BASIC commands
PROGRAMMING MANUAL 139
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3.2.244 SGN
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3.2.245 SIN
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3.2.246 SLOT
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3.2.247 SPEED
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5 Host Link Slave protocol
6 Host Link Master protocol
Type Mathematical function
Syntax SGN(expression)
Description The SGN function returns the sign of a number. It returns value 1 for positive
values (including 0) and value -1 for negative values.
Arguments • expression
Any valid BASIC expression.
Example >> PRINT SGN(-1.2)
-1.0000
See also N/A
Type Mathematical function
Syntax SIN(expression)
Description The SIN function returns the sine of the expression. Input values are in radi-
ans and may have any value. The result value will be in the range from -1 to
1.
Arguments • expression
Any valid BASIC expression.
Example >> PRINT SIN(PI/2)
1.0000
See also N/A
Mode Description
Type Slot modifier
Syntax SLOT
Description Modifier specifies the unit number for a parameter such as COMMSTYPE.
Trajexia unit numbers are 0 to 6.
Arguments N/A
Example No example.
See also N/A
Type Axis parameter
Syntax SPEED
Description The SPEED parameter contains the demand speed in units/s. It can have any
positive value (including 0). The demand speed is the maximum speed for the
speed profiled motion commands.
Arguments N/A
Example SPEED = 1000
PRINT "Set speed = ";SPEED
See also ACCEL, AXIS, DATUM, DECEL, FORWARD, MOVE, MOVEABS,
MOVECIRC, MOVEMODIFY, REVERSE, UNITS.
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