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The first command, <n, is equivalent to commanding VSn at the start of the given segment and will
cause an acceleration toward the new commanded speeds, subjects to the other constraints.
The second function, > m, requires the vector speed to reach the value m at the end of the segment.
Note that the function > m may start the deceleration within the given segment or during previous
segments, as needed to meet the final speed requirement, under the given values of VA and VD.
Note, however, that the controller works with one > m command at a time. As a consequence, one
function may be masked by another. For example, if the function >100000 is followed by >5000, and
the distance for deceleration is not sufficient, the second condition will not be met. The controller will
attempt to lower the speed to 5000, but will reach that at a different point.
Changing Feed rate:
The command VR n allows the feed rate, VS, to be scaled between 0 and 10 with a resolution of .0001.
This command takes effect immediately and causes VS scaled. VR also applies when the vector speed
is specified with the ‘<’ operator. This is a useful feature for feed rate override. VR does not ratio the
accelerations. For example, VR .5 results in the specification VS 2000 to be divided by two
Compensating for Differences in Encoder Resolution:
By default, the DMC-2x00 uses a scale factor of 1:1 for the encoder resolution when used in vector
mode. If this is not the case, the command, ES can be used to scale the encoder counts. The ES
command accepts two arguments which represent the number of counts for the two encoders used for
vector motion. The smaller ratio of the two numbers will be multiplied by the higher resolution
encoder. For more information, see ES command in Chapter 11, Command Summary.
Trippoints:
The AV n command is the After Vector , which waits for the vector relative distance of n to occur
before executing the next command in a program.
Tangent Motion:
Several applications, such as cutting, require a third axis (i.e. a knife blade), to remain tangent to the
coordinated motion path. To handle these applications, the DMC-2x00 allows one axis to be specified
as the tangent axis. The VM command provides parameter specifications for describing the
coordinated axes and the tangent axis.
VM m,n,p m,n specifies coordinated axes p specifies tangent axis such as A,B,C or
D p=N turns off tangent axis
Before the tangent mode can operate, it is necessary to assign an axis via the VM command and define
its offset and scale factor via the TN m,n command. m defines the scale factor in counts/degree and n
defines the tangent position that equals zero degrees in the coordinated motion plane. The operand
_TN can be used to return the initial position of the tangent axis.
Command Summary - Coordinated Motion Sequence
Command Description
VM m,n Specifies the axes for the planar motion where m and n represent the planar axes and p is
the tangent axis.
VP m,n Return coordinate of last point, where m=A,B,C or D.
CR r, Θ, ±ΔΘ Specifies arc segment where r is the radius, Θ is the starting angle and ΔΘ is the travel
angle. Positive direction is CCW.
VS n Specify vector speed or feed rate of sequence.
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