Instruction Manual

244 Language Reference • Reference
Publication 1398-PM601A-EN-P — October 2000
WORDS
PCAM
Position Command, Cam Position
Purpose Position command from cam profile generator
Syntax variable = PCAM
The variable may be a nonvolatile variable Gn, a volatile variable Vn, or a system
variable.
Remarks The value in this variable represents the position command generated by the cam pro-
file generator.
See Also PCMD
Example
V1 = PCAM
PCAMACTIVE
Position Command, Cam Active System
Purpose Flag to indicate the PCam position value is changing.
Syntax variable = PCAMACTIVE
variable The variable will be set to ON or OFF. This is a read-only system
flag that signals the PCam position value is changing.
Remarks TRUE (ON) indicates that the PCam variable is changing.
See Also PCAM, PCMD
Example
PCAMACTIVE = ON
PCMD
Position Command Position
Purpose Position command in user units. This is the sum of the position command from the
profile jog, external, and cam sources.
Syntax variable = PCMD
variable The variable may be a nonvolatile variable Gn, a volatile vari-
able Vn, or a system variable.
Remarks PCMD = PGEN + PJOG + PEXT + PCAM
See Also POSN, POS1, POS2, PEXT, PGEN, PJOG, PCAM
Example
V2 = PCMD
V3 = PCMD - V4