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EtherNet/IP™ Connection Guide

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Step 1 : Devices Required for Connection

Step 2 : IV4 Series [EtherNet/IP] Settings

Configure the IV4 Series network settings using the IV Smart Navigator. As an example, this guide describes the procedure to assign the following IP addresses to the PC, KV Series, and IV4 Series. Set an IP address for PC beforehand.

  • IP address to be assigned to the PC: (example) 192.168.0.200
  • IP address to be assigned to the KV Series: (example) 192.168.0.10 (initial value)
  • IP address to be assigned to the IV4 Series: (example) 192.168.0.1

1. Using a LAN cable, connect the PC and the amplifier of the IV4 Series. Start up the IV Smart Navigator, and click [Settings and Operation].

2. Select the IP address of the PC set beforehand for "Network adapter", and click [Search Sensor].

3. The IV4 Series connected with the LAN cable is displayed. Click [Connect], and then click [OK].

4. Set the IP address to be assigned to the IV4 Series. In this example, enter the following values, and click [Connect].

5. The main screen is displayed. Click [Sensor Setup], and adjust the brightness, register the master image, etc. This guide describes the procedure when "Standard Mode" is selected as a mode used for judgment. For details about the sensor settings, refer to the "IV4 Series User’s Manual".

  • *
    When controlling the imaging timing on the KV Series, set the trigger condition to "External Trigger".

6. After the sensor settings are completed, the main screen is displayed again. Click [Sensor Advanced].

7. Open the "Utility" tab, and click [FieldNet/Comm. Unit (DL)]. The [FieldNet/Comm. Unit (DL)] dialog is displayed. Configure the settings as shown below. Click [OK], and then [OK]. The settings are transfered, and the IV4 Series automatically restarts to reflect the settings.

Step 3 : KV-X Series Connection Settings

This section explains how to connect with a fictitious device called "Vendor Series". Replace the "Vender Series" with the device to be connected.

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For the KV Series with a CPU function version of 2.0 or later, variables can be assigned to the connection of EtherNet/IP.
When assigning variables to the connection of EtherNet/IP®, check the box of “Displays the variable setting dialog when updating the Ether- Net/IP® settings (E)” for “Other settings” of “System settings” on the “CPU system settings” dialog.
The “CPU system settings” dialog is displayed by selecting [Display (V)] ⇒ [CPU system settings (P)] from the ”KV STUDIO” menu.

When the box of "Displays the variable setting dialog when updating the EtherNet/IP settings (E)" is checked, at the timing when the EtherNet/IP setting is updated and the changed content of the unit editor is confirmed, a dialog to assign variables to the connection is displayed.

1. Start up the KV STUDIO and create a new project. Set the model option to “KV-X520” and click [OK].
A [Confirm unit configuration setting] dialog box is displayed. Click [Yes (Y)].

2. The unit editor is displayed. On the “Setup unit(2)” tab, click the icon of EtherNet/IP setting. A configuration type selection dialog box is displayed. Click [Manual (M)].

3. On the “Unit setting (2)” tab, set the IP address for KV-X Series. In this example, configure the setting as shown below.

* Step 4 needs to be performed to import a sensor setting file. When the sensor setting file has already been imported, proceed to Step 5.

4. Select [EDS file (D)] → [Reg (I)] to import the KEYENCE sensor setting file(ez1 file) or EDS file.

* Download the sensor setting file from the KEYENCE website.

5. With the KV-X Series and the EtherNet/IP devices connected using the Ethernet cable, select [File (F)] → [Auto configuration (S)] on the [EtherNet/IP settings] window.

6. When the configuration on the unit editor differs from that of the actual device, a dialog for confirming transfer of the project is displayed. With the PC and KV-X Series connected using the USB cable, click [Yes (Y)].

7. When transfer of the project is completed, the [Search unit settings] dialog is displayed. Then click [Search (F)]. After the auto configuration is completed, "Vendor Series" is automatically registered. Then click [OK] to close the [EtherNet/IP settings] window.

8. Click [OK] on the unit editor to exit.

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When the box of "Displays the variable setting dialog when updating the EtherNet/IP settings (E)" is checked, the [EtherNet/IP equipment Variable settings] dialog is displayed.
Enter the name of variable assigned to the connection, and click [OK].

- The way of Device Configuration Settings manually
In the [Unit list (1)] tab of “EtherNet/IP Settings”, drag and drop "Vendor Series" and create a device configuration.

