Installation instructions – Rockwell Automation 48MS MultiSight Vision Sensor User Manual
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MultiSight™ User Manual
Installation Instructions
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Setup
Installation Instructions
Installation
To help provide maximum accuracy of detection, the MultiSight should be protected from vibration.
Attach the MultiSight onto the dovetail mounting bracket, 48MS-BKTDT (supplied with the unit) and then onto a suitable object 
above the target. Use only the 48MS-BKTDT for mounting the unit (see “Approximate Dimensions—mm (in.)” on page 68).
The PC must be connected to a MultiSight sensor via the Ethernet 
port to load the configuration software. Also, Run mode of the 
sensor is automatically stopped when the software connects to 
the sensor. The software is tightly integrated with the firmware on 
the sensor. As parameters are changed in the software they are 
changed in the sensor. There is not a typical “download” or 
“upload” process, but the “write to flash memory” button in the 
software must be pushed to save the settings from the sensor’s 
RAM to the sensor’s nonvolatile flash memory. The Teach 
command is used only for teaching the pattern, 
contour, or
shutter speed (in automatic shutter adjustment mode). The active 
detector in the software is the active detector in the sensor. This 
means that if the sensor is switched to run mode, whatever 
detector was most recently selected in the software will 
determine the output of the sensor (
unless it is changed via
EtherNet/IP).
If an EtherNet/IP connection is established, the Logix add-on
profile output tag FirstDetector will control which detector is 
active and override the configuration software setting. To give 
control of which detector is active back to the configuration 
software, set the FirstDetector tag value to -1.
Secure the connection cables with cable binders to prevent 
crushing or slipping.
Select a position for the MultiSight in which interfering factors 
such as slight differences in the position of the object or 
variations in lighting have little or no effect.
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