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AKD PDMM User Guide | Macro Editor
3. Select Save to save your macro.
Macro Editor
The macro editor allows you to create and modify up to five macros.EWV automatically saves the macros
that you create. If you exit KAS IDE and then start KAS IDE again, the macros you defined will still be
available.
To create or edit a macro from the editor, open the Terminal screen and click on Edit Macros (located at
the bottom of the screen). Select the macro you wish to edit from the tree on the left, then use the features
described below to build the macro. You can add comments in the macro after the ";" symbol.
Button or
Dialog Box
Description
Name Allows you to give each macro a unique name. This name will be shown on the button in
the terminal view.
Commands Displays the commands that are sent to the drive when you use this macro. The response
from the drive is displayed in the terminal.
Import Overwrites the selected macro with the contents of a macro file exported from another com-
puter.
Export Sends the selected macro to a text file to that you can import into KAS IDE running on
another computer.
Insert
Delay Inserts a step into the macro that causes a delay for a specified number of milliseconds
before continuing. A line that starts with #delay 5000 will pause the execution of the macro
for 5000 milliseconds.
Close Closes this window and returns to the terminal view.
14.2 Parameter List
This screen displays a list of the current values of all the parameters that the drive supports. You can sort
some of the rows by clicking the column headers.
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