SLMP Scanner Factory Interface

SLMP Scanner is a command/response-based protocol, with the connection and read/write commands originating from the In-Sight vision system. The vision system must send read requests to the Mitsubishi Automation Controller at periodic intervals to determine if there are changes in the control bits. This process is called "polling," and defines the polling cycle.

In the Mitsubishi communication protocol, information from the In-Sight vision system is combined into data blocks, which are then transferred between the vision system and the Automation Controller. Within this methodology, bit-type data is stored in bit registers in the Automation Controller and word-type data is stored in word registers in the Automation Controller. Due to this implementation, bit data is never combined with word data in a data block, which allows these data items to be addressed separately in the Automation Controller.

The data blocks are configured and defined differently, depending on the firmware running on the In-Sight vision system.

• SLMP Scanner Factory Interface - In-Sight 4.x.x Firmware
• SLMP Scanner Factory Interface - In-Sight 5.x.x and Later Firmware