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To use the joystick for control, use the following procedure:
1. Be sure the controller is in Joystick Control Mode (a lower case ‘j’
or ‘v’ is displayed).
2. Press the Right Base switch to select JOG (j) or RUN (v) mode.
3. Press and hold the Right Base switch and Joystick button. Move
the joystick to increase or decrease the Jog Step (JOG mode) or
Velocity (RUN mode) value. Release the button when the desired
value is displayed.
4. Move the joystick in the desired direction and press the joystick
button or Left Base switch. The actuator(s) will begin to move. If one
actuator encounters a limit, then the other axis will also stop.
5. The direction of the actuator(s) are now controlled by moving the
joystick. To stop motion, press the joystick button or Left Base
switch.
6. To exit Joystick mode, press
[EXIT/STOP]
.
The connector for the RS-232 port is located on the controller rear panel.
2.8.1 Selecting RS-232 Control
To set the controller for RS-232 operation use the following procedure:
1. Press
[SETUP]
on axis 2 and define the actuator Type and Display
Settings. Press the
[EXIT/STOP]
key when all parameters have been
entered.
2. Press
[SETUP]
on axis 1 and define the Actuator Type and Display
Settings as you did for axis 2.
3. Press
[NEXT MENU]
until the RS-232 SETUP: prompt is displayed
(refer to Section 2.6). Select ‘Enabled’ and define the baudrate, parity,
databits, stopbits, and input echo mode.
4. Press
[EXIT/STOP]
. The letters ‘J’ or ‘V’ in front of the step/velocity
value on the display will be lower case, and ‘RS-232’ will appear in
place of the step/velocity display indicating RS-232 port control.
When the RS-232 port is enabled in the Execute mode, the front panel keys
are disabled, with the exception of the
[STOP]
key. The RS-232 port now
becomes the only input device.
Even when the RS-232 port is disabled queries can be made to the control-
ler through this port.
2.8.2 Using the RS-232 Port
The RS-232 port can communicate with a dumb terminal or a programmable
device like a computer that has a serial port that follows the RS-232 and
PCTALK C standard. Third party communication programs for example
Mirror as well as high level programming languages such as Quick Basic can
be used to establish communication between the PMC200-P and computer.
Commands are sent to the PMC200-P through the RS-232 port via a standard
RS-232 cable. These commands are executed as if they had been executed
from the key pad. However, the PMC200-P command set gives the user
much more control of the PMC200-P controller than does the keypad. Such
Operation with the
RS-232 Port
(PMC200-P only)
2.8
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