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<h1>Motor Record and related software</h1>
<hr>
<h2>Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Overview">Overview</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields">Field Descriptions</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Files">Files</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Restrictions">Restrictions</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Examples">Examples</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Design_Decisions">Design Decisions</a>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="Overview"></a>
<h2>Overview</h2> This documentation describes version R7-3-1 of the EPICS motor
record, and related EPICS software required to build and use it.&nbsp; Version
R7-3-1 of the motor record is compatible with EPICS base R3.15.7 and above.
<p>
The motor record is intended to support positioning motors of all kinds, but currently
supports motor controllers from the following manufacturers:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
ACS Motion Control: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAcsMotion">motorAcsMotion</a> &amp; <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAcsTech80">motorAcsTech80</a>
</li>
<li>
Advanced Control Systems, Corp: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAcs">motorAcs</a>
</li>
<li>
Aerotech: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAerotech">motorAerotech</a>
</li>
<li>
AMCI: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAMCI">motorAMCI</a>
</li>
<li>
Animatics Corporation: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorSmartMotor">motorSmartMotor</a>
</li>
<li>
attocube systems: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAttocube">motorAttocube</a>
</li>
<li>
Faulhaber: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorFaulhaber">motorFaulhaber</a>
</li>
<li>
Kohzu: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorKohzu">motorKohzu</a>
</li>
<li>
Mclennan: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorMclennan">motorMclennan</a>
</li>
<li>
Micos: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorMicos">motorMicos</a>
</li>
<li>
MicroMo: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorMicroMo">motorMicroMo</a>
</li>
<li>
New Focus: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorNewFocus">motorNewFocus</a>
</li>
<li>
Newport: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorNewport">motorNewport</a>
</li>
<li>
Newwood Solutions Ltd (formerly Hytec): <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorHytec">motorHytec</a>
</li>
<li>
Novanta IMS (formerly Schneider Electric (formally IMS)): <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorIms">motorIms</a>
</li>
<li>
Micronix: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorMicronix">motorMicronix</a>
</li>
<li>
nPoint: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorNPoint">motorNPoint</a>
</li>
<li>
Omron Delta Tau: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorDeltaTau">motorDeltaTau</a>
</li>
<li>
Oregon Micro Systems: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorOms">motorOms</a> &amp; <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorOmsAsyn">motorOmsAsyn</a>
</li>
<li>
Parker Hannifin: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorParker">motorParker</a>
</li>
<LI>
Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH &amp; Co. models: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorPI">motorPI</a> &amp; <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorPIGCS2">motorPIGCS2</a>
</LI>
<li>
Phytron: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorPhytron">motorPhytron</a>
</li>
<li>
piezosystem jena GmbH: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorPiJena">motorPiJena</a>
</li>
<li>
SmarAct GmbH: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorSmarAct">motorSmarAct</a>
</li>
<li>
Spectra-Physics: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorOriel">motorOriel</a>
</li>
<li>
Thorlabs: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorThorLabs">motorThorLabs</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
The motor record also supports the following software-based motor drivers (in addition to Soft
Channel support):
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Simulated: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorMotorSim">motorMotorSim</a>
</li>
<li>
Lua Script: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorScriptMotor">motorScriptMotor</a>
</li>
<li>
MX: <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor/motorMXmotor">motorMXmotor</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
The record maintains two coordinate systems for motor position ("user" and "dial
" coordinates); displays drive and readback values; enforces limits to motor
motion and maintains those limits in both coordinate systems; displays the
states of limit switches; can use a home switch; optionally takes out backlash
in a user-defined direction; and provides a mechanism by which the user and
other EPICS records can recalibrate the motor position in either coordinate
system. The record also supports "tweak", "jog", and "home" motions, and
supports both absolute and relative motions in user coordinates. Two "stop"
switches are provided: a simple one for use by other records and by channel-access
clients, and a more versatile one for interactive use.
</p>
<p>
Except where specified otherwise, fields associated with the motor position and
its derivatives take values in user-specified "engineering units", such as
degrees; the engineering unit name is contained in the field EGU. Thus,
generally, speeds are expressed in EGU's per second. Accelerations, however, are
expressed as the number of seconds taken to accelerate to full speed. However,
additional fields are provided so that the motor position can be specified in
steps and the speed in revolutions per second, and so that the step size can be
set by specifying the number of steps per revolution and the number of EGU's per
revolution.
</p>
<p>
The motor record can read motor position from the controller's readback register
or encoder register, or from any other EPICS record, via an EPICS input link.
While the motor is moving, the record can trigger an output link periodically,
to send readback information to other EPICS records. When a complete motion (possibly
including backlash takeout) is finished, the record can trigger a forward link
to process other EPICS records.
</p>
<p>
The motor record can force its drive fields to agree with its readback fields,
and it does so in a variety of circumstances (e.g., when the user tells a motor
to stop, and when a limit switch is hit). Therefore, if you are driving the
motor record's VAL or DVAL field with the output of another record, and you want
that record always to contain the same value as the motor record, you must
handle this behavior in the database. One way to do this is to forward link the
motor record to a soft analog output record, and to cause that AO record to grab
the motor record's VAL or DVAL field and poke it into your record.
</p>
<p>
The motor record is unlike most other EPICS records in that its processing is
neither "synchronous" nor "asynchronous", as these terms are used in the EPICS
Record Reference Manual. Currently, the PACT field is always FALSE after record
processing has completed, even though a motor motion may be in progress. This
means the record always responds to channel-access puts, and can be stopped or
retargeted at any time. The record's forward link is not executed until the
motor has stopped and no motion requests are pending.&nbsp;<a name="Fields"></a>
</p>
<h2>Field Descriptions</h2> In addition to fields common to all record types (see
the <a href="http://www.atdiv.lanl.gov/aot8/epics/dbase/recref/rcrf-1.html">EPICS
Record Reference Manual</a> for these) the motor record has the fields described
below.