Transferring and Monitoring Setting Data

1. From the menu, select [Monitor/Simulator (N)] > [Transfer to PLC (W) → Monitor mode (C)].
　In the [Send comm. cmd. to PLC] dialog box, click [Execute(E)].

2. If the following dialog box is displayed before and after transferring the data, click [Yes] both times.

3. Right-click on “Vender Series” in the workspace, and select [Sensor IO monitor (M)].
　Scores and other information can be easily monitored.

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The information can also be checked on a graph by starting up the real time chart monitor.
Right-click on “Sensor I/O monitor” and select [Real time chart monitor (H)].

Range adjustment is not required since the real time chart monitor performs scaling automatically.

When Manipulating Parameters with a Program
Changing the Setting Values

The setting values of the sensors can be changed by the following two methods:
A : Change from a PC
B : Change from a ladder program

A : Change from a PC

To change the settings from a PC, use the transmission adapter function in KV STUDIO.

1. Expand the unit configuration in the workspace. Right-click on "Vender Series" and select [Transmission adapter settings (A)].

2. Place a check mark in Setting Value for "Vender Series" and enter the setting value.
　Click [Write adapter (W)] to write the setting value to the sensor.

*To read the setting value of a sensor, select [Read adapter (R)].

B : Changed from a ladder program

Use message communication to change the setting values from a ladder program.

To perform message communication with KV STUDIO, use the sensor setting commands (SPWR [sensor parameter write] and SPRD [sensor parameter read]).

1. In Editor mode, create a ladder program as shown below.

* For the parameter numbers, refer to Parameter list.

2. Transfer the ladder program.

3. When MR100 is turned on, the setting value is changed.

* Store the setting value in DM4 ([Leading device to store results] + 4).

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RT (Real-Time) Edit function

When you use a ladder program, you can input device comments or parameter names directly to have input candidates be searched for and displayed automatically.

Extra 1 : Memory Mapping

List of parameters that can be obtained in cyclic communication

Since the parameters that can be obtained during cyclic communication are automatically updated between the KV Series and IV4 Series at a constant period, a program for reading and writing data is not required. Each device map in the following cases is shown in the table below.

  • - When B000 and W000 are allocated to the leading device of the link devices
  • - When W000 (leading device of the link devices) is allocated to variable

