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VMC 188/40 Motion Controller Glossary
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Glossary
Actual Position
The measured (real) physical distance expressed in position units.
Cleared
Refers to a FALSE or logic zero value.
Command
An ASCII character needed to commence a particular action on the motion controller.
Counts
Raw number of digital counts for a given physical distance. The number has NOT been scaled to
represent the actual physical distance.
Dither
A small square wave added to the output drive.
Encoder
Refers to a mechanical device that converts rotary positions to digital signals.
Extending
Moving or turning the axis such that the transducer counts increase.
Feed Forward
A term used to express the amount of output drive needed to reach a desired speed, or the open loop
gain of a control system.
PID
Control industry term used to indicate Proportional, Integral and Differential error compensation.
Position Unit
Basic unit of distance measurement for a specific application (i.e., thousandths of an inch, tenths of
millimeters, thousandths of revolutions, etc.). Position units are calculated by using scale and
transducer counts.
Recirculation
The number of times a magnetostrictive transducer is interrogated for a measurement. More
recirculations provide higher resolution at a cost of increased measurement time and reduced sensor
length.
Retracting
Moving or turning the axis such that the transducer counts decrease.
SBX
A generic name for a type of circuit board with specific electrical and physical specifications. One
SBX connector is provided on the VMC 186/40 board.
Scale
A multiplier used to translate transducer counts to position units. It can be used as a means of
compensation for differences in magnetostrictive transducers.
Set
When referring to
Status Word
bits it refers to a TRUE or logic one value. It also refers to a physical
position to which the motion controller was told to move.
Target
A calculated or preset value used to determine the amount of position or speed error.
Transducer
A general term that refers to a device that converts a given physical distance to an electrical signal.
Transducer Counts
See Counts.