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5 PC Interface Board

Rev. 1.9 e

10 Commands And Functions

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Normal

List Command

set_wait

Function sets a numbered wait marker (break point) in the list

Call

set_wait( WaitWord )

Parameter

WaitWord

number of the wait marker as an unsigned 32-bit value.

Allowed range: [1 … (2

–1)]; 0 will be corrected to 1.

Comments • Processing of a list will be interrupted at each wait marker and remain halted until

continued via release_wait. This provides a way to implement synchronizing.

• The “laser active” laser control signals will be switched off by set_wait and a home

jump defined via home_position or home_position_xyz might be executed (the

INTERNAL-BUSY status is set while the home jump is executed). Continuation via

execute_list_pos, restart_list or an external start will consequently be suppressed.

However, stop_execution or an external list stop is possible. release_wait,

stop_execution or an external list stop will remove suppression of the list start.

• set_wait will set the PAUSED status and reset the BUSY status (both queriable with

get_status). The opposite occurs with a subsequent release_wait command (also see

"List Execution Status", page 73).

• If processing has been stopped at a wait marker, the command get_wait_status

returns the number of this marker.

RTC

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RTC

5 essentially unchanged functionality, however:

the RTC

5 also provides a PAUSED status that will be set with set_wait.

References get_wait_status, release_wait, pause_list, stop_list

Scanlab RTC 5 PC Interface Board - set_wait