525GB

N-L20 A u t o - I D Te c h n i c a l G u i d e

SR-700/BL-1300 SERIES

Setup Guide
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Chapter
Contents 3 How to Connect

Chapter 1 Equipment Used ■Connecting via USB

Chapter 2 Before Connecting Connect N-L20 and the PC using a USB cable (OP-
Chapter 3 How to Connect
Chapter 4 Connecting and Setting up the Code Reader
1 51580 (2 m)).
Chapter 5 N-L20 PLC Connection Settings
Computer
Chapter 6 PLC Link Error Troubleshooting N-L20 (AutoID Network Navigator)
Chapter 7 PROFINET Error Troubleshooting
Chapter 8 Change All BL-1300 Communication Settings Barcode

Chapter USB cable OP-51580

1 Equipment Used

N-L20 SR-700 Series BL-1300 Series

2 Start up AutoID Network Navigator.

Double click the "AutoID Network Navigator" shortcut on

the desktop.

USB cable General purpose

OP-51580 (2 m) Ethernet cable

When the message below is shown the connection was

successful.

Chapter

2 Before Connecting

Install AutoID Network Navigator Ver. 4.20 or later on the

computer on which you will set up N-L20.

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■Connecting via Ethernet The IP assignment screen appears. Press the

Connect N-L20 (connection to multiple units
4 change button to manually select an IP address.
1 possible) and the PC via Ethernet. Press the "OK" button If you wish to use the
displayed IP address.
Computer
N-L20 (AutoID Network Navigator)

General purpose Ethernet cable

2 Start up AutoID Network Navigator.

Double click the "AutoID Network Navigator" shortcut on

the desktop.

When the message below is shown the connection was

successful.

When the AutoID Network Navigator finds N-L20,

3 the following message is displayed. Press "Yes".

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Chapter ■For the BL-1300 Series

4 Connecting and Setting up the Code Reader
Select either step 1-1 or 1-2.
Align the BL-1300 communication settings with the N-L20.
■For the SR-700 Series

1 Connect N-L20 and the SR-700 Series. Press the

head connection button and select SR-700.
1-1 Print the Change All BL-1300 Communication
Settings Barcode in Chapter 8 , and follow the
procedure to read it.

1-2 Align the N-L20 head RS-232C settings (settings

list) with the BL-1300 initial communication
settings, and send the settings.

Connect N-L20 and the BL-1300 Series. Press the

2 head connection button and select BL-1300.
When the message below is shown the connection
2 was successful. Configure the SR-700 settings.
* The read screen cannot be displayed when settings are
configured via N-L20.

When the message below is shown the connection

3 was successful. Configure the BL-1300 settings.
* AGC cannot be lifted and tuning cannot be performed
using AutoID Network Navigator. To perform tuning, use
N-UB or N-R2 and AutoID Navigator.

■Checking the code reader works

Open the terminal and send a command such as a LON
command to check that it works.

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Chapter Select the "Start the setup wizard" tab and

5 N-L20 PLC Connection Settings 2 configure settings as shown below.

1 Change to your chosen static IP address.

Press the send settings button in the top right of

3 the AutoID Network Navigator to send the settings
to N-L20.

After setup is complete, close AutoID Network Navigator

and check that the Power LED lights in green.

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Chapter Chapter

6 PLC Link Error Troubleshooting 8 Change All BL-1300 Communication Settings Barcode

PLC link errors occur when the PLC cannot receive commands 㻺㼛㻚㻝㻌㻔㻾㼑㼍㼐㻌㼎㼍㼞㼏㼛㼐㼑㻌㻺㼛㻚㻌㻝㻌㼒㼕㼞㼟㼠㻚㻕
from N-L20 normally.
Check the following three things.

• Check the communication pathway 㻺㼛㻚㻞

Check that the cables are connected, the connector tab is
not bent, the Ethernet HUB power is on, etc.
• Check settings
Check that the settings are the same as those listed in the
user manual. Press the TEST button of the BL-1300 Series to read the quick
• Check the specified address setup bar code. The procedure is as follows:
Check that the address can be used for PLC links.
Hold down the TEST button of the BL-1300 Series
1 for 9 seconds.
After the laser beam flashes twice, release the switch, and
the laser beam continues to emit.

Chapter Read the quick setup bar codes from No. 1 in

7 PROFINET Error Troubleshooting 2 ascending order.
The STABILITY LEDs illuminate to indicate the bar code
PROFINET errors occur when the device name rules are broken. reading status.
In particular, when several N-L20 units are connected, make
sure that the device names are not duplicated.
When all bar codes are read, the OK/NG/ERR LED
■PROFINET device name rules 3 of the BL-1300 Series illuminates in green.
• Devices with the same name cannot be used in the same
network.
Press the TEST button once briefly, and the quick
• Device names must be between 1 and 240 characters long.
• Device names can only include "a-z" (lower case letters), 4 setup bar code reading mode finishes.
"0-9" (numbers), "-" (hyphens), and "." (periods). * While the quick setup bar code is being read, the MODE
• Device names in IP address format cannot be used. (n.n.n.n, BUSY output turns on.
where n is 0 to 999)
• Each label must be between 1 and 63 characters long.
• Hyphens (-) cannot be used at the start of labels.
• Hyphens (-) cannot be used at the end of labels.
• The first label cannot be port-xyz or port-xyz-abcde.
(a, b, c, d, e, x, y, z = "0-9" (numbers))
• Labels starting with xn- cannot be used.
• Labels starting with numbers cannot be used.

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