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Out - At Forward Limit - Trigger output active (level) when the Forward limit switch
is activated.
Out - At Reverse Limit - Trigger output active (level) when the Reverse limit switch
is activated.
Out - At Either Limit - Trigger output active (level) when either the Forward or the
Reverse limit switch is activated.
Note
The following output modes can be set to only one trigger at a time. If an attempt is
made to assign one of these modes to both trigger outputs, an error message will be
generated.
Out - Position Step Forward - Trigger output active (pulsed) at pre-defined
positions moving forward. Only one Trigger port at a time can be set to this mode.
See Trigger Out Position Steps for further details.
Out - Position Step Backward - Trigger output active (pulsed) at pre-defined
positions moving backwards. Only one Trigger port at a time can be set to this
mode. See Trigger Out Position Steps for further details.
Out Position Step Both - Trigger output active (pulsed) at pre-defined positions
moving forwards and backward. Only one Trigger port at a time can be set to this
mode. See Trigger Out Position Steps for further details.
Trigger Out Position Steps
Note
If the trigger mode is not set to one of the three position modes described previously,
then the following parameters are not applicable and will not be displayed.
In the Position Step modes described previously, the controller outputs a configurable
number of pulses (set in the Number of forward steps and Number of reverse steps
parameters), of configurable width (Pulse Width), when the actual position of the
stage matches the position values configured as the Start Position and Position
Interval (Forward Start Position/Reverse Start Position and Forward Interval /Reverse
Interval). These modes allow external equipment to be triggered at exact position
values.
Using these Position Step modes, position triggering can be configured to be
unidirectional (Out - Position Step Forward or Out - Position Step Reverse) or
bidirectional (Out - Position Step Both). In bidirectional mode the forward and reverse
pulse sequences can be configured separately.
A cycle count setting (Number of cycles) allows the uni- or bidirectional position
triggering sequence to be repeated a number of times.
Rev E June 2023
Chapter 6 Software Reference
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