ElmoMC SimplIQ Servo Drives Composer User Manual - Manual (Page 58)

3.3 The Smart Terminal
The Smart Terminal is an interactive mechanism that provides online communication
with the servo drive. It enables you to send commands to a single axis and view the
response. To display the Smart Terminal, click the
button in the toolbar or select
Tools – Smart Terminal. Once the connection with the application and communication
has been made, the terminal will be displayed as follows:
Figure 3-4: The Smart Terminal
The Smart Terminal is divided into two main parts:
ƒ
The terminal on the left, which enables you to send commands to the drive, and
displays messages from it
ƒ The tabbed dialog boxes on the right, which you use to define the control commands
Note:
Refer to the Harmonica Command Reference Manual for detailed descriptions
of the specific commands mentioned in this section.
3.3.1 Terminal
The terminal part of the Smart Terminal gives you direct interactive communication with
the servo drive. You may key in commands in the text box, or select previous commands
from the drop-down list, and then press Send to send the command. You can also copy a
command from the command list and paste it into the text box for sending a second time.
3.3.2 Tabbed Dialog Boxes
Each dialog box is used to define different parameters for the Smart Terminal, sending
the commands directly to the drive. Click the tab to display the dialog box.
Notes:
1. When entering any value in any of the text boxes, be sure to click
Apply in order to send the parameter to the controller.
2. Use the Mode drop-down list in the toolbar to switch between modes.
3. Values that you enter in the tabbed dialog boxes are not saved in the
flash (or non-volatile) memory of the drive. In order to actually save
the parameters, send the SV command from the Smart Terminal.
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