PanelScan Integration Guide Serial and TCP/IP Communication Serial Communication To set up serial communication, enable Serial Comm in the System Settings dialog. Select the appropriate Comm Port . The port settings are in the Comm Setup tab on the Multi-Scan Setup dialog. The default output is the full results string (the same string shown in the PanelScan main screen and recorded to the log files). A customized serial output can also be configured in the job setup. This includes options for preamble, postamble, and delimiter characters. TCP/IP Communication This communication option enables you to set the job remotely.
TCP/IP gives you the ability to send the expected number of units in the lot. PanelScan will track this number and will be ready if a partial tray appears. For example, if the lot size is 50 but the tray size is 3 x 3 , PanelScan will determine that the 6th tray (3 x 3 = 9, 50/9 = 5, remainder 5) will only have 5 samples (4 empty slots) and will report accordingly. If the lot size function is not being used, 0 should be sent. This will tell PanelScan not to count trays. Remote Job Protocol PanelScan has the ability to use TCP/IP communication to set the job remotely. PanelScan acts as the server. The client sends commands to PanelScan.
PanelScan can create a Product Table that associates product names with the corresponding job file. This is used when there are multiple product names that use the same job. In this case, the TCP/IP client can send PanelScan the product name and PanelScan will load the correct job file. TCP/IP Communication Setup To use TCP/IP communication, enable it in PanelScan. This can be done in the System Settings dialog. 1. Mark the TCP/IP Comm checkbox. 2. Enter the IP Address of the PanelScan computer. 3. Enter the TCP/IP Port . 4. Click Set as New System Defaults . 5. Restart PanelScan. 14 Copyright © 2019 Omron Microscan Systems, Inc.