User Manual

28 P/N 43298 rev. E
Banner Engineering Corp. •Minneapolis,MNU.S.A.
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MINI-ARRAY
®
InstructionManual
BMRL 3616A
Receiver
48 –
40 –
32 –
24 –
16 –
8 –
In Total Beams Made Mode,
34 of 48 possible beams are
made.
In Total Beams Blocked Mode,
14 of 48 possible beams are
blocked.
Total Beams Made, Total Beams Blocked
BMEL 3616A
Emitter
BMRL 3616A
Receiver
48 –
40 –
32 –
24 –
16 –
8 –
In Last Beam Blocked Mode,
last beam is #43 of 48.
In First Beam Blocked Mode,
first beam is #15 of 48.
Last Beam Blocked, First Beam Blocked
BMEL 3616A
Emitter
48 –
40 –
32 –
24 –
16 –
8 –
In Last Beam Made Mode,
last beam is #37 of 48.
In First Beam Made Mode,
first beam is #26 of 48.
Last Beam Made, First Beam Made
BMRL 3616A
Receiver
BMEL 3616A
Emitter
Figure 5-13. Examples of MINI-ARRAY
scan analysis modes
5.5.3 Analysis Mode Selection
TheMINI-ARRAYcontrollerisaversatilemicrocontroller-basedmodulethatmaybe
configuredusingaPC-compatiblecomputerrunningWindows
®
XP, Vista, or 7
andtheBanner-suppliedsoftwareviathebuilt-inRS-232orRS-485interface.The
BannerMINI-ARRAYSystemcanbeprogrammedforanyoneortwoofthefollowing
ScanAnalysisModes(seeFigure5-13forexamples):
All Data (ALL):Thecontrollerpassesallbeamconditiondataforeveryscantothe
serialinterfaceforanalysisbyahostcomputerorcontroller.
First Beam Blocked (FBB):Thecontrolleridentifiesthelocationofthefirstbeam
blocked.Beamsarenumbered,beginningwiththecabledendofthesensor,and
continuinginsequencetothetopendofthesensor.
Last Beam Blocked (LBB):Thecontrolleridentifiesthelocationofthelastbeam
blocked.
Total Beams Blocked (TBB):Thecontrollertotalsthenumberofblockedbeams.
Contiguous Beams Blocked (CBB):Thecontrollertotalsthenumberofcontiguous
beamsblockedineachgroupofblockedbeamsalongthelengthofthelightscreenand
registersthemaximumvalue.
First Beam Made (FBM):Thecontrolleridentifiesthelocationofthefirstclearbeam.
Last Beam Made (LBM):Thecontrolleridentifiesthelocationofthelastclearbeam.
Total Beams Made (TBM):Thecontrollertotalsthenumberofclearbeams.
Contiguous Beams Made (CBM):Thecontrollertotalsthenumberofcontiguous
clearbeamsineachgroupofclearbeamsalongthelengthofthelightscreenand
registersthemaximumvalue.
Vehicle Separation (VHS)(discreteoutputmodelsonly):Controlleroutput#1is
energizedwhensixormorecontinuousinchesoflightscreenlengthareblocked(i.e.,
contiguousbeamsblocked),andde-energizeswhenallbeamsareclear.Thismodeis
typicallyusedforvehiclesensingintollboothapplications.
Segment (SEG) (controllermodelsMAC16N-1andMAC16P-1only):Thecontroller
segmentsthearrayintoregionsandallowstheusertopartitionthearray.Theuser
definescontiguoussegments.Oncethesegmentsaredefined,theControllermonitors
eachsegmentforblockedbeamswithineachsegment.Ifoneormorebeamsare
blockedwithinanysegment,theoutputcorrespondingtothatsegmentwillrespond.
Transition (TRN) (controllermodelsMAC16N-1andMAC16P-1only):Thecontroller
countstransitions,whichareusedtocountobjects.Thismodecountsbothclear-to-
blockedandblocked-to-cleartransitions.Forexample,ifanobjectblocksbeams20
through30,theTRNmodewillcounttwotransitions.Ifanadditionalobjectblocks
beams35through40,thentheTRNmodewillcountfourtransitions.
Controller Configuration