Delta Tau GEO BRICK LV Reference Manual

Turbo PMAC/PMAC2 Software Reference

Turbo PMAC On-line Command Specification

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Function:

Report port’s currently addressed motor

Scope:

Port specific

Syntax:

This command causes Turbo PMAC to return the number of the motor currently addressed for the
communications port over which this command is sent.

This is the motor that will act on subsequent motor-specific commands sent over this port until a different
motor is addressed with a #{constant} command.

Other communications ports may be addressing different motors at the same time, as set by
#{constant} commands sent over those ports. In addition, each background PLC program can
individually modally address a motor using the ADDRESS statement for subsequent COMMAND
statements, and the hardware control panel on a Turbo PMAC can separately select a motor for its
hardware inputs.

Note:

In firmware versions 1.934 and older, all communications ports addressed the
same motor, so a #{constant} command sent over any port set the addressed
motor for all ports.

Example:

; Ask Turbo PMAC which motor is addressed

; Turbo PMAC reports that motor 2 is addressed

See Also:
Control-Panel Port Inputs (Connecting Turbo PMAC to the Machine)
On-line commands #{constant}, &, &{constant}, @{constant}
Program commands ADDRESS, COMMAND

#{constant}

Function:

Select port’s addressed motor

Scope:

Port specific

Syntax:

#{constant}

where:



{constant} is an integer from 1 to 32, representing the number of the motor to be addressed

This command makes the motor specified by {constant} the addressed motor for the communications
port over which this command is sent. This is the motor that will act on subsequent motor-specific
commands sent over this port until a different motor is addressed with another #{constant}
command.

Note:

In firmware versions 1.934 and older, all communications ports addressed the
same motor, so a #{constant} command sent over any port set the addressed
motor for all ports.