TMC 188/40 Motion Control Module
Appendix A: Maps, Tips, and Commands
Delta Computer Systems, Inc. 360/254-8688
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DCSMON Command Summary
Main Screen Usage
Move cursor to selected
axis and parameter
Esc
Return to previous screen
Ctrl B
Toggle status words bits
Ctrl D
Switch to DOS
Ctrl H
Context-sensitive help
Ctrl O
Toggle pressure parameters
Ctrl Q
Quit DCSMON
Shift ?
General help file
R <
fname
>
Read module parameters
file from disk
S <
fname
>
Save module parameters
file to disk
Ctrl PgUp
Select next MCM (TMC)
Ctrl PgDn
Select previous MCM (TMC)
DCSMON Commands
Hold down
Ctrl
key and press:
A
Edit Auto mode spreadsheet
B
Toggle Status Bit display
C
Configuration, firmware
version screen
D
DOS shell, type EXIT
to return
E
Edit current .INI file
F
Edit function key spreadsheet
H
Context-sensitive help
O
Toggle pressure parameters
P
Edit profile spreadsheet
S
Go to steps table (ECF)
T
Toggle Write/Readback
V
View datalog data
W
View VMEM, WY, WX
register spreadsheet (TMC)
Help Files
Ctrl H
Context-sensitive help
Shift ?
General help file
Using the Datalog
Insert
Retrieve and display
axis datalog in graph form
Home
Cursor full left
End
Cursor full right
Page Up
Coarse
cursor left
Page Down
Coarse
cursor right
Fine cursor left, right
Ctrl V
View datalog data
Tab
Move data table
RP <
fname
>
Read plot from disk
SP <
fname
>
Save plot
to disk
Motion Control Commands
Shift @
64D, 40H
Home position
(Quadrature option)
[
91D,5BH
Set outputs (MMC41)
]
93D,5DH
Clear outputs (MMC41)
Hold down
Alt
key and press:
A
65D,41H
Initiate auto move
mode, cycle between
commands in auto
spreadsheet
C
67D,43H
Clear ECF event
E
69D,45H
Set ECF event
F
70D,46H
Feedforward adjust
G
71D,47H
Go
H
72D,48H
Halt
J
74D,4AH
Jump (relative move)
K
75D,4BH
Kill ECF events
M
77D,4DH
ECF
event mask
N
78D,4EH
Nothing / No-op
Shift O
79D,4FH
Open loop
P
80D,50H
Initialize Parameters
Q
81B,51H
Quit
ECF
events
R
82D,52H
Restore null
S
83D,53H
Save null
U
85D,55H
Upload parameters to
EEPROM (MMC)
Y
89D,59H
Yank plot data to VMEM
Z
90D,5AH
Zero quadrature counts
=
61D,3DH
Copy step program
from VMEM to MCM
^
94D,5EH
Pressure command
\
92D,5CH
Pressure ramp rate
_
95D,5FH
Pressure low
Event Control Firmware (ECF)