Canon GALVANO GC-251 - Manual (Page 32)

CANON Digital Galvano Scanner System KP-1SM Series + GC-251
Users Manual 1.00
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3.4. Control Screen
This section explains the buttons and other items on the control screen.
Connection display
The status of RS-232 connection to the controller is displayed.
Connected: CONNECT (green)
Not connected: DISCONNECT (gray)
Position display
The encoder position of each axis is displayed.
(Unit: pulse)
Note: Since the number of encoder pulses per rotation depends on
the galvano motor, the relationship between the number of pulses
and the angle also differs with the motor type.
Axis selection
Select an axis for control and information display.
(#1 = Axis 1, #2 = Axis 2)
The screen can display the information of only one axis selected
here, although the position displayed at and the status displayed
at
always show the information of both axes.
Origin control
(Homing to origin)
Press this button to go to or detect the origin.
The operation depends on the controller status.
(During ordinary servo control)
Moving to the origin (where the position display is 0)
Invalid during high-speed serial communication
(After servo OFF and soft reset)