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

9.5 IPhysicalInterfaceType ObjectType Definition

The IPhysicalInterfaceType provides the minimal set of information that a physical interface object shall provide in a vision system. All objects that implement this interface shall be organized in the PhysicalInterfaces folder of the VisionSystemAssetType. It is formally defined in Table 30.

Table 30 – IPhysicalInterfaceType Definiton

Attribute	Value
BrowseName	IPhysicalInterfaceType
IsAbstract	True

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

The components of the IPhysicalInterfaceType have additional subcomponents which are defined in Table 31.

Table 31 – IPhysicalInterfaceType Additional Subcomponents

Source Path	Reference	NodeClass	BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	Others
2:Maintenance	0:HasProperty	Variable	ConnectorType	0:String	0:PropertyType	O
Health	0:HasProperty	Variable	ConnectionStatus	0:Boolean	0:PropertyType	O

The ConnectorType property denotes the type of connector for the physical interface (e.g., USB, Ethernet, etc.)

The ConnectionStatus property denotes if a signal is being received by the physical interface from the perspective of the machine vision system.