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Programmable controller commands – Delta MMC120 User Manual

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Programmable Controller Commands

Programmable Controller Commands

As described in

Output Register Overview

, each axis has one command register and one

data out register. The data out register depends on the command being selected.
The command register is divided into four nibbles (one nibble is four bits or a half byte).

There are two formats used. The standard commands use a most significant nibble of

binary 0000 (hex 0). The following chart shows the use of each nibble:

15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

SAR

Type

Index

Command

0 0 0 0

For a detailed description of Status Area Request (SAR), refer to

Input Register

Overview

. The table below refers shows each command type. Each command index is

described under the command type topic.

CommandBinary
TypeRepresentationDescription
0

0000 Reserved

1

0001

Go Using Profile

2

0010

Set Profile

3

0011

Set Parameter

4

0100

ASCII Commands

5

0101

ASCII Commands

6

0110

ASCII Commands

7

0111

ASCII Commands

8

1000 Reserved

9

1001

Open Loop Using Profile

A

1010

Get Profile

B

1011

Get Parameter

C

1100 Reserved

D

1101 Reserved

E

1110

Event Step Edit Commands

F

1111

Diagnostics

In addition to these standard commands, the following format is used for downloading

and uploading Event Steps: