Aposs Tools; Cam-Editor - Danfoss MCO 305 Design Manual

MCO 305 Design Guide

APOSS Tools

CAM-Editor

Curve profiles for CAM controls are created using the CAM-Editor. Curve profiles are defined by Fix points,
parameters for engage and disengage motion, as well as parameters for synchronization with markers. The
curves and parameters are displayed graphically and can be edited either graphically or textually.
You will find application samples of CAM controls and CAM box in chapter "Functions and Examples".
Each curve profile is stored in a single Global array on the controller. Multiple curves can be created for a
CAM control simply by using multiple arrays.
The CAM-Editor will save the curve profile definitions and all parameter values in a "configuration file"
with the extension ".zbc". They will be identified in Windows folders with the icon shown to the left. As
with other types of files, configuration files may be opened, modified, and saved by the CAM-Editor at any
later time.
NB!:
Previous versions of the APOSS-IDE used the file extension ".cnf" for configuration files. This was
changed from ".cnf" to ".zbc" to avoid conflicts with the usage of the ".cnf" file extension by
Microsoft Windows. However, existing ".cnf" files are still supported and can be read by the CAM-
Editor simply by opening them in the normal way. So you are free to save it as a ".zbc" or ".cnf" file.
The CAM-Editor is designed to use exactly the same ".zbc" configuration file format as is used by the
Controller → Parameters → Save to file and Restore from file commands to save and restore complete
controller configurations. Hence, the configuration files created by the CAM-Editor will store all Global, User,
and Axis parameters in addition to the curve profiles. As a result, you should always start the CAM-Editor
with parameters from the controller to which the curve profiles are intended. Otherwise, the wrong Global,
User, and Axis parameters may be downloaded to the controller when the curve profiles are downloaded.
Once curve profiles have been created and saved in a ".zbc" file, they can be downloaded to the controller
using Controller → Parameters → Restore from file.
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