Hardware manual

Impact Reference Guide Impact Connector
4-107 Datalogic Automation Inc.
Impact Connector
The Impact Connector control connects the Control Panel to an Impact device. Vision programs, tasks, and
tool data are linked to this control, then linked to properties, methods, and events in other controls. This con-
trol is not displayed on the Control Panel Canvas. To see it, click the Select Design View Options button and
select Control Panel Tree (see “Select Design View Options” on page 4-6). When a control is deleted, if
there are no other links to it in the Connector control, the links are removed in the Connector control. Once
all links are removed from a Connector control, it is automatically deleted.
Property Name What it is
Enable IP Address
Editing
If True, the Edit IP Address button is enabled on the Device Selector dia-
log. (See “Connect to an Impact device, camera, or Emulator” on page 1-
5 for more details.)
Connected If True, the Control Panel is actively connected to an Impact device with
the IP address shown in the IP Address property.
Device Connec-
tion
Used by other controls to determine which Impact device is currently con-
nected
Device Locked True if the device is currently locked in VPM.
IP Address Click in the field to choose a device’s IP address.
Internal Get Data
Timer Interval
Each time this timer interval has elapsed, the Impact Connector will
update all Get Data links. The timer starts after the previous Get Data has
completed. The update interval may be longer than this if the Impact
device is busy.
Disconnected If True, the Impact Connector is not currently connected to a device.
Offline If True, the Impact device is offline.
Last Command
Successful
If True, the last command to the Impact device was successful (for exam-
ple, Get Data or Set Data).
Administration
Level Enabled
If True, device security is enabled and a user with Administrator level
security is logged on.
Programmer Level
Enabled
If True, device security is enabled and a user with Programmer level
security is logged on.
Controller Level
Enabled
If True, device security is enabled and a user with Controller level security
is logged on.
Operator Level
Enabled
If True, device security is enabled and a user with Operator level security
is logged on.
Monitor Level
Enabled
If True, device security is enabled and a user with Monitor level security is
logged on.
Online If True, the Impact device is online. The online method is found on the
Execute Method tab.