AxisAdd()

void AxisAdd

(

Axis *

axis

)

Description:

AxisAdd will add an Axis to this MultiAxis class.

Parameters

*axis

The Axis to be added.

Sample Code:

Motion: Multi-Axis

      // Constants
      const int NUM_OF_AXES = 2; // Specify the number of axes (Make sure your axis count in RapidSetup is 2!)
 
      // Parameters
      double[] positions1    = new double[NUM_OF_AXES] { 5, 10 };       // The first set of positions to be moved to
      double[] positions2    = new double[NUM_OF_AXES] { 15, 15 };      // The second set of positions to be moved to
      double[] velocities1   = new double[NUM_OF_AXES] { 1000, 1000 };  // The velocity for the two axes for the first move- Units: units/sec (driver will execute 10 rotations per second)
      double[] velocities2   = new double[NUM_OF_AXES] { 1000, 1000 };  // The velocity for the two axes for the second move
      double[] accelerations = new double[NUM_OF_AXES] { 500, 500 };    // The acceleration for the two axes
      double[] decelerations = new double[NUM_OF_AXES] { 500, 500 };    // The deceleration for the two axes
      double[] jerkPercent   = new double[NUM_OF_AXES] { 50, 50 };      // The jerk percent for the two axes
 
      controller.AxisCountSet(NUM_OF_AXES);
      controller.MotionCountSet(NUM_OF_AXES + 1);
 
      Axis axis0 = controller.AxisGet(Constants.X_AXIS_NUMBER);         // Initialize axis0
      Axis axis1 = controller.AxisGet(Constants.Y_AXIS_NUMBER);         // Initialize axis1
 
      HelperFunctions.CheckErrors(axis0);                  // [Helper Function] Check that 'axis0' has been initialized correctly
      HelperFunctions.CheckErrors(axis1);                  // [Helper Function] Check that 'axis1' has been initialized correctly
 
      // In this application, we have two Axis objects and one MultiAxis object, so three motion supervisors are required
      MultiAxis multi = controller.MultiAxisGet(NUM_OF_AXES);           // Initialize a new MultiAxis object. MultiAxisGet takes a motion supervisor number as its argument.
                                                                        // This number is equal to the number of axes since motion supervisors are zero indexed (i.e., motion supervisors
                                                                        // 0 and 1 are used for axis0 and axis1, so motion supervisor 2 is available for our MultiAxis object).
 
      HelperFunctions.CheckErrors(multi);                  // [Helper Function] Check that 'multi' has been initialized correctly
      controller.AxisCountSet(NUM_OF_AXES);                             // Set the number of axis being used. A phantom axis will be created if for any axis not on the network. You may need to refresh rapid setup to see the phantom axis.
 
      multi.AxisRemoveAll();                                            // Remove all current axis if any. So we can add new ones
 
      multi.AxisAdd(axis0);                                             // Add axis0 to the MultiAxis object
      multi.AxisAdd(axis1);                                             // Add axis1 to the MultiAxis object
 
      multi.Abort();                                                    // If there is any motion happening, abort it
      multi.ClearFaults();                                              // Clear any faults
      multi.AmpEnableSet(true);                                         // Enable the motor
 
      axis0.ErrorLimitActionSet(RSIAction.RSIActionNONE);               // Disable poistion error for Phantom Axes.
      axis1.ErrorLimitActionSet(RSIAction.RSIActionNONE);               // Disable poistion error for Phantom Axes.
 
      multi.MoveSCurve(positions1, velocities1, accelerations, decelerations, jerkPercent); // Move to the positions specified in positions1 using a trapezoidal motion profile
      multi.MotionDoneWait();                                                               // Wait for motion to finish
 
    Assert.That(axis0.CommandPositionGet(), Is.EqualTo(positions1[0]), "The first axis in the multi axis object should be commanded to move to the firt element of the array");
    Assert.That(axis1.CommandPositionGet(), Is.EqualTo(positions1[1]), "The second axis in the multi axis object should be commanded to move to the second element of the array");
 
      multi.MoveTrapezoidal(positions2, velocities2, accelerations, decelerations);         // Move to the positions specified in positions2 using a SCurve motion profile
      multi.MotionDoneWait();                                                               // Wait for the motion to finish
 
    Assert.That(axis0.CommandPositionGet(), Is.EqualTo(positions2[0]), "The first axis in the multi axis object should be commanded to move to the firt element of the array");
    Assert.That(axis1.CommandPositionGet(), Is.EqualTo(positions2[1]), "The second axis in the multi axis object should be commanded to move to the second element of the array");
 
      multi.AmpEnableSet(false);                                                            // Disable the axes
 

See also

MotionController, Axis

Examples

DifferenceOfPositionUserLimit.cpp, MathBlock.cs, MultiAxisMotion.cs, MultiaxisMotion.cpp, PVTmotionMultiAxis.cpp, PathMotion.cpp, SyncOutputWithMotion.cpp, Template.cpp, and UpdateBufferPoints.cpp.