Performance, Introduction to yterm, Features of yterm – Yaskawa YTerm User Manual
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YTerm Software Manual
Performance
Communications have been improved to process data at much higher rates.
This allows faster upload and download of programs and faster viewing of
graphical data such as during tuning and scope.
Finally, the speed of program formatting to show comments in green has
been dramatically increased, and a utility has been added to format the
program into an easier to read layout, especially when it has been uploaded
from a controller.
Introduction to YTerm
YTerm is a front-end software package for the Yaskawa SMC Series Motion
Controller. YTerm provides a user-friendly Windows interface for design,
development and debugging of motion control applications. The software
package consists of three main sections:
• Programming Section - edit, transfer, and monitor programs for the
motion controller.
• Tuning Section - tune the SMC's axis and test the servo system's
performance using a four-channel scope to graph performance data.
• Monitoring section - monitor motion and I/O on the controller.
Features of YTerm
YTerm enables full control and programming of the SMC using:
• Text editor with dual edit windows for user programs and array data.
• Find/replace support.
• Multiple step Undo function.
• Selectable program compression and error checking during upload.
• Real-time monitoring of program execution (includes multi-tasking).
• Full screen zoom capability in programming, online manual, and
terminal window section.
• Extensive on-screen context sensitive SMC keyword help text.
• Graphical online manual and auto tuning.
• Online scoping of up to four channels of data.
• Quick load/save of SMC parameters in and out of the controller.
• Real-time monitoring speed, position error, position, and torque for all
connected motors (numerical and graphical).
• Real-time monitoring of all analog and digital I/O.
• Sigma servo amplifier quick setup (Hardware required: YS-11 cable).
• Context sensitive pop-up menus and standard menus.
• Online ASCII Terminal emulator window.