Explicit Messaging Sensor Group State

The Sensor Group State block provides real-time status data about the active sensor group (scanner). It maps to the Scanner register assembly and uses Class 0x04, Attribute 0x03, Instance ID 114 (0x72).

This assembly supports the GetAttributeSingle (0x0E) service and has a maximum size of 18 bytes.

Information

Value

Register Assembly

Sensor Group State register assembly

Supported Block Type Identifier

Scanner

Class

0x4

Instance

114 (0x72)

Attribute Number

3

Max Size

18 bytes

Output Structure

The output of the Sensor Group Block contains the following fields:

Attribute

Name

Type

Value

Current Encoder Position

INT64

0

The current position from the encoder, used to synchronize with motion systems.

Current Sync Time

UINT64

8

Current system time used to timestamp scan outputs, in microseconds.

Alignment State

UINT8

16

Indicates sensor group alignment:

0 = Not Aligned

1 = Aligned

2 = Aligning

Laser Enabled

UINT8

17

Indicates laser readiness:

0 = All lasers disabled

1 = One or more lasers enabled