Installation guide

NextMove Mappings
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M1 - NextMove PCI with 1 axis of control
M2 - NextMove PCI with 2 axes of control
M3 - NextMove PCI with 3 axes of control
M4 - NextMove PCI with 4 axes of control
M8 - NextMove PCI with 8 axes of control
E4 - NextMove PCI expansion with 4 axes of control
E8 - NextMove PCI expansion with 8 axes of control
For example, to write a value to the first DAC on the main card in open loop mode, the DAC keyword
would be called with a channel number of 0. The set the pulse or direction pins of the first stepper
outputs in open loop mode would also use a channel number of 0.
Open loop access is available as long as no axis mapped to the channel configured to be using the
hardware being accessed in open loop mode. For example, if axis 0 is mapped to channel 0 and the axis
is configured as a servo, then the pulse / direction outputs of channel 0 can be used.
A main card has 8 physical resources (4 channels, servo and stepper hardware per channel). Where a
M1, M2 or M3 variants is purchased, the remaining hardware channels will NOT be available in either
open or closed loop modes.
7.1.2 Default Mappings
On power up, a set of default mappings and configurations will be made.
M1, M2, M3, M4
Axis Number Channel Config
0 0 servo
1 1 servo
9
2 2 servo
9
3 3 servo
9
4 - 11 -1 off
(M1, M2, M3, M4) + E4
Axis Number Channel Config
0 0 servo
1 1 servo
10
2 2 servo
10
3 3 servo
10
4 4 servo
5 5 servo
6 6 servo
7 7 servo
8 – 11 -1 off
(M1, M2, M3, M4) + (E4 + E4) / (E8 + E4) / (E8 + E8)
Axis Number Channel Config
0 0 servo
1 1 servo
10
2 2 servo
10
3 3 servo
10
9
If number of axes of control allow
10
If number of axes of control allow