Instruction Manual

L 1.1 EN - 05/2005 17
Global Drive Cam Loader
Introduction
Creating/preparing import data
Cam reference
The cam controller can either refer to the X axis or to the Y axis.
Start and stop values of the cams
Each line contains the start and stop value of a cam.
[ For time-based cams, enter the ON-time in [ms] of the cam instead of the stop value.
[ The cams must be entered in ascending order of the start values.
[ The start and stop value of free cams is "0.0". They have to be listed at the end of the
structure.
Example:
Entry Cam reference
0X axis
1Y axis
12 // Cam track 1: Time-based cam in positive effective direction
0 // Reference: X axis
10.0 20.0 // cam 1
20.0 30.0 // cam 2
100.0 40.0 // cam 3
0.0 0.0 // cam not assigned
2 // Cam track 2: Position cam in negative effective direction
1 // Reference: Y axis
11.1 22.2 // cam 1
33.3 44.4 // cam 2
55.5 66.6 // cam 3
77.7 88.8 // cam 4
1 // Cam track 3: Position cam in positive effective direction
0 // Reference: X axis
10.0 20.0 // cam 1
20.0 30.0 // cam 2
0.0 0.0 // cam not assigned
0.0 0.0 // cam not assigned