Format (PF), Variable Format (VF) and Leading Zeros (LZ) command. See Chapter 7 and the
Command Reference.
Summary of Interrogation Commands
RP
Report Command Position
RL Report
Latch
∧
R
∧
V
Firmware Revision Information
SC Stop
Code
TB Tell
Status
TC
Tell Error Code
TD
Tell Dual Encoder
TE Tell
Error
TI Tell
Input
TP Tell
Position
TR Trace
TS Tell
Switches
TT Tell
Torque
TV Tell
Velocity
For example, the following example illustrates how to display the current position of the X axis:
TP X <enter>
Tell position X
0000000000 Controllers
Response
TP XY <enter>
Tell position X and Y
0000000000,0000000000 Controllers
Response
Interrogating Current Commanded Values.
Most commands can be interrogated by using a question mark (?) as the axis specifier. Type the
command followed by a ? for each axis requested.
PR 1000
Specify X only as 1000
PR ,2000
Specify Y only as 2000
PR ,,3000
Specify Z only as 3000
PR ,,,4000
Specify W only as 4000
PR 2000,4000,6000,8000
Specify X Y Z and W
PR ,8000,,9000
Specify Y and W only
PR ?,?,?,?
Request X,Y,Z,W values
PR ,?
Request Y value only
The controller can also be interrogated with operands.
Operands
Most DMC-1600 commands have corresponding operands that can be used for interrogation.
Operands must be used inside of valid DMC expressions. For example, to display the value of an
operand, the user could use the command:
MG
‘operand’
DMC-1600
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