Installation guide

Mint™ v4 Advanced Programming Guide
58 MN1270 02.2002
CURRENTMEAS/CMS
Purpose:
Reads the measured current.
Controllers Supported:
NextMove PCI NextMove PC NextMove BX MintDrive ServoNode 51
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Dot Parameters:
None.
Format:
v = CURRENTMEAS
Attributes:
Controller Read Write Command Multi-
Axis
Scaled Default Range
All
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0 ≤ x ≤ Drive Rating
Description:
Reads the measured current from the drive in Amps.
Example:
The following will monitor the measured current response:
TORQUE = 10
LOOP : ? CURRENTMEAS : ENDL
DACMODE/DCM
Purpose:
To control the use of the DAC.
Controllers Supported:
NextMove PCI NextMove PC NextMove BX MintDrive ServoNode 51
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Dot Parameters:
Channel - DAC Channel
Format:
DACMODE.channel = <expression>
v = DACMODE.channel
Attributes:
Controller Read Write Command Multi-
Axis
Scaled Default Range
All
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0 ≤ x ≤ 16
Description:
NextMove BX and NextMove PCI have four 14 bit DAC outputs, normally used for controlling axes.
The binary range is ±8191 counts giving ±10v. A motors tuning parameters derived on NextMove PC
would be different to the parameters on NextMove BX/PCI due to the larger binary count on the DAC
(±2047 on PC). The
DACMODE keyword allows 12 bit emulation, removing the need to retune motor
parameters when changing controllers.
DACMODE accepts a bitmap as follows: