DMC-1000 Appendices • 173
DMC-600/DMC-1000 Comparison
Modes of Motion DMC-600 DMC-6X1 DMC-1000
Relative positioning Yes Yes Yes
Absolute positioning Yes Yes Yes
Velocity control Yes Yes Yes
Linear interpolation XY only XY only Up to 4 axes
Circular interpolation XY only XY only Any 2 axes plus 3rd tangent
Maximum number of segments
in motion path
255 255 Infinite, continuous vector
feed
Contouring Yes Yes Yes
Electronic gearing No Yes Yes
S-curve profiling No Yes Yes
Programmable acceleration
rate
Yes Yes Yes
Programmable deceleration
rate
Yes No No
Specifications DMC-600 DMC-6X1 DMC-1000
Maximum encoder frequency .5 x 10
6
counts/s 2 x 10
6
counts/s 8 x 10
6
counts/s
DAC resolution 8-bits 12-bits 14-bits or 16-bits
Maximum move length 8 x 10
6
8 x 10
6
2 x 10
9
Sample time 1 msec 1 msec 0.5 msec (4 axes)
Program memory 500 lines, 32 chr 500 lines, 32 chr 500 lines, 40 chr
EEPROM memory for
parameter storage
None None Yes
Number of variables 64 (V0-V63) 64 (V0-V63) 126; symbolic up to 8 chr
Number of array elements None 1000 (1 array) 1600 (up to 14 arrays)
Digital filter type GN,ZR,KI GN,ZR,KI KP,KI,KD with velocity and
acceleration feedforward and
integrator limit
Hardware DMC-600 DMC-6X1 DMC-1000
Maximum # of axes/card 3 3 4 (8 for DMC-1080)
Analog inputs 8 with DMC-63010 8 with DMC-63010 7 standard
Digital inputs 8 TTL 8 TTL 8 optoisolated (24 for
DMC-1080)
Digital outputs 8 TTL 8 TTL 8 TTL (16 for DMC-1080)
High speed position latch None Yes Yes
Dual encoder inputs none Yes Yes
Motor command output +/- 10V +/- 10V +/- 10V and step/direction
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