Motion Event Instructions 
 
244  Rockwell Automation Publication MOTION-RM002H-EN-P-February 2018 
Executing this instruction also clears the In Process bit associated with the 
controlling Motion Arm Watch (MAW) instruction. 
Available Languages 
Ladder Diagram 
Use the Motion Disarm Watch (MDW) instruction to disarm watch-position 
event-checking for an axis. This instruction has the affect of clearing both the 
Watch Event Status and Watch Armed Status bits in the axis data structure. 
Executing this instruction also clears the In Process bit associated with the 
controlling Motion Arm Watch (MAW) instruction. 
Function Block 
This instruction is not available in function block. 
Structured Text 
MDW(Axis,MotionControl); 
Operands 
Ladder Diagram and Structured Text 
Operand  Type 
CompactLogix 5380, 
CompactLogix 5480, 
ControlLogix 5580, Compact 
GuardLogix 5380, and 
GuardLogix 5580 controllers 
Type 
CompactLogix 5370, 
ControlLogix 5570, Compact 
GuardLogix 5370, and 
GuardLogix 5570 controllers 
Format  Description 
Axis  AXIS_CIP_DRIVE  AXIS_CIP_DRIVE 
AXIS_GENERIC 
AXIS_GENERIC_DRIVE 
AXIS_SERVO 
AXIS_SERVO_DRIVE 
Tag  Name of the axis to 
perform operation on 
Motion Control  MOTION_INSTRUCTION  MOTION_INSTRUCTION  Tag  Structure used to access 
instruction status 
parameters. 
See Structured Text Syntax for more information on the syntax of expressions 
within structured text.