ODC001 Servo Motor Driver
2.5.2
APTUser Utility
The APTUser application allows the user to interact with a number of APT hardware
control units connected to the host PC. This program displays multiple graphical
instrument panels to allow multiple APT units to be controlled simultaneously.
All basic operating parameters can be altered and, similarly, all operations (such as
motor moves) can be initiated. Settings and parameter changes can be saved and
loaded to allow multiple operating configurations to be created and easily applied.
For many users, the APTUser application provides all of the functionality necessary
to operate the APT hardware without the need to develop any further custom
software. For those who do need to further customise and automate usage of the
OptoDCDriver (e.g. to implement a positioning algorithm), this application illustrates
how the rich functionality provided by the APT ActiveX server is exposed by a client
application. The complete Visual Basic source project is provided as a useful aid to
software developers.
Use of the APT User utility is covered in the PC tutorial (Chapter 4) and in the
APTUser online help file, accessed via the F1 key when using the APTUser utility.
