LINK Systems OmniLink - Feed Interface - Manual (Page 5)

OmniLink 5000 Feed Manual December 13, 1999
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Manual Rev 2.3
1. INTRODUCTION
The OmniLink 5000 Operator Interface
Terminal (OIT) is equipped with a serial
communications card and can be interfaced to
certain electronic roll feeds. This interface allows
feed length, feed speed, and feed acceleration (on
certain feeds) to be programmed from the OmniLink
OIT. These parameters are included in the job
storage area of the system 5000 and automatically
transferred to the roll feed when a job is recalled.
There are two different communication boards
used on the OmniLink 5000. The older style board
only supports certain feeds and provides for the
downloading of tonnage waveforms. The newer
communications board supports more feeds, user
selectable units for the feeds (for instance, inch and
millimeter), tonnage waveform downloads, network
operation, and other planned future enhancements.
OmniLink controls shipped after July 1998 have the
newer communications board installed as standard.
If the features of the newer communications board
are desired for an OmniLink control with the older
board installed, a retrofit kit is available to upgrade
the control. Contact Link for details and pricing.
Support for new feeds is added on a regular
basis by Link, so whether or not the new or old
communication board is installed, a software
upgrade may be required for recently added feeds.
Contact Link with the serial number of the
OmniLink control and the feed manufacturer and
model number so that the necessary feed kit and
software updates can be determined.
1.1 Requirements
In order to connect an electronic roll feed to the
OmniLink 5000 the following items are necessary:
‚ A feed interface cable to connect the OmniLink
OIT communication card to the electronic roll
feed. The section in this manual on each
supported feed will give the Link part number of
the cable appropriate for the feed as well as a
connection diagram.