Programming  
890CS Common Bus Supply - Frames B & D; 890CD Common Bus Drive and 890SD Standalone Drive - Frames B, C & D  Page D-147 
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VIRTUAL MASTER 
SETUP::PHASE CONTROL::VIRTUAL MASTER 
This block transmits a regular update of speed, position and acceleration to all other drives listening on the selected channel. 
The output is profiled by the ACCELERATION, DECELERATION and JERK 1-4 parameters.  
Refer to REFERENCE RAMP, page D-
106. 
An example acceleration graph for a velocity 60 %/s maximum, acceleration of 20 %/s
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and a jerk of 10 %/s
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is shown below. 
Parameter Descriptions 
CHANNEL 
PREF: 118.17  Default: 0  Range: 0 to 64 
This parameter sets the Firewire channel that the Virtual Master broadcasts references on. 
INPUT 
PREF: 118.01  Default: 0.00 %  Range: -100.00 to 100.00 % 
Ramp input. 
ACCELERATION 
PREF: 118.02  Default: 10.00  /s²  Range: 0.00 to 100.00  /s² 
Sets the acceleration rate in units of percent per second², i.e. if the full speed of the machine is 1.25m/s then the acceleration 
will be: 1.25 x 75.00% = 0.9375m/s²  
DECELERATION 
PREF: 118.03  Default: 10.00  /s²  Range: 0.00 to 100.00  /s² 
This functions in the same way as ACCELERATION above. 
JERK 1 to JERK 4 
PREF: 118.04, 118.05, 
118.06, 118.07 
Default: 10.00  /s²  Range: 0.00 to 100.00 /s
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Rate of change of acceleration for the relevant segment of the curve, i.e. JERK 1 is for segment 1, etc. 
CONTINUOUS 
PREF: 118.08  Default: FALSE  Range: FALSE / TRUE 
When TRUE, it forces a smooth transition if the speed point is changed when ramping. The curve is controlled by the 
ACCELERATION and JERK 1 to JERK 4 parameters. When FALSE, there is an immediate transition from the old curve to 
the new curve. 
HOLD 
PREF: 118.09  Default: FALSE  Range: FALSE / TRUE 
When TRUE, the output of the ramp is held at its last value.