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_alphabetical">Alphabetical listing of all fields</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_calib">Calibration-related fields:</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_command">Command-button fields:</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_res">Motor-resolution fields:</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_motion">Motion-related fields:</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_link">Link-related fields</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_limit">Limit-related fields</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_drive">Drive fields</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_status">Status/readback fields</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Servo_fields">Servo fields</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_alarm">Alarm fields</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_misc">Miscellaneous fields</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Fields_private">Private fields</a>
</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<table border="1" nosave="">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_alphabetical"></a> <h2>Alphabetical list of record-specific
fields</h2> NOTE: Hot links in this table take you only to the <i>section</i> in
which the linked item is described in detail. You'll probably have to scroll
down to find the actual item.
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comment</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">ACCL</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Seconds to Velocity</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>acceleration time</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">ACCS</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Acceleration (EGU/s^2)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">ACCU</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Acceleration used</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Use ACCL", 1:"Use ACCS")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">ADEL</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Archive Deadband</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Deadband on RBV archive monitor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">ALST</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Valve Archived</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Last RBV value to be archived</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">ATHM</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>At HOME</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>uses the HOME switch</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">BACC</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>BL Seconds to Veloc.</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>backlash acceleration time</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">BDST</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>BL Distance (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>backlash distance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">BVEL</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>BL Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>backlash speed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">CARD</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Card Number</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>EPICS card #</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">CBAK</a></td>
<td>None</td>
<td>Callback structure</td>
<td>NOACCESS</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">CDIR</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw commanded direction</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>(1:"Pos", 0:"Neg")<br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Servo_fields">CNEN</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Enable control</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Disable", 1:"Enable")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Servo_fields">DCOF</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Derivative Gain</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">DHLM</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Dial High Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">DIFF</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Difference dval-drbv</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_link">DINP</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>DMOV Input Link</td>
<td>INLINK</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">DIR</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>User Direction</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Pos", 1:"Neg")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">DLLM</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Dial Low Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">DLY</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Readback settle time (s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">DMOV</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Done moving to value</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>The "done" flag</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_link">DOL</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Desired Output Loc</td>
<td>INLINK</td>
<td>only for closed-loop mode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">DRBV</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Dial Readback Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_drive">DVAL</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Dial Desired Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">EGU</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Engineering Units</td>
<td>STRING</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_res">ERES</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Encoder Step Size (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">FOF</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Freeze Offset</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">FOFF</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Offset-Freeze Switch</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Variable", 1:"Frozen")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">FRAC</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Move Fraction</td>
<td>FLOAT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">HHSV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Hihi Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">HIGH</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>High Alarm Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">HIHI</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Hihi Alarm Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">HLM</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>User High Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">HLS</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>At High Limit Switch</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">HLSV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>HW Lim. Violation Svr</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">HOMF</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Home Forward</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">HOMR</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Home Reverse</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">HOPR</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>High Operating Range</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">HSV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>High Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">HVEL</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Home Velocity</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Servo_fields">ICOF</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Integral Gain</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">IGSET</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Ignore SET Field</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>(0:Normal operation, 1: SET is ignored)<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">INIT</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Startup commands</td>
<td>STRING</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">JAR</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Jog Acceleration (EGU/s^2)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">JOGF</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Jog motor Forward</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>careful!</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">JOGR</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Jog motor Reverse</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>careful!</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">JVEL</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Jog Velocity</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">LDVL</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Dial Des Val</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">LLM</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>User Low Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">LLS</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>At Low Limit Switch</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">LLSV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Lolo Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">LOCK</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Soft Channel Position Lock</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"NO", 1:"YES")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">LOLO</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Lolo Alarm Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">LOPR</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Low Operating Range</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">LOW</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Low Alarm Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">LRLV</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Rel Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">LRVL</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Raw Des Val</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">LSPG</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last SPMG</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(See SPMG)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_alarm">LSV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Low Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">LVAL</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last User Des Val</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">LVIO</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Limit violation</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">MDEL</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Monitor Deadband</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Deadband on RBV valve monitor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">MLST</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Valve Monitored</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Last RBV value to be value monitored</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">MIP</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Motion In Progress</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">MISS</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Ran out of retries</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">MMAP</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Monitor Mask</td>
<td>ULONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">MOVN</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Motor is moving</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>Don't confuse with DMOV</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_res">MRES</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Motor Step Size (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">MSTA</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Motor Status</td>
<td>ULONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">NMAP</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Monitor Mask</td>
<td>ULONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">NTM</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>New Target Monitor</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"NO", 1:"YES")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">NTMF</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>New Target Monitor Deadband Factor</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>Determines NTM deadband; NTMF >= 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">OFF</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>User Offset (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_link">OMSL</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Output Mode Select</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_link">OUT</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Output Specification</td>
<td>OUTLINK</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Servo_fields">PCOF</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Proportional Gain</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">PERL</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Periodic Limits</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"NO", 1:"YES")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">POST</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Post-move commands</td>
<td>STRING</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_private">PP</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Post process command</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">PREC</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Display Precision</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">PREM</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Pre-move commands</td>
