User Manual
E727T0005, valid for E-727
BRO, 2019-06-28
Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Auf der Roemerstrasse 1, 76228 Karlsruhe, Germany
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INFORMATION
You can link the macro execution to conditions with the
JRC
and
WAC
commands. The commands
must be included in the macro.
In the following, PITerminal or the
Command entry
window of PIMikroMove is used to enter
commands. Details on working with the
Controller macros
tab in PIMikroMove are found in the
PIMikroMove manual.
1.
Start the macro execution:
−
If the macro is to be executed once, send the
MAC START
macroname
string
command, whereby
macroname
indicates the name of the macro.
−
If the macro is to be executed n times, send the
MAC NSTART
macroname
n
string
command, whereby
macroname
indicates the name of the macro and
n
indicates the number of executions.
string
stands for the values of local variables. The values only have to be given when the
macro contains corresponding local variables. The sequence of the values in the input must
correspond to the numbering of the appropriate local variables, starting with the value of the
local variable 1. The individual values must be separated from each other with spaces.
2.
If you want to check the macro execution:
−
Get whether a macro is being executed on the controller by sending the
#8
command.
−
Get the name of the macro that is currently being executed on the controller by
sending the
RMC?
command.
Example: Moving an axis with a variable travel distance back and forth
INFORMATION
When macros are recorded on the
Controller macros
tab in PIMikroMove, the
MAC BEG
and
MAC END
commands must be omitted.
The axis 1 is to move back and forth. The travel to the left and to the right is to be variably
adjustable without having to change the used macros. Local and global variables are therefore
used.
1.
Create the global variables LEFT and RIGHT by sending:
VAR LEFT 5
VAR RIGHT 15
LEFT thus has the value 5, and RIGHT has the value 15. These values can be changed at any
time, e.g., by sending the VAR command again.
−
Create the global variables again each time that the E-727 is switched on or
rebooted, since they are only written to the volatile memory of the E-727.