Hardware manual

Impact Connector Impact Reference Guide
Datalogic Automation Inc. 4-108
Connect the Impact Connector control
During normal control panel operation, you will probably create a way for the operator to connect the Con-
trol Panel to an Impact device. During the development process, you can manually connect the Control
Panel to the desired device.
To manually connect an Impact Connector control to an Impact device
1. Select the Properties tab on the desired Impact Connector control.
Link Error If True, one or more of the links between the Control Panel and the
Impact device have been broken. This may be due to some change in the
vision program (e.g. a tool deletion). The links are shown on the Get
Data, Set Data, and Execute Method tabs.
Display Device
List
If True, the Impact device list is displayed when the connection is made
Suppress Con-
nect Errors
If True, device connection error dialogs are not displayed when connec-
tion with the device is lost. This allows an unattended reconnect to be
attempted programatically. (Other warning dialogs may be displayed.)
Use Internal Get
Data Timer
If True, the Impact Connector will use the Internal Get Data Timer Interval
property to update Get Data links.
UserID\Password If device security is enabled, this contains the currently logged on user’s
User ID and password. See “Device Security” on page 4-110 for more
details.
Method Name What it does
Run GetData Updates all the data linked from the Impact device. Links from the device
can be seen on the Get Data tab.
Connect Attempts to connect to the Impact device.
Disconnect Disconnects the Control Panel from the Impact device.
Refresh Set Data For controls that have Set Data links to tool properties in VPM, reads the
current values of those properties from the tools and updates the value in
the control property.
Event Name When it happens
Connected When the connection is complete
Occurred Whenever the control has received data through a Link from a tool.
Get Data Com-
pleted
When the most recent Get Data has completed. May be from a Run Get-
Data Method or elapsed Get Data Timer Interval.
Program Loaded/
Unloaded
After a vision program has completed loading or unloading on the Impact
device.
Property Name What it is