Conveyor control

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In case of defined situations (e.g. a sequence error or a not-finished product) the request for stop of a conveyor of a production line is sent to the conveyor controller. It is a software module, which is running on a computer connected to a conveyor PLC with a serial line or via Ethernet network.

The conveyor can be stopped in these cases:

  1. Sequence error
  2. Not-completed product and the next one is scanned
  3. NOK result of any operation (settable for each operation separately)
  4. Timeout for a product on a workstation expired (the product was not finished on a station within the time limit). The settings for a timeout timer is described here: Timeout timer
  5. Timeout for an inactivity on workstation expired (no action taken on a station within the time limit while the product was not finished)


PLC Client parameters

  • line.ConveyorServer = plcgntcs
  • line.ConveyorServerPort = 6779
  • # workplace.LampToSwitch = 6
  • workplace.ConveyorID = 21
  • workplace.ConveyorWSAddr = 0000000000000010


  • WorkPlace.SendConveyorRelease = No | Yes
  • WorkPlace.SequenceConveyorControl = No | Yes
  • Workplace.Conveyor.SendPID = No | Yes
  • Workplace.Conveyor.ReleaseWhenProductFinished = No | Yes
  • Workplace.Conveyor.StopWhenIncompleteProduct = No | Yes
  • Workplace.Conveyor.StopWhenSequenceError = No | Yes
  • Workplace.Conveyor.StopWhenProductTimeout = No | Yes
  • Workplace.Conveyor.StopWhenActivityTimeout = No | Yes
  • WorkPlace.Conveyor.SendMailNotification = No | Yes (revision v. 10.45.69 1101111624 or above)


  • operation.name.SendConveyorStopWhenNOk = No | Yes
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