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Cam Track TO - Part II
4.2 TO Cam Track basics
Table 4-5 Start mode examples
Mode Description
One cam track with different data is
given.
● Cam track 1 (A to C)
● Cam track 2 (1 to 3)
Effective ● New cam track becomes active
immediately
(IMMEDIATELY) ● Cam track output becomes inactive.
● Output cams 1, 2 and 3 are output.
Cam track output ● New cam track becomes active at a
inactive
(IMMEDIATELY_B ● Output cam A on the active track is
Y_CAM_TRACK_
OUTPUT_INACTI
● Output cams 2 and 3 are output.
VE)
● Output cam 1 is not output.
With next track ● Cam track is exchanged at the axis
cycle
(NEXT_CAM_TRA
CK_CYCLE) ● Example 1, position-based cam:
● Example 2, time-based cam:
Stop mode
The stop mode (stopMode) is used to define the behavior of the cam track on deactivation.
The mode is defined either as part of the cam track configuration in the Default window, or
directly as a default setting using the _disableCamTrack command.
Table 4-6 Types of stop mode
Stop mode
Effective immediately (default)
(IMMEDIATELY)
Immediately when cam track
output inactive
(IMMEDIATELY_BY_CAM_TRA
CK_OUTPUT_INACTIVE)
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active cam track.
is activated.
immediately.
cam track output of zero.
output completely.
reference position of the new cam
track.
Position-based cam of the old track
is terminated.
New cam track becomes active with
the first output cam of the new track,
at the latest. Up to that point, time-
based cams remaining from the old
cam track are still output.
Description
Track is deactivated immediately. If an output cam (or time-based cam) is defined or
active at the current position of the track, the output of output cam is aborted.
If no single output cam is active (any longer), the active cam track is stopped. An active
(output) single output cam is still output completely.
Display on cam track output
Output Cams and Measuring Inputs
Function Manual, 04/2014