Serial Port Connectivity
FrontRunner always communicates over Ethernet with the VS-1 Smart Camera; however, the Serial port is fully supported by the Job in the form of allowing Serial triggers and Serial ASCII reporting output via the Acquire, Digital Input and Formatted Output Tools.
The serial string(s) are formatted using the *printf C syntax*. Special characters can be used and are summarized in Table 2-3.
TABLE 2-3. Special Characters