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General Impact Reference Guide
Datalogic Automation Inc. 2-10
one-way, the input port number cannot be the same on both devices. See page 3-201 for more details about
the TCP/IP Out tool and how to set up TCP/IP communications. See page 3-37 for details about the TCP/IP
Input Event.
Click the Edit button to change or delete the hex-value delimiter characters that indicate the end of a data
string. In the Create Delimiter Sequence dialog, select a character from the list, then click Append, or click
Clear to delete the delimiter. Click OK when the sequence is defined.
Serial Port
This section defines the parameters for the device’s serial port that will be used by VPM’s Serial Port Out
and Serial Port In tools. Consult the documentation for the requirements of the device you are connecting to
the device’s serial port, then set these values accordingly. The serial port does not support hardware (CTS/
RTS) or software (Xon/Xoff) data flow control. Datalogic Impact devices support only RS-232 communica-
tion protocol. RS-485 is not supported. The Emulator has no serial port.
• Speed: The device or camera’s data transmission rate. Speeds supported: 300; 2,400; 9,600; 19,200;
38,400; and 115,200. VPM defaults to 115,200 when it is installed.
• Parity: The number of parity bits used.
• Data Bits: The number of data bits used.
• Stop Bits: The number of stop bits used.
• Delimiter: (This Delimiter character is used only by the Serial Port In tool. Also see “Serial Port Out”
on page 3-200). The delimiter is placed at the end of the input string when it is transmitted. The
receiving device’s Serial Port Delimiter must match this setting.
When the device detects a delimiter in the data string, it creates a Serial Input task trigger event. If no
delimiter is defined, an event is created after every character in the data.
To create the Delimiter
1. Click the Edit button next to the Delimiter field.
2. In the Create Delimiter Sequence dialog, select a character from the list.
3. Click Append.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the delimiter is defined.
5. Click OK.
NOTES for M-Series processors:
The M-Series processor will only accept one delimiter character in the data string.
The MX40 processor has two serial ports. Serial port 1 is controlled by Camera 1 (CAM1) and Serial port 2
is controlled by Camera 2 (CAM2). Serial Port 1 connector is on the front of the processor box, left of the
VGA connector.
The MX80 processor has four serial ports. Each Serial Port is controlled by its respective Camera (e.g port 1
is controlled by Camera 1 (CAM1) and so on).
Diagnostics Panel
NOTE: Access to functions on this tab may be limited based on a user’s access level and while the device is
online.
The Diagnostics tab lets you run diagnostic tests on various functions of the device.
Outputs