Process value Unit Description
star Start string
0 Status of all ROIs (0 = bad, 1 = good)
00 ROI ID
ROI status:
0 = good
1 = reference level not taught
2 = teaching failed
3 = reference level invalid
4 = no valid pixels
5 = reference level does not contain any valid
pixels
6 = overfill
7 = underfill
0 ROI status
+0.000 m ROI value
01 ROI ID
7 ROI status
-0.068 m ROI value
02 ROI ID
6 ROI status
+0.013 m ROI value
03 ROI ID
0 ROI status
+0.001 m ROI value
stop Stop string