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Online - This indicates that the monitor program is currently communicating

with a motion control module.

Offline -This indicates that the monitor program has not detected a motion

control module. The serial port is currently being used to detect when

a motion controller is connected.

Closed - This indicates that the monitor program is not using a serial port at all.
Loader -This indicates that serial connection is working, but the motion control

module does not have a valid firmware program and is therefore

waiting for firmware to be downloaded to it. Refer to

Downloading

New Firmware

for details on updating the firmware.

Read/Write - This pane indicates whether the

Command

and

Parameter

areas of the

main display are in read-back or write mode. Double-clicking this

pane will toggle between Read-back and Write modes. Refer to

Read-

back versus Write Mode

for a details on these modes.

CAP -

This pane indicates whether the CAPS LOCK key is toggled on or off.

If this pane is blank, then CAPS LOCK is not enabled. Otherwise, it

will display CAP.

Toolbar

The follow buttons are available on the toolbar:

New

This creates a new board file with default

parameters. Refer to

Using Multiple

Motion Modules

for details on board files.

Open

This opens a different board file. Refer to

Using Multiple Motion Modules

for details

on board files.

Save

This saves the current board file. Refer to

Using Multiple Motion Modules

for details

on board files.

Set Parameters

This sends the parameters to the board for

the

current axis

, and issues a

Set Parameters

command

.

Halt

This issues a

Halt command

to the

current

axis

.

Kill

This issues a

Disable Drive Output

command

to all axes.

Plot

This displays the

plot

for the

current axis

.

Save Parameters

and Profiles to

FLASH

This issues an

Update FLASH

command

with a 1 command value, which saves all

axes' parameters and profiles to the FLASH.

Save Events to

FLASH

This issues an

Update FLASH

command

with a 2 command value, which saves the