RTC
®
5 PC Interface Board
Rev. 1.9 e
10 Commands And Functions
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Normal
List Command
timed_arc_abs
Function
moves the laser focus for the specified marking duration from the current position along
an arc with the specified angle and center point (absolute coordinate values) within a two-
dimensional image field.
Call
timed_arc_abs( X, Y, Angle, T )
Parameters
X, Y
absolute coordinates of the arc center in
bits
as signed 32-bit value; allowed
range: [–8388608 … 8388607] (out-of-range values will be edge-clipped).
Angle
arc angle in ° as a 64-bit IEEE floating point value
(positive angle values correspond to clockwise angles);
allowed range: [–3600.0° … +3600.0°] (±10 full circles);
out-of-range values will be edge-clipped.
T
duration of the complete arc marking process in
microseconds
(as a 64-bit
IEEE floating point value); allowed range: [0 … 167772160]; the parameter
will be rounded to an integer-multiple of 10; out-of-range values will be
clipped. If
T
< 5, then
timed_arc_abs
Comments
• Unlike
, the
timed_arc_abs
command doesn’t execute the marking process
with the specified (via
or
) marking speed.
Instead, the speed (i.e. the number of microsteps) will be adjusted so that the arc lasts
as long as specified (see
chapter 8.10 "Timed Vector and Arc Commands", page 198
).
The total marking time is (for
T
5) the sum of the specified (rounded) time and the set
delays.
• The “laser active” laser control signals are automatically turned on at the beginning of
the command (or remain on after a directly preceding mark or arc command). The
defined scanner and laser delays will thereby be taken into account (see
"Delay Settings for Synchronizing Scan Head and Laser Control", page 99
). Note that
other delays are executed in Sky writing mode (see
).
Exception: zero-length arc commands (see notes on
).
• During the conversion of specified coordinate values into scan system output values,
any previously defined coordinate transformations, assigned correction tables etc. are
taken into account after successful microvectorization (see
).
• The current coordinates will be clipped to [–524288 … 524287] (real image field size)
during runtime directly prior to use of the correction table.
RTC
®
4
RTC
®
5 new command
In RTC
®
4 compatibility mode, the RTC
®
5 multiplies the specified arc center coordinate
values by 16 (the permissible range of values is correspondingly reduced to
[–524288 … 524287]).
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