78 Version: 2.0.0 MS205Equ C-863 Mercury Controller
10.2 Creating or Modifying a Stage Type
You can select a parameter set appropriate for your stage from a stage database in
the PC software from PI. The software transfers the values of the selected parameter
set to the volatile memory of the controller. Further information see "Stage Databases"
(p. 20).
The PI_UserStages2.dat stage database is intended for creating, editing and storing
new parameter sets. This can be required in the following cases, for example:
You want to operate a stage with different servo-control parameters than
those of the PIStages2.dat stage database.
You want to adapt the soft limits of the stage to your application.
You have a custom stage.
You can create a new stage type with utmost ease by modifying in PIMikroMove an
existing stage type and saving it under a new name.
INFORMATION
If a stage type with the same name is present in the PIStages2.dat and
PI_UserStages2.dat stage databases, the parameter settings from PIStages2.dat are
always loaded when selecting the stage type in the PC software. The parameter
settings from PI_UserStages2.dat are not used in this case.
When saving stage types only assign names that are not already used in the
PIStages2.dat stage database.
In the following, PIMikroMove is used for creating a new stage type and for modifying
an existing stage type.
Prerequisite
PIMikroMove is installed on the PC (p. 29).
You have read and understood the PIMikroMove manual. The manual is
found on the product CD.
You have installed the latest version of the PIStages2.dat stage database on
the PC (p. 30).
If PI has provided you with a custom stage database for your stage, then you
have installed this database on your PC (p. 32).
You have established communication (p. 46) between the C-863 and the PC
with PIMikroMove.