Instruction Manual

Language Reference • Reference 245
Publication 1398-PM601A-EN-P — October 2000
WORDS
PEXT
Position Command, External Position
Purpose External position command (from gear or step and direction) in user units after the
SLEW limit.
Syntax variable = PEXT
variable The variable may be a nonvolatile variable Gn, a volatile vari-
able Vn, or a system variable.
Remarks The value in this variable represents the position command generated by an external
source. That source can be encoder 2 if a gear is established and enabled, or from a
step and direction command.
See Also GPOS, PCMD
Example
V3 = PEXT
PEXTACTIVE
Position Command, External Active System
Purpose Flag to indicate the PExt position value is changing.
Syntax variable = PEXTACTIVE
variable The variable will be set to ON or OFF. This is a read-only system
flag that signals the PEXT position value is changing.
Remarks TRUE (ON) indicates that the PEXT variable is changing.
See Also GPOS, PEXT, PCMD
Example
PEXTACTIVE = ON