Trio Motion Coordinator Euro 205, Technical Reference Manual

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1-4 Introduction
Setup and Programming
Trio Motion Technology
Setup and Programming
To program the Motion Coordinator a PC is connected via an RS-232 or USB serial
link. The dedicated Motion Perfect program is normally used to provide a wide
range of programming facilities, on an IBM PC or 100% compatible microcomputer
running Windows.
Motion Perfect
Once connected to the Motion Coordinator, the user has direct access to Trio
BASIC, which provides an easy, rapid way to develop control programs. All the
standard program constructs are provided; variables, loops, input/output, maths
and conditions. Extensions to this basic instruction set exist to permit a wide
variety of motion control facilities, such as single axis moves, synchronized multi
axis moves and unsynchronised multi axis moves as well as the control of the
digital I/O.
The Motion Coordinator range currently consists of the MC202, MC206, Euro 205X,
MC216 and MC224. These controllers feature multi-tasking BASIC. Multiple Trio
BASIC programs can be constructed and run simultaneously to make programming
complex applications much easier.