<td>STRING</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">RBV</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>User Readback Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">RCNT</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Retry count</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">RDBD</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Retry Deadband (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_link">RDBL</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Readback Location</td>
<td>INLINK</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">RDIF</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Difference rval-rrbv</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">REP</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Encoder Position</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">RHLM</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw High Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">RHLS</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw High Limit Switch</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_link">RINP</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>RMP Input Link</td>
<td>INLINK</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">RLLM</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Low Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_limit">RLLS</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Low Limit Switch</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_link">RLNK</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Readback OutLink</td>
<td>OUTLINK</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_drive">RLV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Relative Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">RMOD</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Retry Mode</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Unity", 1:"Arthmetic", 2:"Geometric", 3:"In-Position")<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">RMP</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Motor Position</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">RRBV</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Readback Value</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_res">RRES</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Readback Step Size (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_res">RSTM</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Restore Mode</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Never", 1:"Always", 2:"NearZero", 3:"Conditional")<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">RTRY</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Max retry count</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_drive">RVAL</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Raw Desired Value</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">RVEL</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Velocity</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">S</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Speed (RPS)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">SBAK</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>BL Speed (RPS)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">SBAS</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Base Speed (RPS)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">SET</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Set/Use Switch</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Use", 1:"Set")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">SMAX</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Max Velocity (RPS)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">SPDB</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Set Point Deadband (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">SPMG</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Stop/Pause/Move/Go</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Stop", 1:"Pause", 2:"Move", 3:"Go")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_res">SREV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Steps per Revolution</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">SSET</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Set SET Mode</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_link">STOO</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>STOP OutLink</td>
<td>OUTLINK</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">STOP</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Stop</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">STUP</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Status Update Request</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>OFF(0), ON(1), BUSY(2)<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">SUSE</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Set USE Mode</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_drive">SYNC</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Sync positions</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"No", 1:"Yes")<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_status">TDIR</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Direction of Travel</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">TWF</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Tweak motor Forward</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">TWR</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Tweak motor Reverse</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_command">TWV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Tweak Step Size (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_res">UEIP</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Use Encoder If Present</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"No", 1:"Yes")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_res">UREV</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>EGU's per Revolution</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_res">URIP</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Use RDBL Link If Present</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"No", 1:"Yes")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_drive">VAL</a></td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>User Desired Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">VBAS</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Base Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">VELO</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_misc">VERS</a></td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Code Version</td>
<td>FLOAT</td>
<td>e.g., "1.95"</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_motion">VMAX</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Max Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Fields_calib">VOF</a></td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Variable Offset</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" colspan="5">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">Note: In the <b>Access</b> column above:</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>R</td>
<td>Read only</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Read and write are allowed</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Read and write are allowed; write triggers record processing if the record's
SCAN field is set to "Passive."</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>N</td>
<td>No access allowed</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Note: In the <b>Prompt </b>column above:</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>EGU</td>
<td>Engineering Units</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RPS</td>
<td>Revolutions Per Second</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_calib"></a> <h2>Calibration-related fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DIR</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>User Direction</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Pos", 1:"Neg")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">User and dial values are related by the equation&nbsp; <br>
<tt>userVAL = DialVAL * DIR + OFFset</tt> <br>
This field is the "DIR" in the above equation.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>OFF</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>User Offset (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>User and dial coordinates can differ by a sign (the DIR field) and an offset
(OFF), according to the following equation:&nbsp; <br>
<tt>userVAL = DialVAL * DIR + OFFset</tt> <br>
This field is "OFFset" in the above equation. It is not normally written to
directly by the user.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>FOFF</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Offset-Freeze Switch</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Variable", 1:"Frozen")</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>VOF</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Variable Offset</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>Set Offset switch (FOFF) to "Variable".</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>FOF</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Freeze Offset</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>Set Offset switch (FOFF) to "Frozen".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">The user can cause the difference between user and dial
coordinates to remain fixed (i.e., the record will not change it, although the
user may) by setting FOFF to "Frozen." The fields VOF and FOF are intended for
use in backup/restore operations; any write to them will drive the FOFF field to
"Variable" (VOF) or "Frozen" (FOF).&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>SET</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Set/Use Switch</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Use", 1:"Set")</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>SSET</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Set SET Mode</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>Set Set/Use switch to "Set".</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>SUSE</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Set USE Mode</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>Set Set/Use switch to "Use".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>IGSET</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Ignore SET Field</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>(0:Normal operation, 1: SET is ignored)<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">SET is a toggle switch used in calibrating the motor's user and
dial positions:&nbsp;
<p>
When SET = 0 ("Use"), writes to the user-coordinate drive field (VAL) cause the
dial-coordinate drive field (DVAL) to change, and the motor to move. Writes to
the dial-coordinate drive field (DVAL) cause the user-coordinate drive field (VAL)
to change, and the motor to move.
</p>
<p>
When SET = 1 ("Set"), writes to the dial-coordinate drive field (DVAL) and to
the raw drive field (RVAL) cause a new raw motor position to be loaded into the
hardware without any change to the user-coordinate drive field (VAL). Writes to
other fields that would normally move the motor, change the user-coordinate
drive field (VAL), and the offset between user and dial coordinates (the OFF
field), with corresponding changes in the user-coordinate limit fields (HLM and
LLM). When the offset is frozen (FOFF=1), writes to any drive field affect both
user and dial values, and also load the hardware position register.
</p>
<p>
When IGSET = 0, the motor record will obey the SET field and behave as described above.
</p>
<p>
When IGSET = 1, the motor record will behave as though SET = 0. Ignoring the SET
field can useful for applications with soft motors (motors with soft-channel device
support).
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_res"></a> <h2>Motor-resolution fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>MRES</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Motor Step Size (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>May be positive or negative</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>SREV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Steps per Revolution</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td>Must be strictly positive</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>UREV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>EGU's per Revolution</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>May be positive or negative</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">MRES, and (SREV,UREV) represent two ways of specifying the motor
resolution--the distance or angle, in engineering units (EGU's), associated with
a single motor step. The equation relating these quantities is "MRES = UREV/SREV
". Initially, SREV has the value 200, the number of full steps per revolution
for most stepper motors, and the record never changes this field. Only the user
can change it.&nbsp;
<p>
When MRES is changed, the motor record sets UREV = MRES*SREV. When UREV or SREV
is changed, the motor sets MRES = UREV/SREV. In all cases, the effect of a motor
resolution change on the reported motor position depends in a simple way on the
value of the SET field: <br>
If (SET = 1), new user and dial values (VAL, DVAL) are calculated from the
existing raw value (RVAL). <br>
If (SET = 0), a new raw value is calculated from the existing dial value. <br>
The motor doesn't move in either case; neither does the actual motor speed (in
revolutions per second) change.&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
If either MRES or UREV is changed, motor speeds that are expressed in
engineering units per second (i.e., those whose names contain the letter 'V':
VELO, BVEL, VMAX and VBAS) are automatically adjusted by the motor record
according to the following equations: VELO = UREV * S; BVEL = UREV * SBAK; VMAX
= UREV * SMAX; VBAS = UREV * SBAS.&nbsp; Motor speeds that are expressed in
revolutions per second (S, SBAK, and SBAS) are independent of changes to MRES or
UREV.&nbsp; In contrast, when SREV is changed, only MRES is adjusted by the
motor record, thus allowing all other fields to remain unaffected.