IV4 Series → KV Series

Address (byte) Bit When allocated to the devices When allocated to the variables
Allocated
device 		Name Allocated
device 		Member name Data type
0 0 B00 Trigger response W00.0 TriggerResp BOOL
1 B01 Master registration response W00.1 MasterRegResp BOOL
2 B02 Program switching response W00.2 ProgramSwitchResp BOOL
3 B03 Warning clear response W00.3 WarningClrResp BOOL
4 B04 Statistics reset response W00.4 StatResetResp BOOL
5 B05 Judgment/buffer clear response W00.5 Rslt_BufferClrResp BOOL
6 B06 SD save stop response W00.6 SD_SavingStopResp BOOL
7 B07 Setting value change response W00.7 SetValChgResp BOOL
1 0 B08 Trigger failure W00.8 TriggerFail BOOL
1 B09 Master registration failure W00.9 MasterRegFail BOOL
2 B0A Program switching failure W00.10 ProgramSwitchFail BOOL
3 B0B Count-up input response W00.11 CountUpInputResp BOOL
4 B0C Count reset response W00.12 CountResetResp BOOL
5 B0D System reservation W00.13 -
6 B0E SD save stop failure W00.14 SD_SavingStopFail BOOL
7 B0F Setting value change failure W00.15 SetValChgFail BOOL
2 0 B010 Result acquisition possible W01.0 ResultAvailable BOOL
1 B011 Result update completion W01.1 ResultUpdateComp BOOL
2 B012 Busy W01.2 BUSY BOOL
3 B013 Imaging state W01.3 ImagingStatus BOOL
4 B014 Operation W01.4 RUN BOOL
5 B015 Ready W01.5 Ready BOOL
6 B016 Trigger ready W01.6 TriggerReady BOOL
7 B017 SD card recognition state W01.7 SD_Status BOOL
3 0 B018 Sorting mode information W01.8 ClassificationMode BOOL
1 B019 System reservation W01.9 -
2 B01A Passing count mode operation state W01.10 AI_ThroughCountStatus BOOL
3 B01B System reservation W01.11 -
4 B01C SD card capacity shortage W01.12 SD_NoSpace BOOL
5 B01D Buffer over run W01.13 BufferOverRun BOOL
6 B01E Warning W01.14 Warning BOOL
7 B01F Error W01.15 Error BOOL
4 0 B020 Total judgment OK W02.0 OverallJudgeOK BOOL
1 B021 Position correction W02.1 PositionCorrection BOOL
2 B022 LOGIC1 W02.2 LOGIC1 BOOL
3 B023 LOGIC2 W02.3 LOGIC2 BOOL
4 B024 LOGIC3 W02.4 LOGIC3 BOOL
5 B025 LOGIC4 W02.5 LOGIC4 BOOL
6 B026 Total judgment NG W02.6 OverallJudgeNG BOOL
7 B027 System reservation W02.7 -
5 0 B028 LOGIC5 W02.8 LOGIC5 BOOL
1 B029 LOGIC6 W02.9 LOGIC6 BOOL
2 B02A LOGIC7 W02.10 LOGIC7 BOOL
3 B02B LOGIC8 W02.11 LOGIC8 BOOL
4 B02C System reservation W02.12 -
5 B02D W02.13
6 B02E W02.14
7 B02F W02.15
6 0 B030 Tool 1 W03.0 Tool ARRAY[0..15] OF BOOL
1 B031 Tool 2 W03.1
2 B032 Tool 3 W03.2
3 B033 Tool 4 W03.3
4 B034 Tool 5 W03.4
5 B035 Tool 6 W03.5
6 B036 Tool 7 W03.6
7 B037 Tool 8 W03.7
7 0 B038 Tool 9 W03.8
1 B039 Tool 10 W03.9
2 B03A Tool 11 W03.10
3 B03B Tool 12 W03.11
4 B03C Tool 13 W03.12
5 B03D Tool 14 W03.13
6 B03E Tool 15 W03.14
7 B03F Tool 16 W03.15
8 - 9 - W00 Error number (16-bit unsigned integer) W04 ErrorNo UINT
10 - 11 - W01 Warning number (16-bit unsigned integer) W05 WarningNo UINT
12 - 13 - W02 Remaining number of buffers (16-bit unsigned integer) W06 RemainBufferNum UINT
14 - 15 - W03 Setting checksum (16-bit unsigned integer) W07 Checksum UINT
16 - 17 - W04 Current program number (16-bit unsigned integer) W08 CurProgramNo UINT
18 - 19 - W05 Judgment program number (16-bit unsigned integer) W09 ProgramNoDuringJudge UINT
20 - 21 - W06 Result number (16-bit unsigned integer) W0A ResultNo UINT
22 - 23 - W07 Processing time (16-bit unsigned integer) W0B ProcessTime UINT
24 - 25 - W08 Processing time MAX (16-bit unsigned integer) W0C ProcessTime_MAX UINT
26 - 27 - W09 Processing time MIN (16-bit unsigned integer) W0D ProcessTime_MIN UINT
28 - 29 - W0A Processing time AVE (16-bit unsigned integer) W0E ProcessTime_AVE UINT
30 - 31 - W0B System reservation W0F -
32 - 33 - W0C Trigger count (32-bit unsigned integer) W010 TriggerNum UDINT
34 - 35 - W0D W011
36 - 37 - W0E OK count (standard mode) / sorting count (sorting mode) (32-bit unsigned integer) W012 OK_Num UDINT
38 - 39 - W0F W013
40 - 41 - W010 NG count (32-bit unsigned integer) W014 NG_Num UDINT
42 - 43 - W011 W015
44 - 45 - W012 Trigger error count (32-bit unsigned integer) W016 TriggerErrorNum UDINT
46 - 47 - W013 W017
48 - 49 - W014 Result output transfer completion count (32-bit unsigned integer) W018 OutputTransfers UDINT
50 - 51 - W015 W019
52 - 53 - W016 Position correction score (16-bit unsigned integer) W01A PosAdj_Score UINT
54 - 55 - W017 Position correction score MAX (16-bit unsigned integer) W01B PosAdj_Score_MAX UINT
56 - 57 - W018 Position correction score MIN (16-bit unsigned integer) W01C PosAdj_Score_MIN UINT
58 - 59 - W019 Position correction score lower limit threshold (16-bit unsigned integer) W01D PosAdj_Score_LowThre UINT
60 - 71 - W01A - W01F System reservation W01E - W023 -
72 - 73 - W020 Tool 1 degree of coincidence (16-bit unsigned integer)* 4 W024 Tool_Info[0].MatchRate UINT
74 - 75 - W021 Tool 1 degree of coincidence MAX (16-bit unsigned integer)* 4 W025 Tool_Info[0].MatchRateMAX_Thre UINT
76 - 77 - W022 Tool 1 degree of coincidence MIN (16-bit unsigned integer)* 4 W026 Tool_Info[0].MatchRateMIN_OCR1 UINT
78 - 79 - W023 Tool 1 lower limit threshold (16-bit unsigned integer)* 4 W027 Tool_Info[0].LowThre_OCR2 UINT
80 - 81 - W024 Tool 1 upper limit threshold (16-bit unsigned integer)* 4 W028 Tool_Info[0].UpThre_OCR3 UINT
82 - 83 - W025 Decimal point position (16-bit unsigned integer)* 1* 4 W029 Tool_Info[0].DecPos_OCR4 UINT
84 - 85 - W026 Pitch current value MAX / Color average H (hue) (16-bit unsigned integer)* 2* 4 W02A Tool_Info[0].PitchMax_H_OCR5 UINT
86 - 87 - W027 Pitch current value MIN / Color average S (saturation) (16-bit unsigned integer)* 2* 4 W02B Tool_Info[0].PitchMIN_S_OCR6 UINT
88 - 89 - W028
Number of pitches / Color average V (intensity) / Brightness average brightness (16-bit
unsigned integer)* 3* 4
W02C Tool_Info[0].PitchNum_V_OCR7 UINT
90 - 91 - W029 System reservation* 4 W02D Tool_Info[0].OCR8 UINT
92 - 391 - W02A - W0BF
Tools 2 to 16 (same as Tool 1)
Leading address of Tool number n is: 72+(n-1)x20* 4
W02E - W0C3 Tool_Info[1] - Tool_Info[15] Structure
392 - 393 - W0C0 Master number / Total judgment type W0C4 ClassificationResult UINT
  • *1
    When scaling is enabled with the width, diameter, or pitch tool. Data content is 0 with the other tools or when scaling is disabled.
  • *2
    When the pitch or color average tool is used. Data content is 0 when those tools are not used.
  • *3
    When the pitch, color average, or brightness average tool is used. Data content is 0 when those tools are not used.
  • *4
    Data content varies depending on the tool to be used. For details, refer to the IV4 Series User’s Manual.

