Delta MMC120 - Manual (Page 76)

Description Motion Controller Diagnostic and Setup Program
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Appendix A: DCS120 Diagnostic and Setup Program
Description
DCS120-DOS is a DOS-based software package that allows you to access, display, troubleshoot, and control features of
Delta's MMC120 TSX Quantum motion control products. Used with an IBM PC or compatible, DCS120 allows you to
adjust the Motion Control Module’s parameters and make simple movements. You can display a motion trajectory
using DCS120's graphic or ASCII formats.
DCS120-Win is also available and recommended for Windows 95/98/NT users. DCS120-Win has all the features of
DCS120-DOS plus a Windows interface, online help, plot printing, and popup editors that save you from memorizing
hexadecimal codes and commands. DCS120-Win is available on the setup disks that came with the MMC120 module
and on Delta’s web site.
This appendix covers only DCS120-DOS because DCS120-Win has an extensive online manual.
General Features
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Provides context-sensitive help.
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Provides graphic display of axis movement.
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Provides utilities to calculate motion parameters Scale and Offset
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Provides access to auto feed forward adjust function.
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Allows user to direct simple moves from the keyboard.
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Permits user to change control parameters from the keyboard.
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Displays parameter and status information for multiple axes.
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Permits graphic diagnostic information to be saved and retrieved from disk.
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Provides a display-only mode to display previously-saved diagnostic graphic information
using only a PC.
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Saves parameters to disk for backup.
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Includes an Event Control spreadsheet with 256 steps.
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Uses spreadsheet format for editing parameters.
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Provides look only mode (non-editing) for operator reference.
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Provides sum of errors squared (
ÿe 2 ) tuning aid; it's displayed on the top line of the plot screen.
To install DCS120 on your hard drive follow the instructions on page 79.
A demo program is installed with DCS120-DOS and DCS120-Win.