ADLINK PCI-8164 - Manual (Page 133)

Operation Theory 121
Counter Description
Counter
Source
Function
Function
description
Command
Counts the
number of
output
pulses
Pulse output
_8164_set_command
Set a new
value for com-
mand position
_8164_get_command
Read current
command posi-
tion
Feedback
counts the
number of
input pulses
EA/EB or
Pulse output
_8164_set_pls_iptmo
de
Select the input
modes of EA/
EB
_8164_set_feedback
_src
Set the
counters input
source
_8164_set_position
Set a new
value for feed-
back position
_8164_get_position
Read current
feedback posi-
tion:
Position
error
Counts the
error
between
command
and feed-
back pulse
EA/EB and
Pulse output
_8164_get_error_cou
nter
Gets the posi-
tion error
_8164_reset_error_c
ounter
Resets the
position error
counter
General
Purpose
General
Purpose
counter
Pulse output
EA/EB man-
ual pulse
CLK/2.
_8164_set_general_c
ounter
Set a new
counter value
_8164_get_general_c
ounter
Read current
counter value