National Instruments NI-Motion - Manual (Page 127)

Chapter 10 Electronic Gearing and Camming
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LabVIEW Code
Figure 10-4. Tracking an Encoder Using Electronic Gearing with Superimposed Move
C/C++ Code
The following example code is not necessarily complete, and may
not compile if copied exactly. Refer to the
examples folder on the
NI-Motion CD for files that are complete and compile as is.
// Main Function
void main(void)
{
u8 boardID; // Board identification number
u8 slaveAxis; // Slave axis number
u8 master; // Gear master
u16 csr = 0; // Communication status register
u16 moveComplete;
//Variables for modal error handling
u16 commandID;// The command ID of the function
u16 resourceID;// The resource ID of the function
i32 errorCode;// Error code
///////////////////////////////
1 Configure Gear Master
2 Load Gear Ratio
3 Enable Gearing
4 Wait
5 Load Velocity
6 Load Acceleration/Deceleration
7 Set Operation Mode
8 Load Target Position
9 Start Motion
10 Wait for Move Complete
11 Enable Gearing Single Axis
12 Read per Axis Status
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2
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