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picoScan100: Protocols and Integration

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Version: 1.7

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This page will provide an overview of available picoScan100 protocols and interfaces and guide you through integration options.

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Protocol / Interface	Purpose	Benefits	Drawbacks	Links
Compact (recommended)	Measurement data streaming (UDP)	Small data overhead PLC friendly		Protocol and Integration: Compact & MSGPACK Tutorials & Videos
MSGPACK	Measurement data streaming (UDP)	Open source parser available	Data overhead	Protocol and Integration: Compact & MSGPACK
HTTP / REST	Device configuration	Human readable Easy to use Rich open source tool set Open Standard Headless firmware update	Data overhead	Protocol and Integration: REST API OPEN API Tutorials & Videos
HTTPs / REST	Secure device configuration	Secured data transfer via SSL/TLS Rich open source tool set Open Standard headless firmware update	Data overhead	Protocol and Integration: REST API OPEN API Tutorials & Videos
CoLa A (incl. LMDscandata)	Device configuration (TCP) Measurement data streaming (TCP)	Human readable Fast configuration for tests Support by almost all devices Event driven	Data overhead	Protocol and Integration: CoLa Tutorials & Videos
CoLa B (incl. LMDscandata)	Device configuration (TCP) Measurement data streaming (TCP)	Small data overhead PLC friendly Event driven	Not human readable	Protocol and Integration: CoLa Tutorials & Videos
Robot Operating System (ROS & ROS 2)	Device configuration Measurement data visualization Measurement data streaming into a ROS environment	Simple configuration and data recording on ROS ROS 1 and ROS 2 Support All devices supported	Requires ROS environment	Driver Support Rosbag recordings Native ROS 2 Tutorials & Videos
GUI - SOPASair Webserver (recommended)	Device configuration Measurement data visualization	Webserver based Fast configuration Help texts available for some configuration parameter Filter effect is directly visualized firmware update	No backup & restore	http://192.168.0.1/ (if the device has default configuration) Tutorials & Videos
GUI - SOPAS ET	Broadcast device search Connection via ethernet port 2111 or 2112 (non-Port 80) Backup & restore parameter set	Backup & restore parameter set	Windows only	SOPAS Engineering Tool SOPAS Engineering Tool 32 Bit (Portable Version) SOPAS Engineering Tool 64 Bit (Portable Version) Tutorials & Videos
Data recording	Record & replay measurement data in the Compact data format.	GUI based recording and playback	a picoScan100 is required to replay the files	Data Recorder Tutorials & Videos

Keywords:
picoScan100, picoScan150, picoScan120, ROS, Compact, MSGPACK, ROS 1, ROS 2, ROS1, ROS2, HTTP, HTTPs, SOPASair, SOPAS ET, Firmware update, Cola, CoLa

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