Type Of Operations - Panasonic VL-W1-N Series Setup And Maintenance Manual

3-1 Type of Operations

The laser welding machine can be controlled by the following method:
Control by the manually screen operation
To irradiate the laser by the screen operation, select the control methods from the followings:
• Test lasing
Test lasing executes the laser radiation manually with the selected file.
Use Test lasing when you want to check the lasing results while changing
the setting parameters, such as during the testing to find the appropriate
parameters or the maintenance work.
• Run mode operation
Run mode is an operation method to configure the settings of the laser
welding machine by manual screen operation and to control the lasing
start signal from the external devices such as switches or sensors
connected to I/O terminal.
Use this operation mode to configure the laser welding machine without
using the external control devices as PLC.
• Refer to "3-3-4 Test lasing and Run mode operation" (P.74).
Control by external devices (remote control mode)
The operation method for automatic control.
I/O or communication commands control the operations such as laser
pumping and lasing by connecting the laser welding machine to the external
control device as PLC.
The following external control methods are available. These controls can be
combined.
• I/O control
• Communication command control (RS-232C)
• For details on the external control, refer to "3-4 Operation by External
Devices" (P.75).
ME-VLW1N-SM-1
Touch panel console
External control device such as PLC
Switch
for lasing
trigger
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