Method of setting up a position measurement system for a labeler of a price labeling system

A control unit that is configured to perform a method of automatically setting up a magnetic position measurement system that is used when setting a position of a labeler of a price labeling system and that has a sensor strip having a plurality of magnetic field-sensitive sensors, which are arranged in a row and which each have a unique identifier, a magnet that can be adjusted along the sensor strip, and the control unit that is connected to the sensors, the method comprising,

• during a teach-in run, from the point of view of the sensor strip, guiding the magnet past all the sensors of the sensor strip in accordance with an order of their arrangement,
• on the guiding past a respective one of the sensors, transmitting the unique identifiers of all the sensors to the control unit,
• recognizing the order of the arrangement of all the sensors on the sensor strip based on an order of reception of the unique identifiers, and
• calculating a position of each sensor on the sensor strip is calculated from a known mutual distance of the sensors from one another and from the recognized order of the arrangement of all the sensors on the sensor strip and storing the position of each sensor on the sensor strip for a normal operation of the magnetic position measurement system.

A magnetic position measurement system that can be used when setting a position of a labeler of a price labeling system and that has a sensor strip having a plurality of magnetic field-sensitive sensors, which are arranged in a row and which each have a unique identifier, a magnet that can be adjusted along the sensor strip, and a control unit that is connected to the magnetic field-sensitive sensors and that is configured to perform a method of automatically setting up the magnetic position measurement system, the method comprising,

• during a teach-in run, from the point of view of the sensor strip, guiding the magnet past all the sensors of the sensor strip in accordance with an order of their arrangement,
• on the guiding past a respective one of the sensors, transmitting the unique identifiers of all the sensors to the control unit,
• recognizing the order of the arrangement of all the sensors on the sensor strip based on an order of reception of the unique identifiers, and
• calculating a position of each sensor on the sensor strip from a known mutual distance of the sensors from one another and from the recognized order of the arrangement of all the sensors on the sensor strip and storing the position of each sensor on the sensor strip for a normal operation of the magnetic position measurement system.

A price labeling system comprising at least one labeler that is horizontally and/or vertically adjustable via an adjustment system in order to set a position of the labeler, and at least one magnetic position measurement system that can be used when setting the position of the labeler of the price labeling system and that has a sensor strip having a plurality of magnetic field-sensitive sensors, which are arranged in a row and which each have a unique identifier, a magnet that can be adjusted along the sensor strip, and a control unit that is connected to the magnetic field-sensitive sensors and that is configured to perform a method of automatically setting up the magnetic position measurement system, the method comprising,

• during a teach-in run, from the point of view of the sensor strip, guiding the magnet past all the sensors of the sensor strip in accordance with an order of their arrangement,
• on the guiding past a respective one of the sensors, transmitting the unique identifiers of all the sensors to the control unit,
• recognizing the order of the arrangement of all the sensors on the sensor strip based on an order of reception of the unique identifiers, and
• calculating a position of each sensor on the sensor strip from a known mutual distance of the sensors from one another and from the recognized order of the arrangement of all the sensors on the sensor strip and storing the position of each sensor on the sensor strip for a normal operation of the magnetic position measurement system.