SWISS PRECISION LASER DISTANCE SENSORS D-Series – Laser Distance Sensor DPE-10-500 DPE-30-150 DAN-10-150 DAN-30-150 DAE-10-050 Technical Reference Manual V1.06 04.10.2018 File: TechnicalReferenceManual_DSeries_V106.odt Dimetix AG • Degersheimerstr. 14 • 9100 Herisau • Switzerland • Phone +41 71 353 00 00 • Fax +41 71 353 00 01 • [email protected] • www.dimetix.com SWISS PRECISION LASER DISTANCE SENSORS Table of content 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................................3 1.1 Product identification.................................................................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Components..............................................................................................................................................................................................5 1.3 Validity.......................................................................................................................................................................................................5 2 Technical data ....................................................................................................................................................................................................6 2.1 Specifications.............................................................................................................................................................................................6 2.2 Physical dimensions....................................................................................................................................................................................8 2.3 Measuring accuracy definition....................................................................................................................................................................8 3 Electrical components .........................................................................................................................................................................................9 3.1 Power supply..............................................................................................................................................................................................9 3.2 Reset push button....................................................................................................................................................................................10 3.3 Status LED................................................................................................................................................................................................10 3.4 Digital output...........................................................................................................................................................................................10 3.5 Digital input.............................................................................................................................................................................................11 3.6 Analog output..........................................................................................................................................................................................12 3.7 RS-232 interface.......................................................................................................................................................................................13 3.8 RS-422 / RS-485 interface........................................................................................................................................................................14 3.9 SSI interface.............................................................................................................................................................................................16 3.10 USB interface.........................................................................................................................................................................................18 3.11 Industrial Ethernet interface...................................................................................................................................................................19 4 Configuration ...................................................................................................................................................................................................20 4.1 Configuration process..............................................................................................................................................................................20 4.2 Operation modes.....................................................................................................................................................................................22 4.3 Measuring characteristic...........................................................................................................................................................................24 4.4 Data output..............................................................................................................................................................................................25 4.5 Factory settings........................................................................................................................................................................................27 5 Operation .........................................................................................................................................................................................................28 5.1 Measurement overview............................................................................................................................................................................28 5.2 Installation................................................................................................................................................................................................28 5.3 Measuring performance influence............................................................................................................................................................29 5.4 Prevention of erroneous measurements...................................................................................................................................................29 5.5 Laser life time consideration.....................................................................................................................................................................30 5.6 Heating functionality................................................................................................................................................................................30 5.7 Application notes / examples....................................................................................................................................................................30 6 Command set ...................................................................................................................................................................................................31 6.1 General....................................................................................................................................................................................................31 6.2 Operation commands...............................................................................................................................................................................31 6.3 Configuration commands.........................................................................................................................................................................35 6.4 Extended configuration commands..........................................................................................................................................................41 6.5 Information commands............................................................................................................................................................................42 6.6 Error codes...............................................................................................................................................................................................43 7 Safety instructions ............................................................................................................................................................................................45 7.1 Use of the instrument..............................................................................................................................................................................45 7.2 Limits to use.............................................................................................................................................................................................45 7.3 Areas of responsibility..............................................................................................................................................................................46