VELMEX VXM-3 - Status Request Commands

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NOTE:
erifyController'sstatus,whenOn-LinetheVXMsendsa"B"tothehostifitis
busy,oran"R"ifitisready. The"V"commandisusedtopolltheVXMtoseeif
itisbusyrunningaprogram,orreadytoreceivemorecommands.
Useof
thiscommandisoptional,sincetheVXMautomaticallytransmitsa"^"
charactertothehostwhenaprogramhasfinished.
IftheVXMisrunningaprogramwhenitreceivesa"V"theVXMwillrespondby
transmittingthesinglecharacter"B". IftheVXMisidlewaitingforacommand
theVXMwillrespondbytransmittingthesinglecharacter"R".
WhenintheLocalJog/slewmodetheVXMwillrespondbysendinga"J"ifa
motorisnotmovinganda“b”ifamotorismoving.
Sendpositionofmotor1tothehost. WhentheVXMreceivesthesingle
character
"X"itwilltransmitthevaluefromit'smotor1AbsolutePosition
Register. Belowiswhatthehostwouldreceiveifmotor1isatnegative1200.
Thiscommandcanbeusedwhenthemotorisindexing. Seethe"N"command
forinformationonzeroingtheAbsolutePositionRegisters.
-0001200<cr>
EnableOn-LinemodewithechooFF.Thesinglecharacter"F"isusedtoputthe
VXMintheOn-Linemodeafterpower-up. Nocharacterswillbeechoedbackto
thehost. TheVXMwillstillrespondtomotorpositionandstatusrequests.Refer
tothesection"CommunicationMethods"
(p.8)formoreinformation.
thesinglecharacter"^"aftercompletionofthesave.
CAUTION: Whenusingthe“
”commandpowershouldnotbeinterruptedotherwise
datalossmayoccur. Thehostshouldalwayswaitforthe"^" beforesending
anothercommand.
The
Sendpositionofmotor1tothehost. WhentheVXM
receivesthesingle
character"Y"itwilltransmitthevaluefromit'smotor2AbsolutePosition
Register. Belowiswhatthehostwouldreceiveifmotor2isatpositive9201.
Thiscommandcanbeusedwhenthemotorisindexing. Seethe"N"command
forinformationonzeroing
theAbsolutePositionRegisters.
+0009201<cr>
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Y
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Runsavememory, savessetup/programvaluestononvolatilememory.
TheVXMwillsend
Usethiscommandto:
1. Topermanentlysavesetup/specialfunction( commands)values
thathavebeenmodified.
2.
Tosaveprograms/commandsforstand-aloneuse.
nonvolatilememoryhasalimitedwritelife(100,000erase/writecycles),
therefore,donotuse“ ”more
thannecessary. Itwouldtypicallybeusedto
savemotorselectionthathasbeenupdated,ortokeepaprogramintheVXM
forusewithoutahostcomputer(stand-aloneuse.)
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StatusRequestCommands
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