Installation guide
Mint™ v4 Advanced Programming Guide 
56  MN1270 02.2002   
See also: 
DAC, KINTLIMIT 
CURRENTLIMITAREA/CLA 
Purpose: 
Returns the current I
2
T area. 
Controllers Supported: 
NextMove PCI  NextMove PC  NextMove BX  MintDrive  ServoNode 51 
 
Dot Parameters: 
Axis - Axis No. 
Format: 
v = CURRENTLIMITAREA[axis]
Attributes: 
Controller Read Write Command Multi-
Axis 
Scaled Default  Range 
MintDrive 
 
 
 0 
0 ≤ x ≤ 100 
Description: 
Returns the current I
2
T area as a percentage of the maximum area. 
The maximum area is a function of the Peak current, the Peak Continuous current and the cycle count. 
See also: 
CURRENTLIMIT, CURRENTLIMITCONT, CURRENTLIMITMODE 
CURRENTLIMITCONT/CLC 
Purpose: 
Sets or reads the continuous current that can be demanded. 
Controllers Supported: 
NextMove PCI  NextMove PC  NextMove BX  MintDrive  ServoNode 51 
   
Format: 
CURRENTLIMITCONT[axes] = <expression> {,<expression> ...}
v = CURRENTLIMITCONT[axis]
Dot Parameters: 
Axis - Axis No. 
Attributes: 
Controller Read Write Command Multi-
Axis 
Scaled Default  Range 
MintDrive 
   
 
 100 
0 ≤ x ≤ 100 
Description: 
Sets or returns the continuous current demand as a percentage of the maximum DAC output. 
See also: 
CURRENTLIMIT, CURRENTLIMITAREA, CURRENTLIMITMODE 










