234 iVu Plus Communications The iVu Plus provides for communicating with other devices via Ethernet or a UART serial communications port RS232 In order to establish an Ethernet connection to the sensor the external device must be configured with the correct IP address and correct TCP port to communicate If planning to use the serial communications connection port settings for baud rate data bits parity and stop bits must be configured on the iVu Plus to match the settings of the external device Communication Channels The iVu Plus supports up to three communications channels Command Channel a bidirectional communication protocol that currently supports ASCII and enables other devices to remotely control the iVu Plus sensor and access sensor results Data Export used to export selected inspection data to a remote device Image Export used to export inspection images to a remote device Data export and command channel can be configured for either Ethernet or Serial IO but not both image export is only available over Ethernet The table below briefly summarizes valid communication channel configuration options Command Channels Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Ethernet Serial IO Ethernet Serial IO Ethernet Serial IO Command Channel Yes No No Yes Yes No Data Export Yes No Yes No No Yes Image Export Yes No Yes No Yes No iVu Plus Users Manual 18 wwwbannerengineeringcom tel 7635443164 Online Only rev A