Owner's manual

System Description
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Banner Engineering Corp. • Minneapolis, U.S.A.
Website:http://www.baneng.com • Tel:888.373.6767
1. System Description
TheA-GAGE
™
MINI-ARRAY
™
measuringlightscreenisidealforapplicationssuchas
on-the-flyproductsizingandprofiling,edge-guiding,center-guiding,looptensioning
control,holedetection,partscounting,dieejectionverificationandsimilaruses.
ThissystemwasdesignedspecificallyforuseonDeviceNet
™
Busnetworks.
1.1 System Components
AtypicalA-GAGEMINI-ARRAYSystemhasfivecomponents:anemitter/receiverpair,
eachsensorhavingquick-disconnect(QD)connectors;oneoftwocompactcontrol
modules;andquick-disconnectcablestoconnectthem.
Sensorsareavailablewitharraylengthsfrom133mmto1819mm(5.25"to71.6"),in
152mm(6")increments(seethetableonpage5).Theemitterhasacolumnof
infraredLEDsspaced9.5or19mm(3/8"or3/4")apart,whichtranslatesto16or32
beamsperfoot.Thereceiverisconfiguredoppositetotheemitter,withtheidentical
lengthandbeamspacing.Sensorpairswith16beams/footarecapableofdetectinga
38-mmdiameter(1.5"dia.)cylindricalrod(heldperpendiculartothesensor)andhave
asensingrangeofupto17m(55').Sensorpairswith32beams/footarecapableof
detectinga19.1-mmdiameter(0.75"dia.)cylindricalrod(heldperpendiculartothe
sensor)andhaveasensingrangeofupto6m(20').(InInterlacedmode,thespecified
objectsensitivityincreases;seeSection4.5.)Thesensorshaveawidefieldofviewand
areeasilyaligned.
Themicrocontroller-basedcontrolmoduleisinterfacedwith,andcontrolledby,the
DeviceNetnetwork.EDSfilesaresuppliedtoworkwiththeuser’sDeviceNet
configurationtooltointerfaceandprogramthecontroller.CablesconnectingtheMINI-
ARRAYSystemwiththefacility’sBusnetworkareuser-supplied.ContactyourBanner
salesengineerorinterlinkBTforcableinformation.
Cablesconnectingthesensorswiththecontrolmoduleareavailableinthreelengths,
andhavequick-disconnectfittingsatthesensorend.SeeFigure1-1,page5.