Description
3.2 Product characteristics
SIMATIC MV420 / SIMATIC MV440
Operating Instructions, 04/2013, A5E02371045-06
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3.2 Product characteristics
The reader is a compact code reader for industrial applications with the following product
characteristics.
Reading code
● For codes with maximum quality, the read reliability for data matrix code is 99.999 %
(compare quality grading).
● Reading speed:
– Max. of 80 reads per second (Rps) in SIMATIC MV440 SR
– Max. of 70 Rps (SIMATIC MV420 SR-P)
● SIMATIC MV440 only: Variable read distance thanks to exchangeable lenses (typically:
100 mm to 3000 mm)
● Object speed up to 10 m/s
● Code sizes (example: DMC) from 1 mm
2
to 200 mm²
● Autotrigger and scan mode (not available for SIMATIC MV420 SR-B)
● Up to 15 parameter sets and code reading settings can be stored and selected (up to 5
with SIMATIC MV420 SR-B).
● Up to 150 codes can be read per image acquisition (SIMATIC MV440 UR)
Reading plain text (OCR) with a Text-Genius license (SIMATIC MV440 only)
High-performance optical character recognition (OCR) is available for all SIMATIC MV440
readers as of firmware version V3.0. The license can be ordered under the order number
6GF3400-0SL01.
● Flexible reading of numerous fonts without time-consuming training
● Fast and reliable reading (up to 1 000 reads per minute)
● Plain text and up to 50 machine codes (SIMATIC MV440 UR: 150) read simultaneously
● Automatic text localization
● Automatic line detection (up to 12 x 15 lines)
● Flexible reading of character heights of between 15 and 220 pixels
● Up to 12 image regions can be read with independent settings.
● Reading of mirrored, rotated and inverted text
● Numerous filter and comparison functions