ICableType ObjectType Definition – OPC UA for Machine Vision – Part 2: Asset Management and Condition Monitoring

9.28 ICableType ObjectType Definition

The ICableType interface provides the minimal set of information that a cable object shall provide in a vision system. All objects that implement this interface shall be organized in the Cables folder of the VisionSystemAssetType. It is formally defined in in Table 60.

Table 60 – ICableType Definiton

Attribute	Value
BrowseName	ICableType
IsAbstract	True

References	Node Class	BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	Other
Subtype of the IVisionInfoType, inheriting the InstanceDeclarations of that Node.

The components of the ICableType have additional subcomponents which are defined in Table 61.

Table 61 – ICableType Additional Subcomponents

Source Path	Reference	NodeClass	BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	Others
2:Maintenance	0:HasComponent	Variable	Length	0:Double	0:AnalogUnitType	O
2:Maintenance	0:HasComponent	Variable	Diameter	0:Double	0:AnalogUnitType	O
2:Maintenance	0:HasProperty	Variable	Shielding	0:String	0:PropertyType	O
2:Maintenance	0:HasProperty	Variable	Connectors	0:String[]	0:PropertyType	O

Table 62 – ICableType Attribute values for child Nodes

BrowsePath	Value Attributes
	m
	mm

The Length property denotes the length of the cable in meters.

The Diameter property denotes the outer diameter of the cable in millimeters

The Shielding property denotes the description of shielding on the cable.

The Connectors property denotes the connectors that the cable supports e.g. USB-A Female, Hirose 6-pin male.