Keyence Serial

6 min

Review the following information for setting up and configuring the Keyence Serial driver.

Litmus Edge Compatible Series

Compatibility parameter	Compatible items
Driver type	Serial
Validated devices/series	Keyence KV-L20V Keyence KV-700 Keyence KV-1000 Keyence KV-3000 Keyence KV-5000 Keyence KV-7500 Keyence KV-8000

To set up and configure this device in Litmus Edge, you will need to do the following:

Step 1: Set up and Configure the PLC Device

Step 2: Set up the PLC Device in Litmus Edge DeviceHub

Step 3: Configure the List of Registers

Step 1: Set up and Configure the PLC Device

Record the serial communication parameters for the device. Otherwise, follow the steps below.

To configure your device:

Note down the following information and refer to it when needed.

Device: Keyence KV-40DT

Communication I/F: RS232. Refer to the following figures.

Keyence Serial reference

Launch KV-Studio software.

Select HMI and PLC Devices.

Set up the PLC.

Step 2: Set up the PLC Device in Litmus Edge DeviceHub

Configure the following parameters when you Connect a Device with this driver. Update default values to the specific setup of your device.

Parameter	Value
Type	Keyence
Driver	Keyence Serial
Communication Port	Local Serial connection file path
Baud Rate	115200
Data Bits	8
Parity	Even, Odd, None
Stop Bits	1

Step 3: Configure the List of Registers

When you Add a Tag to the connected device, see the following Register Table and Tag Parameters sections.

See the following additional resources if necessary:

Organize Device and Tag Data by Using Metadata

Tag Formula Variables

Register Table

Name	Value Types		Address Format	Min Address	Max Address	Description
MR	bit	R/W	DDDDdd	0	399915	Internal Auxiliary relay
LR	bit	R/W	DDDdd	0	99915	Latch Relay
CR	bit	R/W	DDDdd	0	99915	Control Relay
R	bit	R/W	DDDdd	0	99915	Relay
B	bit	R/W	HHHh	0	32767	Link Relay
T-Bit	bit	R/W	DDDD	-	9999	Counter bit
C_Bit	bit	R/W	DDDDDdd	0	6553515	Data memory bit
SM_Bit	vir	R/W	DDDDdd	0	999915	Temporary data memory bit
CM_bit	bt	R/W	DDDDDdd	0	6553515	Control memory bit
EM_Bit	bit	R/W	DDDDDdd	0	6553515	Data memory
FM_Bit	bit	R/W	DDDDDdd	0	6553515	File Register bit
CTC_Bit	bit	R/W	D	0	7
W_Bit	bit	R/W	HHHh	0	524287	Link Register bit
VM_Bit	bit	R/W	DDDDDdd	0	6553515
VB_Bit	bit	R/W	HHHh	0	63999
CTC	word	R/W	D	0	7
CTH	word	R/W	D	0	3
Z	word	R/W	DD	1	12
CS	word	R/W	DDDD	0	9999	Counter preset
CC	word	R/W	DDDD	0	9999	Counter current
TS	word	R/W	DDDD	0	99999	Timer preset
TC	word	R/W	DDDD	0	9999	Timer Current
B_Word	word	R/W	HHH	0	2047	Link Relay
R-Word	word	R/W	DDD	0	999	Relay
VB	word	R/W	HHH	0	3999
CR-Word	word	R/W	DDD	0	999	Control Relay
LR_Word	word	R/W	DDD	0	999	Latch Relay
MR_Word	word	R/W	DDDD	0	3999	Internal Auxiliary relay
FM	word	R/W	DDDDD	0	65535	File Register
EM	word	R/W	DDDDD	0	63535	Data memory
VM	word	R/W	DDDDD	0	65535
W	word	R/W	HHHH	0	32767	Link Register
TM	word	R/W	DDDD	0	9999	Temporary data memory
DM	word	R/W	DDDDD	0	65535	Data memory

Tag Parameters

Name: Select a register name from the drop-down list. The available options depend on the names in the register table.

Value Type: Select a data type from the drop-down list. The available options depend on the register name selected.

Polling Interval: Enter a value in seconds. This determines how often the tag should poll the register for data.

Tag Name: Enter a name for the tag.

Description (Optional): Enter a description for the tag.

Address: Enter a tag address. The value must in the decimal format, within the allowed min/max range. Omit the leading zeros. The device might use the decimal (D), hexadecimal (H), or octal (O) address format. See the Register Table at the bottom of the dialog box. For Bit tags, append the bit address without the bit separator. The lowercase letters in the address format indicate how many digits you should enter in the Bit address.

Tag Formula: Enter a formula for the tag to process the generated data. Two variables are permitted: value (current tag value) and timestamp (current tag UNIX time in milliseconds). The following math functions are available:

sqrt

power: power(x) performs the operation 10^x.

log: log(x) is the natural logarithm (the logarithm is in base e).

exp: exp(x) performs the operation e^x.

Only Publish on Change of Value: Select the checkbox to only publish NATS messages when the value parameter changes to a new value. Change of Value only applies to boolean, numeric (such as int or float), and simple string data types. It does not apply to complex types, such as JSON or array. Poll-once topics will not be affected by Change of Value settings. These topics will still only see a single message.

Meta Data: Metadata summarizes basic information about data. This feature allows you to define key-value pair data for the device output payload later on. Metadata can then be used to find, use, and reuse particular instances of data.

Note: If you use special characters in meta data key names, the special characters are replaced with underscore characters in the payload. This can cause two key names to be combined into one. For example, configuring the key names a**b and a&&b will cause only one key name to be created (a__b).