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Chapter 4
4.10
Using A Joystick Console
The MJC001 joystick console has been designed to provide intuitive, tactile, manual
positioning of the stage. The console features a two axis joystick for XY control. Up to
3 joysticks can be connected to each other, interfacing neatly into a multi-channel
control application.
1) Connect the stage to the Controller unit.
2) Connect the joystick console to the HANDSET IN connector of the controller.
3) Switch ON the controller.
4) Wait until the red led on the joystick console and the Channel Enable LED on the
controller front panel stops flashing (~3s).
Press and hold the ‘High/Low’ button for 2 seconds to home the stage. When
homing is complete, the green LED stops flashing.
In order to establish control over a particular axis, the jo ystick axes must be
associated with the corresponding channels of the related controller. This is achieved
by setting the joystick ID switch, located on the underside of the joystick console, and
the channel ident switches on the rear panel of the BSC controller.
The joystick ID switch assigns the selected number to the X axis of the joystick and
the next sequential number to the Y axis. The channel ident switches on the controller
unit(s) must then be set to match these joystick axis numbers.
For example, if the joystick switch is set to '1', then the channel ID switch on the
controller must also be set to ‘1’ as shown in Fig. 4.1. If two single channels are being
used, the Y-Axis controller unit must be set to ‘2’.
Fig. 4.1 ID switch setings
Note
The default parameter values loaded at the factory should be acceptable for
most applications, and in this case, it is not necessary to connect the
controller to a PC running the APT software. If these parameter values
subsequently require adjustment, this can only be performed by running the
APT software - see Section 5.3.4. for more information.
Note
In order for the controller and joystick to be used without a host PC, the Move/
Jog settings, Stage/Axis settings and the Joystick settings must be persisted
(saved) within the BSC201 unit before the following predure is performed. This
is done by checking the ‘Persist Settings’ box on each settings tab - see
Section 5.3. for more details.