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Enter motor velocity. For
use with Soft Controls.
Enter motor acceleration.
For use with Soft Controls.
Check to turn on Soft
Controls. Override cannot
be activated when ClearPath
is hardware enabled.
Select number of input
pulses required to rotate
the motor shaft exactly
one revolution.
Choose pulse input format.
Step & Direction
or
Quadrature
Set jerk limit. Higher values
result in smoother, more
gradual transitions between
move segments of differing
acceleration; however, overall
move time is increased.
Click to open Homing
Setup window (when
homing is enabled).
Soft Inputs and LEDs
Emulate hardware inputs. For
use only when Soft Controls
are active.
Caution: motor
may spin when enabled.
Hardware Input Status LEDs
Light = Input asserted (on)
Dark = Input de-asserted (off)
Check to reverse
direction of motor
shaft rotation.
Displays HLFB
output status.
Click to open Torque
Limit Setup dialog.
Torque Override Indicator
When lit, the main torque limit is
being overridden by a
secondary, user-set torque limit
(e.g., when an axis is homing, the
main torque limit may be
overridden by the separate
homing torque limit setting).
Quad-A
Quad-B
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ESOLUTION
S
ETTING
The Input Resolution setting provides a simple way to change the ratio of
quadrature counts input to encoder counts moved.
Example 1)
For a motor with a 6400 count/revolution encoder, setting the
Input Resolution to
6400 quadrature counts/rev. results in a
simple 1:1 relationship.
This just means that for each quadrature
count seen at the ClearPath input, the motor shaft will rotate exactly 1
encoder count.
Example 2)
For the same 6400 count motor, a setting of
800
quadrature counts per rev. results in a 1:8 relationship
. Thus, 1
quadrature count seen at the input will result in 8 encoder counts of
motion at the shaft.
Available Input Resolution Settings
Input Resolution choices are 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800,
25600, and 51200 quadrature counts per revolution.