Balluff Light Sensor

[Devolution]

I am having a small problem using Labview to program a light sensor. This light sensor is a Balluff BCC0AUZ, the problem is that we can't get it to detect the light, but we can get the light on the actual device on... if somebody could link a document or explain how to make this Balluff BCC0AUZ  sense light, it would be much appreciated.

Thank You,

Devon

[James.M]

I googled your part number and it's just a cable.

Are you using a device along with the sensor to read the signal?? Do you have a digital input you're triggering? Give us all of the information you have about your system. You've described a sensor, but not what's communicating with the sensor.

[Devolution]

Give BOS00JZ a try then or BOS 18KF-PA-1PD-S4-C.

[Devolution]

Give BOS00JZ a try then or BOS 18KF-PA-1PD-S4-C.

[James.M]

Okay, that's a sensor. So I repeat, what are you using the measure the sensor? Where is your sensor signal going?

[Devolution]

We have installed the sensor to detect an object and activate a motor when the object is in range of the sensor.  The sensor is connected to the DIO connection on a roboRIO.  There does not seem to be a photo sensor in the list of FRC sensors.

[James.M]

Okay so now we're getting somewhere. You said you can trigger the LED on the sensor, so that means you are able to trigger the switch.

Here are the specs for your sensor.  The sensor is switching PNP either normally open or normally closed depending on which wires you're using. It is operating and switching 24V.

Here is a resource for the RoboRIO. The DIO on this device is 0-5V, so you will need to convert your 24V switching signal from the sensor to 5V somehow. You can do this with a voltage convertor or a voltage divider. You can probably get away with a voltage divider for a digital trigger like this.

Once you have it wired up correctly, use a voltmeter to measure the switching to make sure the wiring works.

Once you've confirmed it works with a voltmeter, connect to the device using MAX (Measurement and Automation Explorer) which installs with LabVIEW. This is the best tool to test your hardware ins/outs before attempting in LabVIEW.

Once it works in Max, set up your LabVIEW program. If that doesn't work, post your code here for us to help more.