Chapter 3 Programming
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Double click on “Pulse_output_chx…” or right click and choose “Edit Object”. Pulse output configuration window
appears. Pulse output has Configuration tab and Mapping tab as below.
Configuration
Additional output besides pulse train output can be
used to define direction.
Forward (Number of pulses = positive) : ON
Reverse (Number of pulses = negative) : OFF
Forward (Number of pulses = positive) : OFF
Reverse (Number of pulses = negative) : ON
TRUE: Pulse train is being output.
FALSE: Pulse train is not output.
Accumulated number of pulses is stored.
(position control only)
0 to 4,294,967,295 (direction disabled)
-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 (direction enabled)
When the number of pulses exceeds the maximum or minimum value, it returns to 0 or 4,294,967,295.
Operations
Pulse train output can be controlled by variables and function blocks as below.
Read accumulated number of pulses
Start pulse train output (position control)
Write current position data (position control)
Start pulse train output (speed control)
Change speed of pulse train output (speed control)