Hi Ken, It depends on what protocol the IO-Link Gateway device supports. You might be lucky and have a simple JSON over HTTP (using 4D’s HTTP Get, etc), but it’s more likely to be one of the industrial standards. For example, if it’s Ethernet/IP (which uses CIP) you could cherry-pick and create a partial comms stack using 4D Internet Commands like TCP_Open, TCP_Receive, UDP_ReceiveFrom, etc. However, that won’t be an easy job so you might want to see if there’s a driver available.
Hope that helps! Tony Pollard Another Dimension Ltd > On 20 Jan 2020, at 7:26 pm, Ken Daniel via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi All, I've been communicating with devices connected via serial port > using Set Channel and Receive Packet for a number of years. We now want to > be able to communicate to another device (a Q4X sensor > <https://www.bannerengineering.com/us/en/products/sensors/photoelectric-sensors/q4x-laser-distance-sensor.html?pageNum=1&sort=4#flt/6887>) > connected to the network using an IO-Link <http://io-link.com>device. > Basically, I just need to get the current reading from the device similar > to getting lbs from a scale. Does anyone have any experience communicating > with something like this from within 4D they can share? Thanks, Ken > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