</p>
<p>
Currently, changes to motor-resolution fields have no effect on the values of
limit fields (although they should).&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
MRES or UREV allow negative values so that the user/dial coordinate systems can
be configured to the opposite polarity of the motor controller's.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>ERES</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Encoder Step Size (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<TD>
Encoder resolution: the distance or angle, in engineering units, associated
with a single encoder step. ERES may be positive or negative. If the user sets
ERES to zero, the record will overwrite it with MRES.
</TD>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RRES</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Readback Step Size (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Readback-device resolution: the distance or angle, in engineering units,
associated with a unit change of the number retrieved via the readback- location
input link (RDBL). RRES may be either positive or negative.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>UEIP</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Use Encoder If Present</td>
<td>RECCHOICE (0:"No", 1:"Yes")</td>
<td>Switch: nonzero value tells the record to read the encoder (if the hardware
indicates an encoder is present) and to ignore the value read back from the
hardware's step-count register.&nbsp;
<p>
The state of the UEIP, together with the MSTA encoder indicator, determine:
</p>
<ol>
<li>
if the RRBV is set to either the feedback (REP) or the command (RMP) position.
</li>
<li>
whether absolute or relative position commands are used.
</li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>URIP</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Use RDBL Link If Present</td>
<td>RECCHOICE (0:"No", 1:"Yes")</td>
<TD>Switch: nonzero value tells the record to get the motor position from the
readback-location link (RDBL) (if it contains valid EPICS link information, and
if no error occurs in the attempt to read from the link) and to ignore values
read back from the hardware's step-count and encoder registers. If the RDBL
link is invalid or a read attempt results in an error, the motor position
becomes frozen.</TD>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">These switches also direct the record to calculate destinations
in relative, rather than absolute, terms, since the ratio of encoder and
readback units to motor steps may not actually be constant.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" nosave="">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_motion"></a> <h2>Motion-related fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VMAX</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Max Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; 0 &lt;= VMAX.&nbsp; VMAX=0 disables maximum velocity range
checking.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SMAX</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Max Velocity (RPS)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; 0 &lt;= SMAX</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VBAS</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Base Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; 0 &lt;= VBAS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SBAS</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Base Speed (RPS)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; 0 &lt;= SBAS</td>
</tr>
<tr nosave="">
<td colspan="5" nosave="">Range checking is done in such a way that any minimum
(i.e., VBAS/SBAS) or maximum (i.e., VMAX/SMAX) value entered is valid.&nbsp; For
example, if the minimum is entered and it exceeds the maximum, then the maximum
is set to the new minimum value.&nbsp; A VMAX value of zero disables maximum
velocity range checking.
<p>
At boot-up, if one field of a field pair (i.e., VMAX/SMAX, VBAS/SBAS, VELO/S,
BVEL/SBAK) is zero and the other field is nonzero, the nonzero field takes
precedence.&nbsp; If both fields of a given field pair are nonzero, the RPS
member of the field pair (i.e., SMAX, SBAS, S, SBAK) takes precedence.
</p>
<p>
Slew (VELO/S) and backup (BVEL/SBAK) velocity fields are silently forced by the
motor record to be within the range set by VMAX/SMAX and VBAS/SBAS, inclusively.
</p>
<p>
Those who use both BURT and VMAX (i.e., nonzero VMAX) should insure that VMAX
and VBAS are placed before VELO and BVEL in their BURT request files.
</p>
<p>
The intent of VBAS/SBAS is to prevent the motor from moving at speeds slow
enough to excite its resonance, which can cause the motor to miss steps. The
motor is expected to accelerate from a stand-still to VBAS in one motor pulse.&nbsp;
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>VELO</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; VBAS &lt;= VELO &lt;= VMAX</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>S</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Speed (RPS)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range;&nbsp; SBAS &lt;=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; S&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&lt;= SMAX</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">VELO is the speed, in engineering units per second, at which the
motor is moved after the acceleration phase of a motion is finished. S is the
same speed expressed in revolutions per second. The record makes sure that VELO
and S are consistent, using the equation S = VELO/UREV.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HVEL</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Homing velocity; valid range; VBAS &lt;= HVEL &lt;= VMAX</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>ACCL</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Seconds to Velocity</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The length, in seconds, of the acceleration and deceleration phases of a
motor motion.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ACCS</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Acceleration (EGU/s^2)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; 0 &lt;= ACCS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ACCU</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Acceleration used</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Use ACCL", 1:"Use ACCS")&nbsp; This field determines whether the ACCL or ACCS field
is used in the calculation of the acceleration that is sent to device support. The field
that is not used changes with VELO. The default value is "Use ACCL"&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">
The motor record expects the hardware to produce a trapezoidal
speed profile. That is, the motor speed is expected to increase linearly with
time from the base speed, VBAS, to the full speed, VELO, in ACCL seconds. At the
end of a motion, the speed is expected to decrease similarly to VBAS.
<p>Note that the ACCS field can be use to specify the acceleration in EGU/s^2.</p>
<p>Velocity and acceleration are related by the following equation: <br>
VELO - VBAS = ACCL * ACCS &nbsp;</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>JVEL</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Jog Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; VBAS &lt;= VELO &lt;= VMAX</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>JAR</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Jog Acceleration (EGU/s^2)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Default value: VELO / ACCL</td>
</tr>
<tr nosave="">
<td colspan="5" nosave="">With the OMS and IMS device drivers, jog velocity can
be changed on-the-fly.&nbsp; The velocity will accelerate to the new velocity
based on the JAR field.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>BDST</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>BL Distance (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The signed distance, in dial coordinates, used for backlash takeout.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">The algorithm used in moves to a (dial-coordinate) position
called "TARGET" follows:&nbsp;
<p>
1) If the motor is to move a distance greater than the magnitude of BDST, or if
the motor is to move in a direction opposite to the sign of BDST, then the motor
will move first to position (TARGET-BDST), at an acceleration specified by ACCL
and speed VELO, and then to position TARGET, at an acceleration specified by
BACC and speed BVEL.&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
2) If the motor is to move a distance smaller than the magnitude of BDST, and if
the motor is to move in the same direction as the sign of BDST, then backlash is
assumed already to have been taken out, and the motor will move to position
TARGET at an acceleration specified by BACC and speed BVEL.&nbsp;
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>BVEL</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>BL Velocity (EGU/s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>SBAK</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>BL Speed (RPS)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">BVEL is the speed, in engineering units per second, at which the
motor is move after the acceleration phase of a backlash-takeout motion is
finished. SBAK is the same speed expressed in revolutions per second. Neither
BVEL nor SBAK may be negative or zero.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>BACC</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>BL Seconds to Veloc.</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The length, in seconds, of the acceleration and deceleration phases of a
backlash-takeout motion. See discussion of the acceleration field ACCL for more
specific information.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>FRAC</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Move Fraction</td>
<td>FLOAT</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">This field supports closed-loop control of pathological devices
for which drive values are not expected to compare reproducibly with readback
values. (Inchworms and other friction-driven devices are good examples: the
number of steps taken by an inchworm motor is a very poor indicator of the
distance it has traveled.)&nbsp;
<p>
In a move from position CURRENT to position TARGET, the motor record will ask
hardware to move a distance FRAC*(TARGET-CURRENT). When that motion is complete,
the record will request a motion of FRAC*(remaining distance), and so on until
the target position has been reached.&nbsp;
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RDBD</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Retry Deadband (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>When the motor has finished a complete motion, possibly including backlash
takeout, the motor record will compare its current position with the desired
position. If the magnitude of the difference is greater than RDBD, the motor
will try again, as if the user had requested a move from the now current
position to the desired position. Only a limited number of retries will be
performed (see RTRY).&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>SPDB</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Set Point Deadband (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Before the motor is commanded to move, a check is done to see if the move is
too small. It is too small when the distance is less than the step size defined in
MRES. When a bigger deadband is wanted than MRES, set the value of SPDB.
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RTRY</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Max retry count</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>The maximum number of times the motor record will try again to move to the
desired position. When the retry limit is reached, the motor record will declare
the motion finished. If the desired position was not reached, the field MISS
will be set to 1.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RMOD</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Retry Mode</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>
<p>
(0:"Unity", 1:"Arthmetic", 2:"Geometric", 3:"In-Position")
</p>
<p>
RMOD allows the user to select different ways of calculating the retry distance
move. The default mode (Unity) moves the motor a relative distance based on
the dial error (DIFF field). Badly behaved devices (piezo motors) can oscillate
around their target position in this mode. Hence, two other modes were added to
allow a decreasing response from the motor record after each retry.
</p>
<p>
The Arithmetic mode generates an arithmetic sequence of corrections. For example,
if the max. retry count (RTRY) is 10, then the retries will proceed as follows;
DIFF * (1.0), DIFF * (9/10), DIFF * (8/10), etc.
</p>
<p>
The Geometric mode generates a geometric sequence with a 1/2 common factor of
corrections. For example, if the max. retry count is 10, then the retries will
proceed as follows; DIFF * (1.0), DIFF * (1/2) DIFF * (1/4), DIFF * (1/8), etc.
</p>
<p>
The In-Position mode is used only with servos. This mode does not send any motion
commands to the controller during a retry. It simply waits for the DIFF field to
less than the RDBD field. This mode is intended to be used with nonzero DLY and
RTRY fields.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" nosave="">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_link"></a> <h2>Link-related fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>OUT</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Output Specification</td>
<td>OUTLINK</td>
<td>If Soft Channel device support is specified, this field is an EPICS link;
each time DVAL is changed, device support puts DVAL to this link.&nbsp;
Otherwise, this field specifies the hardware to be controlled.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RDBL</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Readback Location</td>
<td>INLINK</td>
<td>This field specifies the field (of this or any other EPICS record) from
which the motor's current position is to be read when the field URIP (Use
Readback If Present) has the value "Yes" (1). If this field does not contain a
valid EPICS link, the URIP may as well have the value "No" (0).&nbsp; If Soft
Channel device support is specified, this field is monitored for value changes
by a CA event task.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DOL</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Desired Output Loc</td>
<td>INLINK</td>
<td>If this field contains a valid EPICS link, and the OMSL field has the value
"closed_loop" (1), then every time the motor record is processed, it will
get a value for the VAL field from the link and move to that location, ignoring
all other drive fields. Closed-loop mode has not been tested extensively.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>OMSL</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Output Mode Select</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"supervisory", 1:"closed_loop")&nbsp; <br>
If this field has the value "closed_loop" (1), and the field DOL contains a
valid EPICS link, then every time the motor record is processed, it will get
a value for the VAL field from the link and move to that location, ignoring all
other drive fields. Closed-loop mode has not been tested extensively.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RLNK</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Readback OutLink</td>
<td>OUTLINK</td>
<td>If this field contains a valid EPICS link, then every time the motor record
is processed, it will put the (engineering-unit) readback value RBV to that link.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>DINP</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>DMOV Input Link</td>
<td>INLINK</td>
<td>If Soft Channel device support is specified, the value specified by this
link is used to set the DONE bit in the MSTA field; which in turn sets the DMOV
field.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RINP</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>RMP Input Link</td>
<td>INLINK</td>
<td>If Soft Channel device support is specified, the value specified by this
link is used to set the RMP field.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>STOO</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>STOP OutLink</td>
<td>OUTLINK</td>
<td>If Soft Channel device support is specified, a one is written to the&nbsp;
specified link each time the STOP_AXIS motor command is issued.</td>
</tr>
<TR nosave="">
<TD colspan="5" nosave=""><H4>Soft Channel Device Driver</H4>
The Soft Channel database links (i.e., DINP, RINP and STOO) are only processed
when the Soft Channel device driver is selected.&nbsp; These links are ignored
when using any other Motor Record device driver. <BR>
<BR>
The input links (i.e., DINP, RDBL and RINP) are monitored for value changes by a
CA event task.&nbsp; Users must choose either a dial input link (RDBL) or a raw
input link (RINP), but not both. At this time, the above links are <B>not</B>
dynamically retargetable.&nbsp; <BR>
<BR>
Note that Soft Channel device support resets the target position (VAL/DVAL/RVAL)
to the actual position (RBV/DRBV/RRBV) the first time, and only the first time,
that the PV pointed to by RDBL is posted. Hence, Soft Channel device support
requires that the RDBL PV have a valid value the first time it is posted.&nbsp; <BR>
<BR>
Note that JOG[F/R] does not work with the Soft Channel device driver.
