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1047_0_Product_Manual - June 18, 2010 2:20 PM
Double Click on 1. Phidget High Speed Encoder 4-Input in the
Phidget Control Panel to bring up the Encoder-full example* and
check that the box labelled Attached contains the word True.
Make sure your encoder is connected to the Encoder-0 input and 2.
select encoder 0 from the dropdown menu.
Enable the encoder by checking the Enabled check box.3.
Rotate the encoder and the relative change will display positive 4.
when rotated clockwise and will display negative when rotated
counter-clockwise.
The example will display the time in microseconds that has 5.
elapsed since the last position change update received from the
device.
Encoder position will display the absolute position of the encoder 6.
since it was initially enabled. Position will increase when the
encoder is rotated clockwise and decrease when rotated counter-
clockwise.
Index position will display the absolute position that the encoder 7.
was in when the last index was reached.
Counts/second displays the current velocity of the encoder 8.
measured in encoder counts per second.
Insert a piece of wire connecting ground and Digital Input 3 and a 9.
tick mark should appear in the Input3 box.
*Encoder-full is an example program and is not intended to be used in
applications. It is meant to show how the API calls can be used and can be a
starting point for your own application.
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Double Click on the icon to activate the Phidget Control
Panel and make sure that the Phidget High Speed
Encoder 4-Input is properly attached to your PC.
Testing Using Mac OS X
Click on System Preferences >> Phidgets (under Other) to activate the Preference Pane•
Make sure that the • Phidget High Speed Encoder 4-Input is properly attached.
Double Click on • Phidget High Speed Encoder 4-Input in the Phidget Preference Pane to bring up the
Encoder-full Example. This example will function in a similar way as the Windows version.