Danaher Motion s200 User Manual page 13

If the motor to be used already exists in the database then it will be selectable by the user with
the GUI Motor and Mechanical Setup\Motor screen. Motor selection is a drop-down box of all
motors Iin the database resident on the computer running the GUI. If the motor is not present
then the user must create a new motor configuration record.
To create a New Motor configuration record in the database the user will select, under the Utility
Menu, 'Motor Database Editor. The user will press the 'New Motor' button and populate this table.
Clicking the 'Add' button completes editing. Press Exit and the new motor name will be available
in the Motor Selection drop down box.
S200 OC Tools allows the user to save the drive configuration to the computer storage. It also
allows the stored configuration to be loaded into the drive. The files are saved, at a location
directed by the user, with the file extension CNS. Files are saved using the menu File\ Save. The
files can be downloaded to the drive by using File \ Open.
The File\Open will put the saved file in a tree on the left hand-side of the GUI screen. At this point
the settings have not been transferred to the drive but are available for viewing. There are two
ways to do send the data to the drive. The Configuration Summary tab has a button 'Downlaod
Configuration to Drive'. Alternately, a right mouse button click on any of the file tree branches will
pop up an operation to download the file to the drive. The data is loaded into RAM and would
require an NVSAVE to be stored permanently.
The S200 Position Node has an internal section of executable code that it creates itself after the
user configures the drive. By compiling its own executable motion code based on the
configuration set by the user the S200 PN can execute commands much quicker than interpreted
code that other controllers use. This is all transparent to the user with one exception – the
COLDSTART process. It is the COLDSTART process that causes the S200 to rebuild this
complied code. A Coldstart is required after changing of some variables only – typically an input
function. The need for execution of the COLDSTART is prompted by the S200 OC Tools and by a
status bar at the bottom of the GUI. Modifying some variables within the configuration and NOT
allowing a COLDSTART to take place prevents those changes from being compiled, and hence,
result in no changes to the drive's performance or functionality.
And finally, data captured by the digital oscilloscope functions can be saved for future viewing,
printing, or further analysis. Scope data can be saved to a printable file in the Metafile (WMF),
Bitmap (BMP), JPEG (JPG), PNG, and text formats using the 'Save Plot' button. Data can be
saved to a comma separated variable (.CSV) file using the 'Save Data' button. The CSV file can
easily be imported into spread sheet programs for formatting, calculating, and analyzed. A very
handy feature!
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