Rockwell Automation 1784-PM16SE SoftLogix Motion Card Setup and Configuration Manual - Manual (Page 188)

Publication 1784-UM003A-EN-P – June 2003
180 Creating & Configuring Your Coordinate System Tag
General Tab Use this tab to do the following for a coordinate system:
• Assign the coordinate system, or terminate the assignment of a
coordinate system, to a Motion Group.
• Change the number of dimension i.e. the number of axes.
• Assign axes to the coordinate system tag.
• Enable/Disable automatic updating of the tag.
Note: RSLogix 5000 supports only one Motion Group tag per
controller.
Motion Group
Selects and displays the Motion Group to which the Coordinate System is
associated. A Coordinate System assigned to a Motion Group appears in the
Motion Groups branch of the Controller Organizer, under the selected
Motion Group sub-branch. Selecting terminates the Motion Group
association, and moves the coordinate system to the Ungrouped Axes
sub-branch of the Motions Groups branch.
Ellipsis (…) button
Opens the Motion Group Properties dialog box for the Assigned Motion
Group, where you can edit the Motion Group properties. If no Motion Group
is assigned to this coordinate system, this button is disabled (grayed out).
New Group button
The New Group button opens the New Tag dialog box, where you can create
a new Motion Group tag. This button is enabled only if no Motion Group tag
has been created.
Type
This read-only field displays the type of coordinate system. It currently only
supports a Cartesian system therefore the field automatically fills with
Cartesian and it cannot be edited.
Dimension
Enter the dimension, i.e. the number of axes, that this coordinated system is to
support. The options are 1, 2, or 3 in keeping with its support of a maximum
of three axes. Changes in the Dimension spin box also reflect in the Axis Grid
by either expanding or contracting the number of fields available. Data is set
back to the defaults for any axis that is removed from the Axis Grid due to
reducing the Dimension field.