KV Series → IV4 Series

Address (byte) Bit When allocated to the devices When allocated to the variables
Allocated
device 		Name Allocated
device 		Member name Data type
0 0 B040 Trigger request W0C6.0 TriggerReq BOOL
1 B041 Master registration request W0C6.1 MasterRegReq BOOL
2 B042 Program switching request W0C6.2 ProgramSwitchReq BOOL
3 B043 Warning clear request W0C6.3 WarningClrReq BOOL
4 B044 Statistics reset request W0C6.4 StatResetReq BOOL
5 B045 Judgment result/buffer clear request W0C6.5 Rslt_BufferClrReq BOOL
6 B046 SD save stop request W0C6.6 SD_SavingStopReq BOOL
7 B047 Setting change request W0C6.7 SettingValChgReq BOOL
1 0 B048 System reservation W0C6.8 -
1 B049 W0C6.9
2 B04A All program statistics reset request W0C6.10 AllStatResetReq BOOL
3 B04B Count-up input request W0C6.11 CountUpInputReq BOOL
4 B04C Count reset input request W0C6.12 CountResetReq BOOL
5 B04D System reservation W0C6.13 -
6 B04E W0C6.14
7 B04F W0C6.15
2 0 B050 Result acquisition completion notification W0C7.0 ResultAcqComp BOOL
1 B051 System reservation W0C7.1 -
2 B052 W0C7.2
3 B053 W0C7.3
4 B054 W0C7.4
5 B055 W0C7.5
6 B056 W0C7.6
7 B057 W0C7.7
3 0 B058 W0C7.8
1 B059 W0C7.9
2 B05A W0C7.10
3 B05B W0C7.11
4 B05C W0C7.12
5 B05D W0C7.13
6 B05E W0C7.14
7 B05F W0C7.15
4 - 5 - W0C2 Program number W0C8 ProgramNo UINT
6 - 7 - W0C3
Upper/lower limit threshold setting number Master character setting number (OCR tool)
FTP/SD save setting number (FTP client/SD card save function)
Serial number value setting number for next judgment (Learning OCR)
W0C9 SettingNo UINT
8 - 9 - W0C4 Upper/lower limit threshold
Master character /number of characters (OCR tool) FTP/SD save setting value (FTP client/SD card save function)
Serial number setting value for next judgment (Learning OCR) 		W0CA SettingVal UDINT
10 - 11 - W0C5 W0CB

