Hardware triggers provide a means of triggering devices by external device. These triggers provide synchronization with external events, such as:
Objects arriving inside the field of view of Zebra 3S sensor (that is, triggered by an optical gate).
Other devices, such as 2D cameras, and PLCs.
Multiple Zebra 3S sensors.
Hardware triggers are activated by feeding a logical signal to the specified pin of the M12-A connector. Hardware signals can also inform you that the Zebra 3S is currently acquiring → this signal can be read from the output pin on the M12-A connector.
The allowed input signal voltage range is 5 - 24 V, depending on the user requirements. The output signal needs to be read through a pull-up resistor.
To correctly connect/wire the devices together, adhere to the following schematics for trigger input and trigger output.
