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INTELLIGENT ACTUATOR 
Part 4  Commands
 
  HOLD (Hold: Declare axis port to pause) 
Command, declaration 
Extension condition 
(LD, A, O, AB, OB) 
Input condition 
(I/O, flag) 
Command, 
declaration 
Operand 1  Operand 2 
Output 
(Output, flag) 
Optional Optional HOLD 
(Input port, 
global flag)
(HOLD 
type) 
CP 
 
[Function]  Declare an input port or global flag to pause while a servo command is being executed. 
When operation is performed on the input port or global flag specified in operand 1, the 
current servo processing will pause. (If the axes are moving, they will decelerate to a stop.) 
If nothing is specified in operand 1, the current pause declaration will become invalid. 
 
  A HOLD type can be specified in operand 2. 
[HOLD type] 
0 = Contact a (Deceleration stop) 
1 = Contact b (Deceleration stop) 
2 = Contact b (Deceleration stop  Servo OFF (The drive source will not be cut off)) 
The HOLD type is set to “0” (contact a) when the program is started. 
If nothing is specified in operand 2, the current HOLD type will be used. 
Using other task to issue a servo ON command to any axis currently stopped via a HOLD 
servo OFF will generate an “Error No. C66, Axis duplication error.” If the servo of that axis 
was ON prior to the HOLD stop, the system will automatically turn on the servo when the 
HOLD is cancelled. Therefore, do not issue a servo ON command to any axis currently 
stopped via a HOLD servo OFF. 
If any axis currently stopped via a HOLD servo OFF is moved by external force, etc., from the 
stopped position, and when the servo of that axis was ON prior to the HOLD stop, the axis 
will move to the original stopped position when the HOLD is cancelled before resuming 
operation. 
 
(Note 1)  The input port or global flag specified by a HOLD declaration will only pause the axes used in 
the task (program) in which the HOLD is declared. The declaration will not be valid on axes 
used in different tasks (programs). 
(Note 2)  An input port or global flag to pause is valid for all active servo commands other than a SVOF 
command. (A deceleration stop will also be triggered in JW and PATH operations.) 
(Note 3)  Following a pause of home return, the operation will resume from the beginning of the home-
return sequence. 
 
[Example]  HOLD  15  0  The axes will decelerate to a stop when input port 15 turns ON.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Input port 15 ON 
Movement is complete. 
Remaining operation 
V 
T 
HOLD 
Input port 15 OFF