Danaher Motion
06/2005
BASIC Moves Development Studio
M-SS-005-03 Rev
E
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2.2.11. System
Commands
The following commands provide information about the system. You can
issue these commands at any time either from task, terminal or the
CONFIG.PRG file (with some exceptions). For detailed information on any of
the system commands (including examples), refer to the
SERVOSTAR
®
MC
Reference Manual
.
AxisList
Returns a comma-separated-list of the axes' names
defined in the system. If wildcards are used, the query
returns the proper axes.
BreakPointList
Lists all the breakpoints in the task, loaded to memory.
CamList
This query returns a list of the cam table names defined in
the system. If wildcards are used, the query returns the
proper existing cam names.
Dir
Lists all files that exist on the RAM disk and on the Flash
disk. The File Specification may contain the * and ?
wildcard characters, in order to refine the list. When
invoked without a parameter, all the files are listed.
ErrorHistory
Displays the log file containing the last 64 errors that
occurred in the system.
ErrorHistoryClear
Clears the error log file.
EventList
Lists the names of the existing events and their states. If a
task name precedes
EventList
, only events belonging to
the specified task are listed.
GroupList
Lists the names of the groups defined in the system. Each
group name is followed by a list of the axes' names that
are part of that group.
PlsList
Returns a list of the PLS names defined in the system. If
wildcards are used, the query returns the correct existing
PLS data.
ProgramPassword
Sets the file password and toggles the password
protection state.
Reset All | Tasks
Reset All
removes all tasks, variables, and system
variables from program memory. All external outputs are
turned off and all drives are disabled.
Reset All
runs
Config.prg, not Autoexec.prg.
Reset All
is only issued
from the terminal.
Reset Tasks
removes all tasks from memory, but leaves
system variables loaded. It deallocates all defined
variables and user programs.
Reset Tasks
does not
disable motors, or reset outputs.
Reset Tasks
is only
issued from the terminal.
System.AccelerationRate
Queries or sets the system acceleration exchange rate.
System.AutostartTask Queries or sets the name of the auto-start task. The
default auto-start task is Autoexec.Prg. Assignment of an
empty string prevents auto-start task run.
System.AverageLoad
Returns the average realtime load on the CPU. This is the
average realtime load measured during a 0.5 second
interval.
System.Clock
Returns the number of system clock ticks. This is the clock
run by the VxWorks Operating System. One clock tick
corresponds to 1 millisecond.
System.CpuType
Returns the type and model of the CPU that was found
during the system’s power-up. Supports only Intel, AMD
and Cyrix processors.
System.Date
Queries or sets the date. The date is entered as a
character string and must be enclosed between double
quotes ("). The parameters Day, Month, and Year, must
be separated with the / (slash) character.