</TD>
</TR>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_limit"></a> <h2>Limit-related fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HLM</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>User High Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The maximum allowed value of the VAL field. If HLM changes so that VAL is no
longer less than HLM, then the record will set the field LVIO to 1. If the DIR
field has the value "Pos", then HLM will always be consistent with DHLM,
otherwise HLM will always be consistent with DLLM.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LLM</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>User Low Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The minimum allowed value of the VAL field. If LLM changes so that VAL is no
longer greater than LLM, then the record will set the field LVIO to 1. If the
DIR field has the value "Pos", then LLM will always be consistent with DLLM,
otherwise LLM will always be consistent with DHLM.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DHLM</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Dial High Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The maximum allowed value of the DVAL field. If DHLM changes so that DVAL is
no longer less than DHLM, then the record will set the field LVIO to 1.. If the
DIR field has the value "Pos", then DHLM will always be consistent with HLM,
otherwise DHLM will always be consistent with LLM.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DLLM</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Dial Low Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The minimum allowed value of the DVAL field. If DLLM changes so that DVAL is
no longer greater than DLLM, then the record will set the field LVIO to 1. If
the DIR field has the value "Pos", then DLLM will always be consistent with LLM,
otherwise DLLM will always be consistent with HLM.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RHLM</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw High Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The maximum allowed value of the RVAL field. If the MRES field is negative,
then RHLM will always be consistent with DLLM, otherwise RHLM will always be
consistent with DHLM.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RLLM</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Low Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The minimum allowed value of the RVAL field. If the MRES field is negative,
then RLLM will always be consistent with DHLM, otherwise RLLM will always be
consistent with DLLM.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LVIO</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Limit violation</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>A value of 1 indicates that the dial-value drive field, DVAL, or the dial-value
readback field, DRBV, is outside of the limits (DHLM, DLLM), and this prevents
the motor from moving. If the backlash distance, BDST, is non-zero, it further
restricts the allowable range of DVAL. When a JOG button is hit, LVIO goes to 1
and stops the motor if/when DVAL gets to within one second's travel time of
either limit.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>PERL</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Periodic Limits</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"No", 1:"Yes") <br>
Not implemented. Originally intended to support periodic "limits" on the VAL
field (such as those associated with a rotation stage--e.g., [0...360] or [-180...180])
independently of the actual soft limits HLM and LLM.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HOPR</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>High Operating Range</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Not used. See HLM and DHLM.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LOPR</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Low Operating Range</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Not used. See LLM and DLLM.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HLS</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>At High Limit Switch</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RHLS</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw High Limit Switch</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">If either of these fields is nonzero, then the motor is at the
positive-limit switch, where the positive sense is that of the user-coordinate
system for HLS, and that of the raw (step-number) coordinate system for RHLS.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LLS</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>At Low Limit Switch</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RLLS</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Low Limit Switch</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">If either of these fields is nonzero, then the motor is at the
negative-limit switch, where the positive sense is that of the user-coordinate
system for LLS, and that of the raw (step-number) coordinate system for RLLS.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_command"></a> <h2>Command-button fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>SPMG</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Stop/Pause/Move/Go</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(0:"Stop", 1:"Pause", 2:"Move", 3:"Go")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">This field is intended primarily for interactive use, and
normally has the value "Go."&nbsp;
<p>
If the user sets this field to "Stop," the motor will decelerate to a stop, the
VAL field will be set equal to the RBV field, and the DVAL field will be set
equal to the DRBV field. (These actions ensure that the motor will not start
moving again until a drive field is changed.) In any case, the motor will not
move while SPMG has the value "Stop" or "Pause."&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
If "SPMG" has the value "Move," the motor record will reset SPMG to "Pause" when
a motion completes. This behavior supports users who want a motor to sit still
until they say "Move", no matter what changes occur in the drive fields.&nbsp;
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>STOP</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Stop</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">When this field is set to 1, the record will immediately reset
it to 0, and the motor will decelerate to a stop. When the motor has stopped,
VAL will be set equal to RBV, and DVAL will be set equal to DRBV. (This ensures
that the motor will not start moving the next time the record is processed,
unless a drive field is explicitly changed. If you want the motor to pause, use
the SPMG field.)&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HOMF</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Home Forward</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HOMR</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Home Reverse</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">When one of these fields is set to 1, the motor will decelerate
to a stop if already moving, move in the indicated direction (in <i>dial</i>
coordinates) at the acceleration specified by ACCL and a speed specified by HVEL,
until the hardware detects the "home" switch has become active. Then the
hardware will do something hardware dependent in response to its "home" command,
if any. (The OMS hardware causes the motor to decelerate to a stop.) When the
motor stops, the VAL field will be set equal to the RBV field, and the DVAL
field will be set equal to the DRBV field.&nbsp; These fields can be set to 1,
but setting either field to 0 results in an error.&nbsp; The record sets HOM[F/R]
to zero when the homing procedure is either completed or aborted.
Note that modern controllers, depending on their firmware and configuration,
may do different things. Examples are home into the limit switch, move
into a limit switch, return and search for a home switch or other sequences.
Often HOMF and HOMR then yield the same functionality.
And the controller may choose to do nothing, if a motor is not homable.
