Pulse Monitor - IDEC MICROSmart FC6A Series Ladder Programming Manual

Pulse Monitor

Function Description
This function monitors the pulses that the FC6A Series MICROSmart outputs from the output ports with the pulse output
instructions and graphs the trajectory and waveform of each axis.
The Pulse Monitor can be used only with the Plus CPU module.
Notes:
Data is accumulated in the PLC in order for WindLDR to acquire data at a regular interval. If the speed at which the PLC accumulates data is
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faster than the speed at which WindLDR reads that data and the data in internal memory is overwritten, the Pulse Monitor will be suspended.
Depending on the sampling cycle of the pulse monitor or the communications environment, the graph may be drawn with a delay in regard
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to PLC operations.
Trajectory
The trajectory on a plane is displayed based on the number of pulses that corresponds to the specified output port.
The trajectory graph is displayed only when the PLC is operating in absolute position mode.
Waveform
This graph displays the pulse output speed of the specified output port.
The pulse output time (the relative time from the start of the pulse monitor) is plotted on the horizontal axis, and the
number of pulses that corresponds to the output time is plotted on the vertical axis.
Starting the Pulse Monitor
Operation Procedure
On the Online tab, in the Monitor group, click Monitor.
1.
The monitor will start.
On the Online tab, in the Monitor group, click Pulse Monitor.
2.
The Pulse Monitor dialog box is displayed.
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