User Manual
MCP Series
Brushed DC Motor Controllers
MCP Series User Manual
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1.9.11 Command Settings
The signal graph shows how the input signal is modied by the input settings. If no settings are
changed and the Min, Center and Max ranges range and set to their defaults a straight slope will
be shown.
Modes
Inputs can be used to control one or both motors by duty cycle, velocity control or position
control depending on the PID settings for that particular motor. Each input has its base
value (Position), however inputs also have other inherant states. The current percentage of the
set range, the instantaneous speed and the average speed. The command used to control the
selected motor(s) can be any of these values. For example when using a jog dial with a
quadrature encoder input the instant or average speed of the input signal (the Jog dial turn
speed) can be used to control the speed of the motor(s).
Min and Max
The Min and Max command range sets the scale of the motor control singal. For example the
default settings of +/- 32,767 scale the input signal so its full range will output the full range of
the motors duty cycle, velocity or position ranges. If the application requires the motor
not run at 100% power or full speed the scale can be reduced, individually, in the forward
in the reverse directions by reducing the Command range Min and Max.
Control Motor 1 and 2
Enables the input singal to control the specied motor(s).