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>JOGF</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Jog motor Forward</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>JOGR</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Jog motor Reverse</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">When one of these fields is set to 1, the motor will decelerate
to a stop if already moving, and move in the indicated direction (in user
coordinates) at an acceleration specified by ACCL and speed VELO, until the
field goes to 0. Then the motor will set VAL to RBV and DVAL to DRBV, decelerate
to a stop, and execute a (backlash-corrected, if BDST is nonzero) move to the
position at which the field went to 0.&nbsp;
<p>
These fields are dangerous when used over channel access, because the motor does
not stop moving until a second message is received. If a very busy network
should cause that second message to be lost, the motor will travel to its limit
switch or hard stop.&nbsp;
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>TWF</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Tweak motor Forward</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>TWR</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Tweak motor Reverse</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">When one of these fields is set to 1, the record will
immediately reset it to 0, and the motor will move (with backlash takeout if
BDST is nonzero) by a distance TWV (in user coordinates) at the acceleration
specified by ACCL/ACCS and at speed VELO.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>TWV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Tweak Step Size (EGU)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>This field contains the distance the motor is to move in response to the
TWF and TWR buttons.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_drive"></a> <h2>Drive fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>VAL</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>User Desired Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>This is the desired position in user coordinates. When this field is written
to, DVAL and RVAL will be changed correspondingly, and the motor will move (with
backlash takeout if BDST is nonzero) to the newly written position.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DVAL</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Dial Desired Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>This is the desired position in dial coordinates. When this field is written
to, VAL and RVAL will be changed correspondingly, and the motor will move (with
backlash takeout if BDST is nonzero) to the newly written position.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RVAL</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Raw Desired Value</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td>This is the desired position in raw coordinates. When this field is written
to, VAL and DVAL will be changed correspondingly, and the motor will move (with
backlash takeout if BDST is nonzero) to the newly written position.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RLV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Relative Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>When this field is changed, its value will be added to VAL, the field itself
will immediately be reset to 0, and the motor record will behave as though the
VAL field had been changed directly.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>SYNC</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Sync positions</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>When this field is set to Yes(1) the record sets the Drive fields (VAL/DVAL/RVAL)
to their readback values (RBV/DRBV/RRBV) and sets the SYNC field back to No(0).&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_status"></a> <h2>Status/readback fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RBV</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>User Readback Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The current motor position, in user coordinates, from the motor hardware (default),
or from the encoder supported by the motor-controller hardware (if UEIP is
nonzero), or from the readback link RDBL (if URIP is nonzero).&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DRBV</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Dial Readback Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>The current motor position, in dial coordinates, from the motor hardware (default),
or from the encoder supported by the motor-controller hardware (if UEIP is
nonzero), or from the readback link RDBL (if URIP is nonzero).&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DMOV</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Done moving to value</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">This field is set to 0 when the motor record begins a motion,
and remains 0 through any retries and backlash corrections that may be required
until the motor record has completely finished that motion, whereupon the field
is set to 1. DMOV is guaranteed to execute and post a 1/0/1 pulse when the motor
is commanded to move--even if no motion actually occurs because the motor was
commanded to move to its current position.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>MOVN</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Motor is moving</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>This field is set to 1 while the record believes that the motor actually is
moving. This field is not the inverse of DMOV, since it may go to zero during a
complex motion, if that motion includes a momentary stop.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DLY</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Readback settle time (s)</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Delay (in seconds) the time between motor controller done and motor record
done (i.e., DMOV).</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>DIFF</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Difference dval-drbv</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td rowspan="2">DIFF is the difference, in engineering units, between the
desired motor position, and the readback device's report of the current position.
RDIF is the same difference in "raw" units (normally, steps).&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RDIF</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Difference rval-rrbv</td>
<td>LONG</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RRBV</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Readback Value</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td>The current position of the motor, encoder, or readback link, as received
from whatever source has been selected to provide position information. The
units associated with this field depend on the source.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RMP</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Motor Position</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td>The contents of the hardware's step-count register. This field contains the
same information as the dial value, but in steps, rather than in engineering
units.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>REP</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Encoder Position</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td>The contents of the hardware's encoder-count register. Ideally, this field
contains the same information as the dial value, but in encoder counts, rather
than in engineering units.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>MSTA</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Motor Status</td>
<td>ULONG</td>
<td>The motor status as received from the hardware.&nbsp; The MSTA bits are
defined as follows:
<blockquote>
<ol>
<li>
DIRECTION: last raw direction; (0:Negative, 1:Positive)
</li>
<li>
DONE: motion is complete.
</li>
<li>
PLUS_LS: plus limit switch has been hit.
</li>
<li>
HOMELS: state of the home limit switch.
</li>
<li>
Unused
</li>
<li>
POSITION: closed-loop position control is enabled.
</li>
<li>
SLIP_STALL: Slip/Stall detected (eg. fatal following error)
</li>
<li>
HOME: if at home position.
</li>
<li>
PRESENT: encoder is present.
</li>
<li>
PROBLEM: driver stopped polling, or hardware problem
</li>
<li>
MOVING: non-zero velocity present.
</li>
<li>
GAIN_SUPPORT: motor supports closed-loop position control.
</li>
<li>
COMM_ERR: Controller communication error.
</li>
<li>
MINUS_LS: minus limit switch has been hit.
</li>
<li>
HOMED: the motor has been homed.<br>
</li>
</ol>
The record is put into MAJOR STATE alarm if either SLIP_STALL or PROBLEM bits are detected.
If HLSV is set, then the record is put into HIGH alarm if either a high soft limit or
hard limit (PLUS_LS) has been reached. Similary for the low limits.
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>TDIR</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Direction of Travel</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>The direction in which the motor is currently traveling (or was most
recently traveling), as received from the hardware. If 0, the raw readback value
should be decreasing.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>ATHM</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>At HOME</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>The state of the hardware's "home" switch. If 1, the motor has hit the
switch.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RCNT</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Retry count</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>The number of times the motor record has detected failure of the motor to
land within the retry-deadband distance of the desired position.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>MISS</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Ran out of retries</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>If 1, the motor has failed to land on the desired position more than the
allowed number of times. This field will be reset the next time the motor
succeeds in reaching the desired position.&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>RVEL</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw Velocity</td>
<td>LONG</td>
<td>Speed in steps per second that the motor actually is moving.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>STUP</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Status Update</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>
The STUP field functions as follows;
<ul>
<LI>
Valid values for STUP are OFF(0), ON(1) and BUSY(2).
</LI>
<LI>
A Channel Access (CA) client writes ON(1) to the STUP field which causes the
motor record to set STUP to BUSY(2) and request a single controller status
update. After the status is updated the record sets STUP to OFF(0).
</LI>
<LI>
CA clients are restricted to writing ON(1) to STUP only when STUP is OFF(0).
</LI>
<LI>
It is the responsibility of the user to restrict the frequency (and thus the
incurred overhead) at which the CA client writes ON(1) to STUP.
