kjGage Measure Encoder

The Gage Measure Encoder tool measures probes against positions of an encoder. The profiles generated can be for 1 or more revolutions.

Using the Gage Measure Encoder

Drag the AnalogueIOCollection object off the ROT onto the "First Probe" section of the inputs page of the Gage Measure tool.  Use the dropdown menu to select the probe.  If several probes will be used select the first probe of the set of probes that will be used, according to the list on the AnalogueIOCollection.  For example, if a machine has 12 probes connected, select probe 6 to use probes 6-12 (assuming the ProbeCount is set to 6 - see below).

Next, drag the AnalogueIOCollection object off the ROT onto the "Encoder" section of the inputs page and select the encoder.

If necessary, drag the DigitalIOCollection object off the ROT onto the IO section of the inputs page and use the dropdown menu to select the IO.  This IO can be turned on or off when the tool is measuring (see DigitalState below)..  

The rest of the tool is setup on the tool's parameters page.

Parameters

ReadCount is the number of measurements that are taken by each probe.

ProbeCount is the number of probes that will take measurements when the tool is run.

NumberRevolutions is the number of revolutions the encoder will make.  

If CombineRevolutions is checked the readings from multiple revolutions are averaged.

Smoothing is the number of successive reads that are averaged together. e.g. If smoothing is set to three then a measurement is averaged with one measurement before and one measurement after it.  The larger the smoothing the more the high and.low points will be averaged out and the more gradual sudden changes will appear.

The Direction can be set to forward or reverse.

TimeOut is how long (in milliseconds) the tool will wait for the readings to be taken.  If the encoder doesn't reach the desired read position in the time alloted the tool will stop taking readings.

DelayTime is the amount of time (in milliseconds) the tool will wait between measurements.

Number Revolutions
Number of revolutions to be carried out. The reads of each revolution averaged together

The DigitalState can be turned on or off.  This controls whether the IO defined on the tools inputs page will be turned on or off while the tool is measuring.

If all the probes are connected to one IO board then ScanBoard can be turned on to collect all the probe data at once, instead of collecting the data from each probes separately (assuming the board supports this feature).  If the probes are connected to different boards then this should be turned off.