Terms Used In This Section - Teknic CLEARPATH MCVC Series User Manual

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Please read the below definitions to familiarize yourself with a few
frequently used ClearPath homing terms.
Physical Home Clearance
Motor
Physical Home - Physical Home is the position of a mechanical
hardstop or home sensor. When the Physical Home is encountered, e.g. a
homing switch is actuated, the position is recorded, and the ClearPath
motor stops and moves away towards the final offset position.
Software Home (zero position) - During homing, once the Physical
Home (sensor or hard stop) is detected, ClearPath's position counter is
adjusted such that the Software Home (zero position) is a user defined
distance from the Physical Home
Physical Home Clearance (setting) - This is the user-defined
distance between Physical Home and Software Home (in encoder counts).
Physical Home Clearance provides safety spacing between the load and
Physical Home. The default setting is 1 motor revolution.
Home Offset Move Distance (setting) - This is an additional, user-
defined parameter which determines the final offset location when
homing is completed. At the end of homing the load will be the specified
distance away from the Software Home.
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Physical Home
(hard stop or switch typical)
Software Home
(zero position)
Load
Homing Direction
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Home Offset
Move Distance
(optional)
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