User guide
Index
245
I N D E X
16-bit mode 39
6000 DOS Support Disk 37
8-bit mode 39
A
absolute position
absolute positioning mode 88
absolute zero position 88
establishing 88
status 88
acceleration
change on the fly 87, 178
maximum (steppers) 216
S-curve profiling 146
scaling 84, 196
units of measure 87
access to RP240 functions 137
accuracy
Following, factors affecting 216
position capture 113, 182
active damping 82
address
conflict 228
daisy chain (RS-232) 72
downloading to 39
multi-drop (RS-485) 75
ANA output, use of 142
analog inputs (joystick)
override voltage 140, 242
status from RP240 136
analog output (servos)
add a square wave (dither) 101
aux. output (ANA) 142
offset 102
setting max & min limits 102
ANI input 142
4-20 mA feedback 142
position 136
anti-resonance 82
application examples
cam profiling (using compiled
Following) 172, 175
continuous cut-to-length 211
continuous phase shift 202
contouring 161
electronic gearbox 204
grinding (using distance streaming)
149
packaging (using on-the-fly motion)
180
PLC 127
preset phase shift 203
registration 184, 185, 186
scaling setup 86
servo setup 103
spindle (using compiled motion) 170
stamping (using compiled Following)
174
teaching data points 122
trackball 205
using ANI inputs 127
using joystick 127
using programmable I/O 127
using RP240 127
application program
developing your own 42
downloading from 40
downloading from DOS prompt 41
terminal emulation 41
arc segments 153, 157
assignment & comparison operators 6
used in conditional expressions 24
assignment of master and slave 194
assumptions, skills required to
implement features ii
AT6n00 reference iii
auxiliary programmable outputs 119
axes, participating 79
axis moving status 233
axis scaling 83
axis status 135, 233
extended 233
axis status, relative to Following 222
B
background polling loop 68
base address 43
BCD program select input 110
before you start programming iii
begin program definition (DEF) 9
binary variable (VARB) 25
binary variables (VARB) 18, 22
bit patterns, programmable I/O 107
bit select operator (.) 5, 7
bitwise operations (and, or, not, etc.)
22
Boolean operations 21
Borland Turbo C 2.0 38
Borland Turbo PASCAL 5.0 38
branching 23
conditional 24
unconditional 23
buffers
buffered commands
control execution of 16
executed during motion 89, 178
stored in a program 8
command 89, 111
input 63
output 42, 63, 67
ring 68
bus communication registers 43
bus-based controllers
device driver (DLL) 51
interrupt path 63
operating system,
see operating
system