Marking Trigger: Mrk - Panasonic LP-GS Series Serial Communication Command Manual

3-3-4 Marking trigger: MRK

Inputs marking trigger (laser radiation startup signal). For the on-the-fly marking at regular intervals, this command controls
to start and to stop marking.
• Marking (laser radiation) starts upon receiving this command. If you are using the link function with image checkers, the
link control starts upon receiving this command.
• When on-the-fly marking is set, lasing operation starts when the workpiece comes to the preset marking position after
this command is accepted.
• If this command was transmitted while the marking trigger was not acceptable (the marking trigger ready OFF), the laser
marker returns negative response. Before sending this command, confirm that the marking trigger ready status by using
STS command.
• When the trigger delay time is set in the selected file, trigger processing (lasing) operation starts after the delay time.
• This command can be accepted when the trigger mode is set to "single trigger". When the trigger mode is set to
"continuous trigger", input the marking trigger by using TRIGGER IN signal in I/O terminal.
• When trigger mode is set to Multiple triggers at on-the-fly marking, max. 16 triggers can be accepted during trigger
processing (lasing) operation.
• If any of the following operations are executed while the on-the-fly marking at regular intervals or with multiple triggers
are running, the marking operation is terminated after finishing the running marking and subsequent triggers are
canceled.
• Closing the shutter
• Sending MKM command with "command reception permission ON"
• Changing the file
• Changing the marking characters by code reader linkage function
• For the on-the-fly marking at regular intervals, if the marking stop request is transmitted when the trigger processing
operation is running, on-the-fly marking at regular intervals is terminated after finishing the running operation.
• For the on-the-fly marking at regular intervals, if both this command and TRIGGER IN (X5) signal of I/O terminal
are used, the marking at regular intervals is executed with turning on of either of them. Even the stop request of this
command is transmitted, the marking is executed while TRIGGER IN (X5) turns on.
⿎ Setting request data
Start
MRK
code
⿎ Data description
Data length
Name
[byte]
Marking trigger
Total data length
⿎ Example of command settings
Condition: Marking trigger = 1
• Setting
Transmission data
[Marking trigger]
S
1-byte
Data contents
Except the marking at regular
intervals
"0" or "1": Trigger ON
1
When the marking at regular
intervals
"0": Trigger OFF (End marking)
"1": Trigger ON (Start marking)
1 The data length is fixed.
[STX] MRK
ME-LP-GS-SR-COMP-3
(Check sum) End code
• Setting both "0" and "1" allows to start marking
when the trigger mode is other than the
marking at regular intervals.
• For the on-the-fly marking at regular intervals,
setting "1" allows to start the first marking
operation.
• For the on-the-fly marking at regular intervals,
once setting "1", the marking operation is
repeated at regular intervals until "0" is set.
S 1 [CR]
Remarks
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