Nematron Pointe Controller User Manual

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Pointe Controller User Guide

Chapter 3: Quickstart Project

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The result should be as shown on the right.

3. Click OK to close the Chart List window.

After you have configured the project’s chart list, you must define the scan
parameters. Your project’s runtime operation actually occurs in a repetitive cycle
of updating inputs, logic solve, updating outputs and communications.

4. From the Edit menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences window will

appear.

Logic Solve scan interval is the time between the beginning of one
logic solve pass and the next.

Monitor update interval is how frequently, the monitor, which we’ll
use next for debug purposes, talks to the Pointe Controller to update its
information. The lower the update interval number, the faster the
monitor will react — but the more load it places on the Pointe Controller
processor for handling communications.

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