Image processing   
3.3 Options for image acquisition and image processing 
  SIMATIC MV500 
46  Operating Instructions, 06/2018, C79000-G8976-C494-01 
Auto-trigger with initial trigger and timeout 
To optimize the power used by this function, the monitoring can be started by an initial 
trigger and can then terminate itself after a selectable time (timeout) or at a falling trigger 
edge. Rising trigger edges after the procedure has started are ignored until the result has 
been transferred. 
In the following example, images are acquired by the trigger until an image has been 
recognized and decoded, or until the timeout stops image acquisition. 
 
Trigger initiates the operation. 
Trigger signal is ignored. 
Image acquisition interval 
Limit of the decoding time 
Figure 3-7  Time diagram: Auto-trigger with initial trigger and timeout 
 
Note 
Duration of image acquisition interval and decoding time
 
Note that the image acquisition interval (b) is always the same length as the de
coding time 
 
Number of acquired images = {(Timeout/Acquisition interval) 
- 1}