Overview of the System

In this example, the VS-1 Smart Camera will be decoding a Data Matrix. The image acquisition will be triggered by an Ethernet/IP IO point. The match string for the Data Matrix code will be sent from the PLC to the VS-1 Smart Camera over Ethernet/IP implicit messaging. Also, the resulting DMR code location, decoded string and pass/fail status of the tool are sent back to the PLC over Ethernet/IP implicit messaging.

The first step in setting up the VS-1 Smart Camera to communicate with a PLC is to define the IO mappings and structure of the data to be sent between the devices.