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DL06 pulse output - accumulated pulses?
Created Date: February 10,2011
Created By: vmatz
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I am using the on-board DL06 pulse output to control a stepper. I need to capture somehow the number of pulses between two limit switches. I need to advance to a limit - capture that number of pulses and store in a value for future calculations. Is there a system variable that captures this?
Created Date: February 10,2011
Created by: doug6949
Appendix pages E-38-63 of the user manual covers mode 30, which is the pulse output feature of the 06. CT174/175 is the HSIO counter. V1174/1175 is the memory space for the accumulator.
I 've only used V1174/1175 as trip points when reading an encoder, though I suppose it works for outputs as well. There is a homing example on E-53 that uses the HSIO counter. Perhaps you could adapt it to your needs.
Doug
Created Date: February 10,2011
Created by: vmatz
I am using the on-board DL06 pulse output to control a stepper.
I need to capture somehow the number of pulses between two limit switches.
I need to advance to a limit - capture that number of pulses and store in a value for future calculations.
Is there a system variable that captures this?