Detailed Description 
  2.3 Continuous-path mode 
Continuous-Path Mode, Exact Stop, LookAhead (B1) 
Function Manual, 08/2005 Edition, 6FC5397-0BP10-0BA0 
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Adaptations 
In order to clarify the adaptation processes sketched below, please note the following basic 
principles: 
The size of the time window is t
adapt
 = 1 /
 f
. 
1.  The time needed to change the velocity is less than t
adapt
: 
The acceleration rates are increased by a factor of 1 and decreased by the value written 
in machine data: 
MD20465 ADAPT_PATH_DYNAMIC.  
The reduction in acceleration rate increases the time taken to change the velocity.  
The following cases are possible:  
– The acceleration rate is reduced with a value less than MD20465 so that the process 
lasts for t
adapt 
[s]. The permitted reduction does not need to be fully utilized. 
– The acceleration time is reduced with the value written in MD20465.  
In spite of the lower acceleration rate, the process takes less time than t
adapt
.
 
The permissible reduction was fully utilized. 
2.  The time needed to change the velocity is greater than t
adapt
: 
No dynamic response adaptation is required. 
Example 1: Effect of dynamic response adaptation; acceleration mode: BRISK 
Parameter assignment 
Machine data 
 
$MC_ADAPT_PATH_DYNAMIC[0] = 1.5   
$MC_LOOKAH_SMOOTH_FACTOR = 1.0 
See note 
$MA_LOOKAH_FREQUENCY[AX1] = 20 Hz  T
AX1
 = 1/20 Hz = 50 ms 
$MA_LOOKAH_FREQUENCY[AX2] = 10 Hz  T
AX2
 = 1/10 Hz = 100 ms  
$MA_LOOKAH_FREQUENCY[AX3] = 20 Hz  T
AX3
 = 1/20 Hz = 50 ms 
Note 
A smoothing factor other than 0% prevents the default value of 100% from being used to smooth the 
path velocity. To illustrate this effect, in contrast to Example 2 the smoothing of the path velocity is 
practically deactivated. 
 
AX2 
For path motions in which axis AX2 is involved, all deceleration and acceleration processes 
that would last less than T
AX2
 are adapted. 
AX1, AX3 
If only axes AX1 and/or AX3 are involved in path motions, all deceleration and acceleration 
processes that would last less than T
AX1
 = T
AX3
 are adapted. This time is designated t
adaptxy
 in 
the following diagrams: