Introduction
separate manuals. Updated releases are available on
or via email:
contact your PI Sales Engineer or write
.
PITerminal
is a Windows program which can be used as a simple terminal
with almost all PI controllers. It supports both direct and via-GCS-DLL
connection to Mercury™ controllers via RS-232 and USB (the USB link also
looks like a COM port to host software when the USB drivers are installed).
When the GCS-DLL connect option is used, command entered in the
Terminal window are actually sent to the GCS-DLL, where they are
interpreted as GCS commands. When the
Connect
button is used instead,
current Mercury™ firmware expects commands from the native command
set..
Native-Command-Set Software
MMCRun
(operating software for Windows™ 95/98/2000/XP and NT) is an
operating software for C-863 and C-862 Mercury™, and C-663 Mercury™
Step controllers.
MMCRun
allows immediate operation of the motion
system. It features easy commanding and macro programming of Mercury™
class controllers. See the MMCRun Manual, MS139E, for a full description.
MMC410.DLL Windows DLL facilitates many interfacing operations and data
conversion tasks for programmers of custom applications. This DLL is based
on the native command set. (See the Mercury Native DLL and LabView
Manual, MS177, for details)
LabVIEW VIs: facilitate integrating Mercury™ class controllers in the
LabVIEW environment. Uses the native-command MMC410.DLL above.
(See the Mercury Native DLL and LabView Manual, MS177, for details)
GCS-Based Software
PIMikroMove™
(application for Microsoft Windows platforms) is operating
software for this and many other PI controllers. With
PIMikroMove™
you can
start your motion system—host PC, controller and stage(s)—immediately
without writing customized software.
PIMikroMove™
offers motion control
displays and features that in many cases make it unnecessary to deal with
ASCII command formats. It also has a complete command input facility,
which lets you experiment with various GCS commands easily.
PIMikroMove™
uses the GCS DLL described below to command the
controller or controller network.
GCS LabVIEW drivers to communicate with the C-863 from the National
Instruments’ LabVIEW environment (not included) using the Mercury™
GCS-DLL (see MS149E for details).
**
Software is based on the PI General Command Set and requires the Mercury GCS DLL to translate
the GCS commands into commands that can be understood by Mercury Class native-command
firmware.
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