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K-Cube Stepper Motor Controller
3.5
Use with Legacy Actuators and Stages
To ensure that a particular stage is driven properly by the system, a number of
parameters must first be set. These parameters relate to the physical characteristics
of the stage being driven (e.g. min and max positions, leadscrew pitch, homing
direction etc.).
Later version actuators and stages have an identification eprom fitted such that the
system will recognise the actuator type and install suitable defaults. Older version
devices must be associated manually using the top panel menu - see Section 4.4.11.
Once this association has been made, the APT server applies automatically, suitable
default parameter values on boot up of the software.
Note
If the actuator/stage has been recognised automatically via the eprom,
the start up screens will display ‘Stage connected xxxx’ as shown in Fig.
3.4. If the stage is not fitted with an eprom, the display will show the last
stage type persisted, e.g. Stage persisted: ZST13B