Toolbar Functions

View Error List-- MPI library function errors are displayed in the Library Function Errors window. When there are no errors to display, the View Error List button is disabled. Otherwise, it is enabled and clicking on it opens the Library Function Errors window.

To empty the list, click on the Reset button. To close the list, click on either the Close button, or the close ("X") icon in the upper-right corner of the window. Some MPI error messages are described in the Software Reference.

 

New-- Clicking on the New Profile button will create a new initialization file (.INI), or profile. The default setting will initially display only the Object Explorer box with no controllers. See the Profile Files section for more information.

 

Open-- Clicking the Open Existing Profile button will open a specified .INI file. See the Profile Files section for more information.

 

Save As-- Clicking the Save Profile As button will save the current profile into the specified .INI file. See the Profile Files section for more information.

 

View Object Explorer-- Clicking on the View Object Explorer button displays the Object Explorer window. See "Object Explorer" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Open and Configure Controller Summary-- Clicking on this button opens and configures the Controller Summary window. See "Controller Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Open and Configure Motion Supervisor Summary-- Clicking on this button opens and configures the Motion Supervisor Summary window. See "Motion Supervisor Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Open and Configure Axis Summary-- Clicking on this button opens and configures the Axis Summary window. See "Axis Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Open and Configure Filter Summary-- Clicking on this button opens and configures the Filter Summary window. See "Filter Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Open and Configure Motor Summary-- Clicking on this button opens and configures the Motor Summary window. See "Motor Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

  

Open and Configure SERCOS Ring Summary-- Clicking on this button opens and configures the SERCOS Ring Summary window. See "SERCOS Ring Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Open and Configure SERCOS Node Summary-- Clicking on this button opens and configures the SERCOS Node Summary window. See "SERCOS Node Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Open and Configure SERCOS Idn Summary-- Clicking on this button opens and configures the SERCOS Idn Summary window. See "SERCOS Idn Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Configure Grid Rows-- Clicking on this button displays a window to configure the Row Configuration of the highlighted Object Summary window. This allows the configfuration of each window to display only the required parameters. This will simplify the Motion Console interface and hide parameters that should not be modified. The Row Configuration settings can be saved to an initialization file.

 

Add Controller-- Clicking on this button adds a new Controller object. See "Controller Objects" section below in this chapter for more information.

 

Refresh-- Clicking on this button will refresh the Motion Console display. While the Status tabs at the bottom of the Object Summary windows are constantly updated, the Configuration tabs at the top are only updated when manually changed by the user, when Motion Console is restored after being minimized, or when the Refresh button is clicked. This is particularly helpful if another application is also accessing the XMP controller and changing the controller configuration.

 

Panic Button-- Clicking on this button activates a Panic action for each Motion Supervisor.

 

 

WARNING! The Panic Stop behaves according to the user-specified Panic Action parameter located in the Motion Supervisor Summary / Config tab. Depending upon how Panic Action is configured, a panic stop may initiate a slow or rapid motion stop, an error state, or no error at all. For details on configuring your Panic Stop, see the "Motion Supervisor Object" section below in this chapter. You must custom-configure your Panic Stop according to the level of control and safety required by your motion system!

 

NOTE-- The Shift and Ctrl keys can be used to modify the action performed when clicking on a toolbar button that opens a window. The modified actions are listed below:

• Shift + button - Changes the state of the window. If the window is closed, it will be opened. If the window is open, it will be closed.
• Ctrl + button - If the window is already open, it activates the window and brings it to the foreground. This is useful for locating a window that is buried under other windows.

Furthermore, for those buttons that open object Summaries, the Ctrl and Shift keys will cause the Summary Object List Configuration dialog box to be by-passed. The Summary window will be opened to the current configuration.