Peter Nachtwey
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That is smart. I have been working with Tempo rod for over 20 years.SMOKE said:Actually we have a test bench set up with a RMC 100 and a panelview so the techs can test our temposonic transduacers. (we have had some come back "repaired" that done work. they are internal to the cylinder and are a huge pain to replace)
This is what I don't understand. The RMCs can't initiate messages, just respond.I have used the RMC as a AB PLC to message to the camera.
That makes it easy to initiate transfers from or to the RMC.I concidered using the DVT's Ethernet I/O (it does have it) to do as you have suggested but it works better to grab all the yz points for an entire row of material. The Message is done with a simple Java type script. DVT has some ABRead/Write commands in the script tool.
Hopefully the Cognex cameras will be Ethernet/IP certified and be as easy to work with.Just as a note I might do future camera projects with a Cognex camera. since Cognex bought DVT I am afraid that the DVT end might shut down.
I mentioned this thread to other people at Delta and I told them what I saw at the Rockwell Automation show with the robotic pick and place machines that picked up little pucks. We could do that too.