Newport XPS Programmer's Manual

XPS Unified Programmer’s Manual
7.2.1.259 PositionerHardwareStatusGet
Name
PositionerHardwareStatusGet – Gets the positioner hardware status code.
Input tests
- Refer to section 7.1: “Input Tests Common to all XPS Functions”.
- Checks the positioner (must be not a secondary positioner): (-8), (-18), (-24)
Description
This function returns the hardware status of the selected positioner. The positioner
hardware status is composed of the “corrector” hardware status and the “servitudes”
hardware status:
The “Corrector” returns the motor interface and the position encoder hardware status.
The “Servitudes” returns the general inhibit and the end of runs hardware status.
NOTE
See section 8.6: “Positioner Hardware Status List”.
Prototype
int PositionerHardwareStatusGet(
int SocketID,
char * FullPositionerName,
int * PositionerHardwareStatus
)
Input parameters
SocketID int Socket identifier gets by the “TCP_ConnectToServer”
function.
FullPositionerName char * Positioner name.
Output parameters
PositionerHardwareStatus int * Hardware status code.
Return (In addition to the results of “Input Tests Common to all XPS
Functions”)
• 0: No error.
• -8: Wrong object type for this command.
• -18: Positioner Name doesn't exist or unknown command.
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Newport XPS Specifications

General

Controller Type	Multi-axis motion controller
Power Supply	24 VDC
Communication Interface	Ethernet
Programming Language	C, C++, .NET, LabVIEW
Supported Motor Types	Stepper
Operating System Compatibility	Windows
Axes	Up to 8 axes