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MELSEC-Q
9   MAJOR POSITIONING CONTROL 
 
[3]   Continuous path control  
(1)   Continuous path control 
 
(a)  The speed is changed without deceleration stop between the 
command speed of the running positioning data and the command 
speed of the positioning data that will run next. 
The speed is not changed if the current speed and the next speed are 
equal. 
 
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
Time
Positioning continue (11)
Dwell time
Positioning continue (11)
 Start complete signal
 BUSY signal
Positioning complete signal
 Positioning start signal
Positioning
complete (00)  
Address (+) direction 
Address (-) direction
[Y10, Y11, Y12, Y13]
[X10, X11, X12, X13]
[XC, XD, XE, XF]
[X14, X15, X16, X17]
Fig. 9.3 Operation during continuous path control (Standard speed switching mode) 
 
(b)  The speed will become the speed used in the previous positioning 
operation if the command speed is set to "-1".  
(c)  Dwell time will be ignored, even if set. 
(d)  The next positioning No. is executed automatically in operations by 
continuous path control (operation pattern "11"). Always complete the 
positioning by setting operation pattern "00" in the last positioning data.  
If the operation pattern is set to positioning continue ("01" or "11"), the 
operation will continue until operation pattern "00" is found.  
If the operation pattern "00" cannot be found, the operation may be 
carried out until the positioning data No. 600. If the operation pattern of 
the positioning data No. 600 is not completed, the operation will be 
started again from the positioning data No. 1. 
(e)  The speed switching patterns include the "front-loading speed 
switching pattern" in which the speed is changed at the end of the 
current positioning side, and the "standard speed switching pattern" in 
which the speed is at the start of the next positioning side. (Refer to 
"
Pr.19
 Speed switching mode".) 
 
Continuous path control
Standard speed switching mode
Front-loading speed switching mode