Scanlab RTC6 PCIe Board - Advanced Functions for Scan Head Control and Laser Control; Idrive Functions; Transfer Protocol

RTC6 boards
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8 Advanced Functions for Scan Head Control and Laser Control
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8 Advanced Functions for Scan Head Control and
Laser Control
8.1 iDRIVE Functions
SCANLAB iDRIVE scan systems
(1)
utilize the iDRIVE
technology. This servo and control approach exploits
the advantages of fully digital servo electronics to
deliver significantly expanded functionality. An
enhanced transfer protocol between the servo
electronics and RTC board facilitates support of all
the new features (see also the following section).
This allows users to adjust a number of settings of the
respective scan system, for example,
• To select which data it has to transmit to the
RTC board
• To choose from different dynamic settings
(tunings)
• To set the PosAck limit value
• To set the effective calibration of the scan system
• To set the start behavior of the scan system
• To perform a fault diagnosis
• To perform a functional test of the data transfer
For more information, refer to the manual of the
scan system.
iDRIVE functions are executed by
control_command
(2)
.
8.1.1 Transfer Protocol
Data transfer between RTC6 PCIe Board and
scan system is carried out according
SL2-100 protocol.
The SL2-100 protocol supports the full functionality
of iDRIVE technology.
With iDRIVE scan systems
(1)
this protocol allows, for
example, status signals of the x axis and y axis to be
separately and simultaneously evaluated. For a
3D scan system, z axis status signals can be
simultaneously read back by the channel of the
scan head connector to which the z axis is connected.
The XY2-100 Converter (Accessory) can be used with
iDRIVE scan systems
(1)
equipped with an interface for
XY2-100 protocol or XY2-100 Enhanced protocol.
(1) See Glossary entry on page 27.
(2) See also Section ”Folder iSCANCfg”, page 32.