User's Manual

Geo MACRO Drive User and Reference Manual
Software Setup 61
First the user needs to select which MACRO
station to start with. Set the MI-variables
(MI : MACRO Station I-variables), and
enable the nodes with MI996.
Note
MI996 and I6841 need to comply
Then the user should click on the Save
Changes button.
If the user clicks on his Right mouse button on
the Station Window, a new menu window will
show up on screen.
Start MACRO ASCII, it starts MACRO
ASCII communications. Sends the online
command “MACSTA<node>”
Stop MACRO ASCII, it stops MACRO
ASCII communications. Sends the online
command “^T” (Ctrl+T)
Station Specific Commands
Reset Station to Default, sends the
command MS$$$**<node> and re-
initializes the MACRO station #n on the ring.
Reset Station to Last Saved, sends the
online command “MS$$$<node>” and does
a reset to the last saved by the user values. It
is the same with Power cycle at all the units.
Save Station Variables, it saves all the MI-
variables of the station that the application
currently is communicating to. The online
command is “MSSAVE<node>”
Clear Station Faults, it clears all the faults,
unless there is a hardware fault. The online
command is “CLRF<node>”