Keyence KV10 Serial

6 min

Review the following information for setting up and configuring the Keyence KV10 Serial driver.

Manufacturing Connect Edge Compatible Series

Compatibility parameter	Compatible items
Driver type	Serial
Validated devices/series	Keyence KV Series 16-80 Visual KV Series

To set up and configure this device in Manufacturing Connect 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 Manufacturing Connect 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, use PLC software on your machine to look up these parameters. You use these parameters for setting up the driver in the next step.

Step 2: Set up the PLC Device in Manufacturing Connect 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 KV10 Serial
Communication Port	Local Serial connection file path
Baud Rate	9600
Data Bits	8
Parity	Even, Odd, None
Stop Bits	1

Step 3: Configure the List of Registers

When you Add Tags 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 Type	Access Types	Address Format	Max Address	Description
RLY	bit	R/W	DDDDD	65535	Relay
DM_Bit	bit	R/W	DDDDDdd	999915	Data memory bit
DM	word	R/W	DDDDD	9999	Data memory
TM	word	R/W	DDDD	9999	Temporary data memory
T	word	R/W	DDDD	9999	Timer
T_Curr	word	R/W	DDDD	9999	Timer current
T_Preset	word	R/W	DDDD	9999	Timer Preset
C	word	R/W	DDDD	9999	Counter
C_Curr	word	R/W	DDDDD	9999	Counter current
C_Preset	word	R/W	DDDDD	9999	Counter Preset

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).