Online View and Functions of the Cam Motion Editor
Online View and Functions of the Cam Motion Editor
Cam Motion Editor in Online Mode
If you enable the online mode in EcoStruxure Machine Expert while the cam motion editor is active/visible, then the cam motion editor is also switched to online mode but still displays the offline data.
As long as the online mode is enabled, you cannot modify values of the cam diagram:
oYou cannot select a segment.
oYou cannot modify the segment data.
oYou cannot specify a variable as target.
oYou cannot modify the axis-diagram allocation.
Nevertheless, you can select the different tabs to display the offline information of a cam diagram.
When you select another cam motion editor while you are in online mode, the offline data of the corresponding cam data structure will be displayed.
The cam motion editor supports the Online change function.
After a cam data structure has been downloaded to the controller, the individual segments will be editable as soon as you have switched to offline mode.
When switching back to online mode, the modifications are detected and you will be prompted to decide whether you want to log in and perform the online change. If you confirm this message with OK, the cam data structure will be updated.
For the modifications to become effective, the FB_MultiCam / MC_Cam_ID function blocks must be switched to the adequate mode to take into account the modified cam data structure.
You can achieve this by setting the input parameter (for example, iq_xNewCam...) via the Debug > Force values command. For further information, refer to the description of FB_MultiCam in the PD_PacDriveLib or FB_MultiCam / MC_Cam_ID in the CommonMotionType library guide.
