National Instruments ICDM Chapter 3 ICDM Main Window, Chapter 4 PID Synthesis

Contents
Xmath Interactive Control Design Module vi ni.com
Graphically Manipulating Poles and Zeros.....................................................2-13
Editing Poles and Zeros....................................................................2-13
Editing Poles and Zeros Graphically.............................................................. 2-14
Complex Poles and Zeros.................................................................2-14
Isolated Real Poles and Zeros...........................................................2-14
Nonisolated Real Poles and Zeros and Almost Real Pairs............... 2-14
Adding/Deleting Poles and Zeros.....................................................2-15
Adding/Deleting Pole-Zero Pairs .....................................................2-15
Chapter 3
ICDM Main Window
Window Anatomy.........................................................................................................3-1
Communicating with Xmath...........................................................................3-2
Most Common Usage.......................................................................3-3
Default Plants................................................................................... 3-3
Saving and Restoring an ICDM Session.......................................... 3-3
Reading Another Plant into ICDM...................................................3-3
Reading a Controller from Xmath into ICDM................................. 3-4
Writing the Plant Back to Xmath..................................................... 3-4
Writing the Alternate Plant back to Xmath...................................... 3-4
Writing a Controller on the History List to Xmath ..........................3-4
ICDM Plots.....................................................................................................3-5
Selecting Plots.................................................................................................3-5
Ranges of Plots.................................................................................3-6
Plot Magnify Windows.....................................................................3-7
Selecting a Synthesis or History Window.....................................................................3-9
Edit Menu......................................................................................................................3-9
Chapter 4
PID Synthesis
Window Anatomy.........................................................................................................4-1
PID Controller Terms....................................................................................................4-1
Toggling Controller Terms On and Off.......................................................... 4-2
Opening the PID Synthesis Window.............................................................. 4-4
Manipulating the Controller Parameters....................................................................... 4-4
Time Versus Frequency Parameters............................................................... 4-5
Ranges of Sliders and Plots.............................................................................4-5
Controller Term Normalizations.....................................................................4-5
Integral Term Normalization............................................................4-5
Derivative Term Normalization........................................................4-6
Rolloff Term Normalization.............................................................4-6