Extra 2 : Reference Programs

Reading judgment results (handshaking control disabled)

Mnemonic symbol list

LDP xTriggerReq
OR IV4_OUT.TriggerReq
ANB IV4_IN.Common.TriggerResp OUT IV4_OUT.TriggerReq
LD IV4_IN.Common.ResultAvailable
LDP IV4_IN.Common.ResultUpdateComp ORF IV4_IN.Common.ResultUpdateComp ANL
MOV IV4_IN.Tool_Info[#0].MatchRate uiMatchRate

  1. (1) Turns ON the trigger request, and holds until the trigger response is turned ON.
  2. (2) Copies the data written to the tool score when the result acquisition possible is turned ON and at the rising or falling of result update completion

One point

Program can be created with a manual-less ladder!

Relay input is possible only by entering some portion of the device comments during entry of operand. (RT edit function)
Time to search for relay numbers is eliminated, leading to the reduction of man hours for program creation.

Reading judgment results (handshaking control enabled)

Mnemonic symbol list

LDP xTriggerReq
OR IV4_OUT.TriggerReq
ANB IV4_IN.Common.TriggerResp OUT IV4_OUT.TriggerReq
LDP IV4_IN.Common.ResultAvailable
MOV IV4_IN.Tool_Info[#0].MatchRate uiMatchRate
LDP IV4_IN.Common.ResultAvailable OR IV4_OUT.ResultAcqComp
AND IV4_IN.Common.ResultAvailable OUT IV4_OUT.ResultAcqComp

  1. (1) Turns ON the trigger request, and holds until the trigger response is turned ON.
  2. (2) Copies the data written to the tool score when the result acquisition possible is turned ON.
  3. (3) Turns ON the result acquisition completion notification when the result acquisition possible is turned ON, and holds until the result acquisition possible is turned OFF.

Switching the program

Mnemonic symbol list

LDP xChangeProgram
MOV uiProgramNo IV4_OUT.ProgramNo
LDP xChangeProgram
OR IV4_OUT.ProgramSwitchReq
ANB IV4_IN.Common.ProgramSwitchResp OUT IV4_OUT.ProgramSwitchReq

  1. (1) Writes the program number.
  2. (2) Turns ON the program switching request, and holds until the program switching response is turned ON.

Changing the judgment threshold of tools

Mnemonic symbol list

LDP xChangeThreshold
MOV uiThresSettingNo IV4_OUT.SettingNo MOV.D udiThreshold IV4_OUT.SettingVal
LDP xChangeThreshold
OR IV4_OUT.SettingValChgReq
ANB IV4_IN.Common.SetValChgResp OUT IV4_OUT.SettingValChgReq

  1. (1) Writes upper/lower threshold setting numbers*1 and upper/lower thresholds.
  2. (2) Turns ON the setting value change request, and holds until the setting value change response is turned ON.
  • *1
    Upper/lower threshold setting numbers differ depending on the tool number and the type of threshold.
    For details, refer to the IV4 Series User’s Manual.

Changing the master text

Mnemonic symbol list

LDP xChangeMasterChar
MOV uiMasterSettingNo IV4_OUT.SettingNo SMOV strMasterChar IV4_OUT.SettingVal
LDP xChangeMasterChar
OR IV4_OUT.SettingValChgReq
ANB IV4_IN.Common.SetValChgResp OUT IV4_OUT.SettingValChgReq

  1. (1) Writes the master text setting number*1 and master text.
  2. (2) Turns ON the setting value change request, and holds until the setting value change response is turned ON.
  • *1
    The setting number differs depending on the tool that changes the master text.
    For details, refer to the IV4 Series User’s Manual

One point

The IV4 Series handles character strings using the character code UTF-8.
Since the KV Series handles character strings using the character code Shift JIS, character strings that cannot be expressed with the ASCII code cannot be specified.

One point

The default connection setting can change only up to 4 master text at a time.
Changing the connection setting allows 5 or more master text to be changed at a time.

Select [Tool (T)] → [Built-in EtherNet settings (E)] → [EtherNet/IP settings (W)], and open the [EtherNet/IP settings] window. On the [EtherNet/ IP settings] window, right-click the IV4 Series icon, and select [Connection setting (N)].

Click "Setup parameter" and increase the "External Input Size" setting value. Then the number of characters that can be changed at a time can be expanded.

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