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PMAC 2 Software Reference

292 PMAC Program Command Specification

PMAC PROGRAM COMMAND SPECIFICATION

{axis}{data}[{axis}{data}...]

Function

Position-Only Move Specification

Type

Motion program (PROG and ROT)

Syntax

{axis}{data}[{axis}{data}...]

where:

• {axis} is the character specifying which axis (X, Y, Z, A, B, C, U, V, W).

• {data} is a constant (no parentheses) or an expression (in parentheses) representing

the end position or distance.

• [{axis}{data}...] is the optional specification of simultaneous movement for

more axes.

Remarks

This is the basic PMAC move specification statement. It consists of one or more

groupings of an axis label and its associated value. The value for an axis is scaled (units

determined by the axis definition statement). It represents a position if the axis is in

absolute (ABS) mode, or a distance if the axis is in incremental (INC) mode. The order

in which the axes are specified does not matter.

This command tells the axes where to move; it does not tell them how to move there.

(Other program commands and parameters define how. These must be set up ahead of

time.)

The type of motion a given command causes is dependent on the mode of motion and the

state of the system at the beginning of the move.

Example

X1000

X(P1+P2)

Y(Q100+500) Z35 C(P100)

X1000 Y1000

A(P1) B(P2) C(P3)

X(Q1*SIN(Q2/Q3)) U500