Controlling Operation and Outputting Data with PLC Link Communications
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FQ2-S/CH User’s Manual
for Communications Settings
Setting the Output Format
[In/Out] − [I/O setting] − [Output data setting] − [Link data output/Fieldbus data output]
1 Press [Output format].
2 Press [Output form].
3 Set either a floating point decimal or a fixed decimal for the output form.
Outputting Character Strings (Only Supported on the FQ2-S4/CH)
You can set whether to output the character string that results from reading. Outputting the character string is
possible for the following inspection results.
•OCR
• Bar code
• 2D-code
• 2D-code (DPM)
The procedure for outputting the character string is given here for two inspection items.
[In/Out] − [I/O setting] − [Output data set] − [Link data output/Fieldbus data output] − [Output
data set]
1 Select the inspection item for which to output the character string.
2 Set the following items on the setting display.
Item Description Setting range
Output form
Set the output form for numerical data.
Fixed decimal point
Outputs the data as a x1000 value.
Example: 123.456 is output as 0x0001E240
Floating decimal point
Outputs the data in floating point decimal for-
mat.
Example: −123.4567 is output as 0xc2f6e979
Floating point or fixed point (default: fixed point)
Parameter Setting Description
String output ON/OFF OFF (default)
Ye s
Sets whether to output the character string that results
from reading.
Partial output ON/OFF No (default)
Ye s
Sets whether to specify the range of characters to output.
Output string setup 1 to 128 for OCR
1 to 1024 for Bar code, 2D-
code, or 2D-code (DPM)
Sets the output range.
NG String output on/off Yes (default)
No
Sets whether to output an NG string.
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