Enquiry about MC508 encoder axes
A customer wants to know if he can use mixed encoders on the MC508.
For example, Axes 0 to 5 are Endat absolute encoders and 6 and 7 are incremental encoders.
Answer:
By using the ATYPE command you can set any of the 8 axes to be either incremental or absolute EnDat in any order.
example:
ATYPE AXIS(0) = 76 ' incremental encoder input
ATYPE AXIS(1) = 76
ATYPE AXIS(2) = 76
ATYPE AXIS(3) = 76
ATYPE AXIS(4) = 76
ATYPE AXIS(5) = 76
ATYPE AXIS(6) = 87 ' EnDat encoder input
ATYPE AXIS(7) = 87
You can put the setting into MC_CONFIG or have them in a program that runs at power up.
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