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corresponding to it stops. If the flag is set to 0 the motion continues in spite of
the range limit exceeded in the encoder register.
See:
RailLimit, RailLimitSwitch
7.9. RailLimitSwitch
Purpose: Read the state of limit switches.
Synopsis: LimitSwitch = get( tcrane, ‘RailLimitSwitch’ );
Description: Reads the state of three limit switches. Returns a 1x3 vector. If an element of
this vector is equal to 0 it means that the switch has been pressed.
See:
RailLimit, RailLimitFlag
7.10. ResetSwitchFlag
Purpose: Control the auto-reset of the encoder registers.
Synopsis: ResetSwitchFlag = get( tcrane, ‘ResetSwitchtFlag’ );
set( tcrane, ‘ResetSwitchFlag’, ResetSwitchFlag );
Description:
See:
The ResetSwitchFlag and NewResetSwitchFlag are 1x3 vectors. If an
element of these vectors is equal to 1 the corresponding to it encoder register
is automatically reset in the case when the corresponding to it limit switch is
pressed.
ResetEncoder, RailLimitSwitch
7.11. Therm
Purpose: Read thermal flags of the power amplifiers.
Synopsis: Therm = get( tcrane, ‘Therm’ );
Description: Returns three thermal flags of three power amplifiers. When the temperature
of a power amplifier is too high the appropriate flag is set to x.
See:
ThermFlag
7.12. ThermFlag
Purpose: Control an automatic power down of the power amplifiers.
Synopsis: ThermFlag = get( tcrane, ‘ThermFlag’ );
set( tcrane, ‘ThermFlag’, NewThermFlag );
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