Chapter 5: MEI Software
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Hot Key
Description
Space Bar or <Enter>
Select the highlighted button
F2
Open a Position Status Window
F3
Open an Axis Status Window
F5
Move the current window (with the cursor keys)
F6
Jump to the next open window
F7
Open Tuning Parameters Window
F8
Open Axis Configuration Window
F9
DSP hardware reset
<ESC>
Close the current window
Alt/F
Select the File menu
Alt/C
Select the Configure menu
Alt/S
Select the Status menu
Alt/M
Select the Motion menu
Alt/X
Exit the SETUP program
Cursor Keys
Move between fields and buttons
Buttons
In each window, there are buttons provided to send, read and save information stored in the
DSP's data memory and boot memory. The buttons have the following functions:
Button Description
Send
Same as the <ENTER> key. Write the values in the window into data (volatile)
memory on the board.
Set axis
Same as the <ENTER> key. Set the axis to display the current values in data
memory.
Save
Store the window values into DSPpro boot (non-volatile) memory.
Read
Bring values from boot (non-volatile) memory into data (volatile) memory.
Copy all
Copy the values in the window to data (volatile) memory all axes. Values displayed
in other windows are not affected.
Save all
Store the values in the window to boot (non-volatile) memory for all axes. Values
displayed in other windows are not affected.
Saving Default Parameters On-Board
Many of the configuration windows have
Read
and
Save
buttons. The
Read
button loads the
default (power-up or reset) configuration parameters from boot memory into data memory The
Save
button stores the current parameters into boot memory.
The SETUP program can access the data memory (volatile) and boot memory (non-volatile).
When a value is entered in any window, the value is automatically stored in the DSP data
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