Interrogation Commands - Galil Motion Control DMC-1000 User Manual

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If the value of the variable RESULT is equal to 999999.999, the above message statement returns the

following:

The Final Value is 99999.99

The message command normally sends a carriage return and line feed following the statement. The

carriage return and the line feed may be suppressed by sending {N} at the end of the statement. This

is useful when a text string needs to surround a numeric value.

Example:

When #A is executed, the above example will appear on the screen as:

The speed is 50000 counts/sec

The MG command can be used to configure a terminal. Any ASCII character can be sent by using the

format {^n} where n is any integer between 1 and 255.

Example:

MG {^07} {^255}

sends the ASCII characters represented by 7 and 255 to the bus.

FUNCTION

" "

{Fn.m}

{$n.m}

{^n}

{N}

{Sn}

The DMC-1700 has a set of commands that directly interrogate the controller. When these command

are entered, the requested data is returned in decimal format on the next line followed by a carriage

return and line feed. The format of the returned data can be changed using the Position Format (PF),

and Leading Zeros (LZ) command. For a complete description of interrogation commands, see

chapter 5.

DMC-1000

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MG "The Speed is", _TVX {F5.1} {N}

MG "counts/sec"

Using the MG Command to Configure Terminals

Summary of Message Functions:

DESCRIPTION

Surrounds text string

Formats numeric values in decimal n digits to the right of the decimal point

and m digits to the left

Formats numeric values in hexadecimal

Sends ASCII character specified by integer n

Suppresses carriage return/line feed

Sends the first n characters of a string variable, where n is 1 through 6.