Gocator Line Profile Sensors: User Manual
Gocator Emulator • 270
For information on creating models and setting up part matching, see Models on page 134. For
information on adding and configuring measurement tools, see Measurement on page 155.
Calculating Potential Maximum Frame Rate
You can use the emulator to calculate the potential maximum frame rate you can achieve with different
settings.
For example, when you reduce the active area, in the Active Area tab on the Sensor panel, the
maximum frame rate displayed on the Trigger panel is updated to reflect the increased speed that
would be available in a physical Gocator sensor. (See Active Area on page 94 for more information on
active area.)
Similarly, you can adjust exposure on the Exposure tab on the Sensor panel to see how this affects the
maximum frame rate. (See Exposure on page 98 for more information on exposure.)
To adjust active area in the emulator, Replay Protection must be turned off. See Using Replay
Protection on page 263 for more information.
Saving changes to active area causes replay data to be flushed.
Protocol Output
The emulator simulates output for all of Gocator's Ethernet-based protocols.
l Gocator
l ASCII
l Modbus
l EtherNet/IP
Clients (such as PLCs)can connect to the emulator to access the simulated output and use the protocols
as they would with a physical sensor.
The emulator allows connections on localhost (127.0.0.1). You can also allow connections to a second
IPaddress that you specify; for more information, see Remote Operation below.
Remote Operation
You can specify an IP address to allow clients to connect remotely to the emulator.
To allow remote connections:
1. In Windows Explorer (Windows 7) or File Explorer (Windows 8 or 10), browse to the location of the emulator.
The emulator is under bin\win32, in the location in which you installed the emulator.
2. Press and hold Shift, right-click the win32 folder containing the emulator, and choose Open command
window here.
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