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Description

Moves the motion controller from an offset position.

Using the MC Move Offset Step Tool

For this tool to work the tool must have communication with the motion controller it is trying to move. To do this go to the MC Move Offset's inputs page.

Methods

These are the options that appear when the tool is right clicked on, these are the options to use other than Edit which will bring the user to the tool's properties pages.

Run/Move

Moves the motion Controller

Train
The current position is stored.

Inputs

Drag and drop the motion controller from the ROTMain into the Move Offset tool's inputs page.

MotionControl

The motion page allows the user to set the specific axis to move and the rate at which they will move.
Axis: gives the total number of axis
Speed%: allows the rate of speed to be set as a percentage
Acceleration%: allows the acceleration to be set as a percentage
Deceleration%: allows the deceleration to be set as a percentage
Active Axis: check the boxes of the axis for which a position will be defined

Parameters

PositionTolerance

Position Tolerance: this option allows the user to set the amount of tolerance/variance according to position and type

Wait

if set the position tolerance is used

mcBad

this will indicate if there is an error once the tool is run (if there is an error the box will be checked once the tool is run).

OffsetAxis1
OffsetAxis2
OffsetAxis3
OffsetAxis4
OffsetAxis5
OffsetAxis6
OffsetAxis7
OffsetAxis8

from current position to a new position

UseReference

Use Reference: check this box if using References as opposed to reading the current offset

Reference1
Reference2
Reference3
Reference4
Reference5
Reference6
Reference7
Reference8

the reference coordinate (can be trained) __footer__