Programming Commands U511 User’s Manual
5-70 Aerotech, Inc. Version 1.1
5.5.62. PROGRAM
The PROGRAM (or PR) statement establishes the current programming environment.
The default programming environment is incremental units and units/minute. The default
programming system (English/Metric) may be specified per plane by using general
parameters 20, 38, 56, and 74.
SYNTAX:
PROGRAM eng_or_met
abs_or_incr
unit_or_step
unit/min_or_unit/sec_or_step/min_or_step/sec
PR eng_or_met
abs_or_incr
unit_or_step
unit/min_or_unit/sec_or_step/min_or_step/sec
eng_or_met EN (English) Motion distance units are specified
in English units (e.g., inches, feet,
yards, etc.).
ME (Metric) Motion distance units are specified
in metric units (millimeters,
centimeters, meters, etc.).
The above subcommands override, but do not change the setting of general
parameters 020, 038, 056, or 074 (“Default to metric” [y/n]).
The following arguments may be specified in any order. If one of each of the groups is
not specified, the one in bold print will be in effect.
abs_or_incr ABsolute Motion distance is referenced to the
software home position.
INcremental Motion distance is an offset
referenced from the current
position.
unit_or_step UNit Motion distance is in user units
(e.g., inches/millimeters, etc.).
STep Motion distance is in program
steps.
unit/min_or_unit/sec_ or_step/min_ or_step/sec
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