Chapter 3 Operating Principles | PCI-DMC-A01 / PCI-DMC-B01
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1) Card initialization
Click on the “Initial” button to start card initialization.
For a detailed description of card initialization, please refer to Section 3.1.2 - 1)
Open card.
2) Set Servo Node ID and enable motion status display
Figure 3.68
Input Node ID and check “Timer” checkbox to enable motion status display
NodeID item: API function's argument variable “NodeID”.
Timer Checkbox: Check to display the motion status. Uncheck to disable display.
3) Enter the values of the arguments for motion control
Figure 3.69
StrVel item: Starting velocity. API function's argument variable “StrVel”.
MaxVel item: Maximum velocity. API function's argument variable “MaxVel”.
Acc. item: Time required to reach maximum velocity. API function's argument
variable “acc”.
Dec item: Time required to go from maximum velocity to 0. API function's argument
variable “dec”.
4) Select motion mode and set motion distance.
Figure 3.70
Abs. Checkbox: You must check this if you want motion displacement to use
absolute coordinates.
S-Curve checkbox: You must check this box if you wish to use the S-curve velocity
curve.
Dist. item: Motion distance. API function's argument variable “Distance”.