Network Functions
Most Network functions are used to share data between In-Sight sensors and other TCP/IP devices on a network. An additional function, WriteImageFTP, provides a method for automatically saving images to a network storage device using an FTP server.
- ClearResultsBuffer: Clears any buffered results from a factory protocol results buffer after a specified event.
- GetByteCount: Returns the number of bytes written to a FormatOutputBuffer, ReadCCLinkBitBuffer, ReadCCLinkWordBuffer, ReadEIPBuffer, ReadLatchedUserDataBuffer, ReadModbusBuffer, ReadProfinetBuffer or ReadUserDataBuffer function.
- GetConnectionStatus: Returns the connection status of the specified protocol.
- GetRemoteAddress: Returns the last IP address from which the UDP server received a message.
- GetRemotePort: Returns the last client's port number from which the UDP sever received a message.
- Packet: Defines the binary string packet format to be read or sent by the TCPDevice function.
- QueryDevice: Writes data out to a specified TCP/IP client device, then reads the data back from that device.
- ReadCCLinkBitBuffer: Reads (consumes) data sent by a Mitsubishi PLC and Motion Controller (MC) using CC-Link communications.
- ReadCCLinkWordBuffer: Reads (consumes) data sent by a Mitsubishi PLC/MC using CC-Link communications.
- ReadDevice: Imports data to an In-Sight sensor from a TCP/IP client device.
- ReadEIP: Reads (consumes) data produced by a client using EtherNet/IP protocol. EtherNet/IP is an application-level protocol implemented on top of Ethernet and TCP/IP protocols, allowing the transfer of data in industrial environments over the Ethernet. For more information on the EtherNet/IP protocol, go to odva.org.
- ReadEIPBuffer: Reads (consumes) data sent by a remote client using EtherNet/IP protocol to a referenced Buffer structure created by the FormatInputBuffer function.
- ReadLatchedUserDataBuffer: Reads data contained in a FormatInputBuffer function, when in a buffered acquisition mode.
- ReadMC: Reads (consumes) data sent by a Mitsubishi PLC/MC using SLMP communications.
- ReadModbusBuffer: Reads (consumes) data sent by a remote client using Modbus protocol.
- ReadProfinetBuffer: Reads (consumes) data sent by a remote client using Profinet protocol to a referenced Buffer structure created by the FormatInputBuffer function.
- ReadResult: Imports values from a networked In-Sight sensor (the "sender").
- ReadUserDataBuffer: Reads (consumes) data in the User Data field of the currently enabled factory protocol.
- TCPDevice: Defines an In-Sight spreadsheet cell as a TCP/IP device (client or server).
- UDPDevice: Defines a single connection to communicate with another networked device over User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
- WriteCCLinkBitBuffer: Writes data to a Mitsubishi PLC/MC using CC-Link communications.
- WriteCCLinkWordBuffer: Writes data to a Mitsubishi PLC/MC using CC-Link communications.
- WriteDevice: Exports data from an In-Sight sensor to a TCP/IP server device.
- WriteEIP: Writes data at the specified Request Packet Interval (RPI) for client devices to read (consume) using EtherNet/IP protocol.
- WriteEIPBuffer: Writes data to a referenced Buffer structure created by the FormatOutputBuffer function at the specified Request Packet Interval (RPI) for client devices to read (consume) using EtherNet/IP protocol.
- WriteFTP: Appends a string to a specified file on an FTP server on the network.
- WriteImageFTP: Writes the current image to a target system running an FTP server.
- WriteImageSFTP: Writes the current image to a target system running an SFTP server.
- WriteMC: Writes data to a Mitsubishi PLC/MC using SLMP communications.
- WriteModbusBuffer: Writes data from a referenced Buffer structure, created by the FormatOutputBuffer function, making it available to a remote client device using the Modbus protocol.
- WriteProfinetBuffer: Writes data to a referenced Buffer structure created by the FormatOutputBuffer function at the specified Request Packet Interval (RPI) for client devices to read (consume) using Profinet protocol.
- WriteResult: Exports values to a networked In-Sight sensor (the "receiver").
- WriteResultsBuffer: Writes data to a referenced Buffer structure created by the FormatOutputBuffer function for client devices to read (consume) by any enabled factory communication protocol.
- WriteSMTP: Sends an email message by way of an SMTP server.