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3 Product Description
C-863.12 Mercury Controller MS249E Version: 1.2.1 13
Element Num
ber Identifi
er Description
8 characters; valid characters are
1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-_
The new axis identifier is only transferred to the volatile
memory of the C-863.12. A changed axis identifier can be
stored permanently in the C-863.12 with the
WPA
command
(p. 205).
Analog inputs 7 1 to 7
The analog input lines with the identifiers 1 to 4 are the
inputs 1 to 4 of the
I/O socket (p. 266). Their number is
displayed with the
TAC?
command and their values can be
queried with the
TAV?
command. Note that these lines can
also be used as digital inputs (see below).
Additional analog input lines are located at the
Joystick
socket (p. 268).
These lines are not output via
TAC?
and
TAV?
.
The values of all inputs can be recorded via record option 81
of the
DRC
command.
Digital outputs 4 1 to 4 1 to 4 identify digital output lines 1 to 4 of the I/O socket (p.
266).
For further information, see "Digital Output Signals" (p. 76).
Digital inputs 4 1 to 4
1 to 4 identify digital input lines 1 to 4 of the I/O socket (p.
266), which can also be used as analog inputs (see above).
For further information, see "Digital Input Signals" (p. 83).
Joystick 1 1 A joystick can be connected to the C-863.12's Joystick socket
(p. 268).
Joystick axis 1 1 Pin 4: Commanding as axis 1 of joystick 1
Joystick button 1 1 Pin 6: Commanding as button 1 of joystick 1
For further information, see "Joystick Control" (p. 89).
For data recorder configuration with the
DRC
command, the
following data source identifiers apply:
5 = axis 1 of joystick 1
6 = button 1 of joystick 1
Data recorder
table 4 1 to 4 The C-863.12 has 4 data recorder tables (query with
TNR?
)
with 1024 data points per table.
Controller
address 1 1 to 16 The controller address can be set in the range from 1 to 16
with the DIP switches on the front panel of the C-863.12. In a
daisy chain (p. 45), each controller must have a unique
address (p. 117).
Overall system 1 1 C-863.12 as an overall system