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Software Setup and Operation
Description of Programming Functions
Each program function has a designated single or double letter function code that is used
when creating a program. This section describes the functions.
C Call Index (Compound)
The Call Index (Compound) feature allows you to link two indexes together without stopping
motion between the indexes.
You cannot compound into Index #Ø under any circumstances or into Index #63 if you have
a PCM-14 on your FX drive.
A Call Index (Compound) is an index whose final velocity is not zero, but the velocity of the
next index. Because a Call Index Compound ends by accelerating or decelerating to a
velocity, not a dead stop, that compounded index cannot be used again as a regular index.
However, identical Call Index (Compound) sequences can be repeated in a program. Three
Call Index (Compound) examples are shown below:
Example 1:
You can use the Call Index (Compound) feature to run special Indexes which have different
velocities and distances.
Figure 92: Example 1, Compound Index
In this example the drive will accelerate at the Index #1 acceleration rate until it reaches the
velocity of Index #1. Then, after this distance in Index #1, the drive decelerates at the
deceleration rate of Index #1 to the velocity of Index #2, without coming to a stop.