SICK IVP IVC-3D 200, Operating Instructions Manual

Chapter 

4

Operating Instructions 

IVC-3D

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Getting Started 

4.4.2

Using Tables and Results from Other Steps 

The table is very useful for storing constants and results of calculations that we need to 

use later. 
For example, to calculate the desired volume of a slice of bread we can use the table for 

setting the number of slices to make, and to store the desired volume of a slice to be used 
later when we decide where to cut. 

41.

Double-click in the 

Value on Device

 column of an empty row in the table and fill in the 

number of slices to make. Fill in a description of the value in the 

Description

 column of 

the row, for example “Number of slices”. 
The row is now highlighted in the table, indicating that the value on the device differs 

from the value in the database.  

42.

In the table, right-click the value in the 

Value on Device

 column and choose 

Copy 

Device Value to the DB

 to synchronize the value on the PC with the value in the device. 

43.

Add a 

Mathematical Operation

 tool (from the 

Calculation

 toolbar) to the program. 

44.

Set the parameter 

03=Mathematical operation

 to 

/ (Division)

 and fill in a description. 

45.

Click in the 

Table

 column for the parameter 

02=Variable B

 and type in the number of 

the table row in which you entered the number of slices. 

46.

This tool can store the result of the calculation directly in the table, so double-click the 

Value

 column of the parameter 

04=Table index

 and fill in the number of an empty row 

in the table. Remember to fill in a description of the value in the table.  

To calculate the desired volume of a slice we also need the total volume, which we calcu-
lated in the previous step. We may store the total volume in the table and read the value 

from there, but we can also retrieve the value directly from the returned values of the step. 

47.

Double-click the 

Step

 column of the parameter 

01=Variable A

. 

A 

Previous result

 dialog box is displayed. Here you can select a result from a program 

step to use as parameter value.  

48.

Choose the step number of the 

Volume

 step and then the first result from that step 

(there is only one result to choose from) and click 

OK

. 

The number of the step and the result are entered in the 

Step

 and 

Result

 columns of 

the 

01=Variable A

 parameter and the current value is displayed in the 

Value

 column.