Command Line Creation - Newport MM4006 Manual

MM4006
2.4.2.1

Command Line Creation

Start by first looking at the options offered for the simple command line.
There are nine different types of commands available. They are separated
in four different screens:
This menu level is the Line Entry menu.
The actual commands are on the first three menus. The fourth is used to
accept and terminate the line entry by pressing the
the current line being worked on by pressing
of each screen,
be viewed as the scrolling key. When the
screen, the display returns to the first menu of the group.
The nine available program functions can be entered by pressing the
appropriate function key in the menu and have the following meanings:
Start an absolute point-to-point motion.
ABSOL.
When this key is pressed, the controller asks for the axis number the
motion is to be performed on. Use the keypad to enter a valid axis number.
If 0 is entered, the controller will assume that you want to perform a simul-
taneous motion on all axis.
Pressing
VALID
mation for all four axes. The
user can enter the desired destination for it. Press
entry and advance the
ed or the entry is made on the last axis, the command is stored and the dis-
play returns to the Line Entry menu.
Command generated
PA — Move to absolute position.
A simultaneous motion is not a synchronous, a linear interpolated
motion. The motion is not truly synchronized, because there are one or
more servo cycles delay between axes. For most applications this causes
an imperceptible error.
Start a relative point-to-point motion.
RELAT.
When this key is pressed, the controller asks for the axis number the
motion is to be performed on. Use the keypad to enter a valid axis number.
If 0 is entered, the controller will assume that you want to perform a simul-
taneous motion on all axis.
Pressing
VALID
mation for all four axes. The
user can enter the desired relative travel for it. Press
entry. If a single axis was selected or the entry is made on the last axis, the
command is stored and the display returns to the Line Entry menu.
ABSOL. RELAT. SYNCH.
HOME DELAY MOTORS
IFINP. REPEAT OUTPUT
QUIT
, and advances the display to the next menu. It can
NEXT
will cause the screen to display the usual position infor-
symbol appears for the first axis and the
symbol to the next axis. If a single axis was select-
NOTE
will cause the screen to display the usual position infor-
symbol appears for the first axis and the
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NEXT
NEXT
NEXT
VALID NEXT
key or to abort
VALID
. The last function key
QUIT
key is pressed on the last
NEXT
to accept the
VALID
to accept the
VALID
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