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How to Issue the Ring/Status Led of In-Sight 2800/In-Sight 3800 From Spreadsheet

This article describes how to issue the Ring/Status LED of In-Sight 2800/In-Sight 3800 from the spreadsheet Editor.

24/02/2026

Question

How to issue the Ring/Status LED of In-Sight 2800/In-Sight 3800 from the spreadsheet Editor?

Answer

  1. In order to issue the Ring/Status LED from spreadsheet, the WriteDiscrete Function must be used.
  2. The Status LED of the In-Sight 2800/3800 is designated to Output 5:

    How to Issue the Ring Status Led of In-Sight 2800 In-Sight 3800 From Spreadsheet-Image-1
  3. Therefore, the start bit in the WriteDiscrete Function must be set to '5':

    How to Issue the Ring Status Led of In-Sight 2800 In-Sight 3800 From Spreadsheet-Image-2
  4. The Event property is linked to A0 by default, but it can be changed to another event.
  5. Number of Bits must be set to '1'. The value property must be linked to a cell, which must be either '0' or '1' (This can be the Job result).
  6. This is only working when the camera is in Online mode.
  7. The behavior of the Ring LED can be configured in the "Details..." (See first image/ Discrete IO Settings):

    How to Issue the Ring Status Led of In-Sight 2800 In-Sight 3800 From Spreadsheet-Image-3

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