
Table 4-5
Start mode examples
Mode
Description
Display on cam track output
One cam track with different data is
given.
● Cam track 1 (A to C)
active cam track.
● Cam track 2 (1 to 3)
is activated.
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%
&
Effective
immediately
(IMMEDIATELY)
● New cam track becomes active
immediately.
● Cam track output becomes inactive.
● Output cams 1, 2 and 3 are output.
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Cam track output
inactive
(IMMEDIATELY_B
Y_CAM_TRACK_
OUTPUT_INACTI
VE)
● New cam track becomes active at a
cam track output of zero.
● Output cam A on the active track is
output completely.
● Output cams 2 and 3 are output.
● Output cam 1 is not output.
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With next track
cycle
(NEXT_CAM_TRA
CK_CYCLE)
● Cam track is exchanged at the axis
reference position of the new cam
track.
● Example 1, position-based cam:
Position-based cam of the old track
is terminated.
● Example 2, time-based cam:
New cam track becomes active with
the first output cam of the new track,
at the latest. Up to that point, time-
based cams remaining from the old
cam track are still output.
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&
$b
%
&
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Stop mode
The stop mode (stopMode) is used to define the behavior of the cam track on deactivation.
The mode is defined either as part of the cam track configuration in the Default window, or
directly as a default setting using the _disableCamTrack command.
Table 4-6
Types of stop mode
Stop mode
Description
Effective immediately (default)
(IMMEDIATELY)
Track is deactivated immediately. If an output cam (or time-based cam) is defined or
active at the current position of the track, the output of output cam is aborted.
Immediately when cam track
output inactive
(IMMEDIATELY_BY_CAM_TRA
CK_OUTPUT_INACTIVE)
If no single output cam is active (any longer), the active cam track is stopped. An active
(output) single output cam is still output completely.
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4.2 TO Cam Track basics
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Function Manual, 04/2014