</LI>
</UL>
<P>
With the STUP field it is possible to have another EPICS record periodically
write ON(1) to the motor record's STUP field. This would result in continuous,
periodic status updates.
</P>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>ADEL</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Archive Deadband</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>An archive value is only posted if RBV moves out of the ADEL deadband when
compared to the previous value archived. ie. if ((RBV-ALST)>ADEL). ADEL defaults to zero,
which would mean that all changes to RBV are archived.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>MDEL</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Monitor Deadband</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>An monitor value is only posted if RBV moves out of the MDEL deadband when
compared to the previous value posted. ie. if ((RBV-MLST)>MDEL). MDEL defaults to zero,
which would mean that all value changes to RBV are posted.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>ALST</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Value Archived</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Holds the last RBV to be archived. Used to determine if the current RBV is within an ADEL deadband.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>MLST</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Value Monitored</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Holds the last RBV to be posted. Used to determine if the current RBV is within a MDEL deadband.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<center>
<p>
<a name="Servo_fields"></a>
</p>
</center>
<center>
<h2>Servo fields</h2>
</center>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" nosave="">
<caption>
&nbsp;
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr nosave="">
<td colspan="5" nosave="">PID related record fields accept only normalized
values (i.e., 0.0 &lt;= value &lt;= 1.0).&nbsp; Before sending them to the motor
controller, device support scales the record fields to valid motor controller
parameters,.&nbsp; Let the motor controller PID parameters be represented by CKP,
CKI and CKD; then the PID coefficients are converted from motor record fields to
controller parameters as follows:
<p>
For the MM4000;&nbsp; CKP = PCOF, CKI = ICOF and CKD = DCOF. <br>
For all OMS controllers;&nbsp; CKP = 1999.9 * PCOF, CKI = 1999.9 * ICOF, CKD =
1999.9 * DCOF.
</p>
<p>
Note the following:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
When commanded to move the OMS control law is a PD loop, when it is holding a
position it is a PID loop.
</li>
<li>
The Proportional Gain cannot be turned off (i.e., set to zero) in an OMS
controller.&nbsp; The minimum value is PCOF = 0.00005 (CKP = 0.1).&nbsp; If the
user sets PCOF &lt; 0.00005 for an OMS controller, device support silently
resets it to it's minimum value of 0.00005.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<center>
<b>Name</b>
</center>
</td>
<td>
<center>
<b>Access</b>
</center>
</td>
<td>
<center>
<b>Prompt</b>
</center>
</td>
<td>
<center>
<b>Data type</b>
</center>
</td>
<td>
<center>
<b>Comments</b>
</center>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CNEN</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Enable control</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>This field is active only if the GAIN_SUPPORT bit in the MSTA is true.
The function of this field is depending on the motion controller.
This field is set by both the user and device support.
<li>
Some (older?) controllers can switch between open- and closed-loop. (0: open loop, 1: closed loop)
</li>
<li>
Some controllers use this field to enable torque control
</li>
<li>
Most modern controllers use this field to enable/disable the motor (amplifier/driver)
</li>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>PCOF</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Proportional Gain</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; 0.0 &lt;= PCOF &lt;= 1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>&nbsp;ICOF</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Integral Gain</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; 0.0 &lt;= ICOF &lt;= 1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>&nbsp;DCOF</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Derivative Gain</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
<td>Valid range; 0.0 &lt;= DCOF &lt;= 1.0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
&nbsp;
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<caption>
<center>
<p>
<a name="Fields_alarm"></a>
</p>
</center>
<center>
<h2>Alarm fields</h2>
</center>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HIHI</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Hihi Alarm Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LOLO</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Lolo Alarm Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HIGH</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>High Alarm Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LOW</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Low Alarm Limit</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HHSV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Hihi Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td>Not used.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LLSV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Lolo Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td>Not used.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HSV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>High Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td>Not used.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LSV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>Low Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
<td>Not used.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>HLSV</td>
<td>R/W*</td>
<td>HW Limit Switch Violation Severity</td>
<td>GBLCHOICE</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" nosave="">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_misc"></a> <h2>Miscellaneous fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>PREC</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Display Precision</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>The number of digits to the right of the decimal that are to be displayed by
MEDM and other channel-access clients.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>EGU</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Engineering Units</td>
<td>STRING</td>
<td>String sent to channel-access clients who ask for engineering units.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>VERS</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Code Version</td>
<td>FLOAT</td>
<td>Version number of the recMotor.c code.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>CARD</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Card Number</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>For VME based devices (i.e., OMS VME8/44, OMS VME58 and V544) this is the
VME card number, derived from the output link. Cards are numbered from zero
according to their VME addresses.&nbsp; Oregon Micro Systems series VME8 and
VME44 cards occur in the same series, since they are handled by the same driver.&nbsp;
Oregon Micro Systems VME58 cards are numbered separately, as are Highland
Technology V540 cards.&nbsp; This field is set to -1 for non-VME based device/drivers.</td>
</tr>
<tr nosave="">
<td colspan="5" nosave=""><h4>Command Primitives</h4> The following three fields
comprise the Command Primitives feature.&nbsp; The command primitive record
fields are available to the user to send ASCII command primitives to the motor
control board at fixed, predefined, times.&nbsp; Each of the fields is defined
as a character string.&nbsp; Consult the motor controller manual for command
protocols.&nbsp; No error checking is done by the motor record or the device
driver to insure that the command strings are valid.&nbsp; Each field is <i>terminated</i>
by the device driver according to the command protocol.&nbsp; Command primitives
that result in a response from the motion control board are valid, but the
response is not processed.&nbsp; This feature is currently only available with
OMS VME8/44/58 or Newport MM4000 device support.
<p>
<b>Device Directives</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Valid only in the INIT, PREM and POST fields.
</li>
<li>
Must be identified by the following;
</li>
<blockquote>
<li>
First character of a device directive string must be a '@'.
</li>
<li>
One or more characters followed by a terminating '@'; i.e., device directives
must have nonzero length.
</li>
<li>
Valid device directives:
</li>
<blockquote>
<li>
In the INIT field; only "DPM_ON".
</li>
<li>
In the PREM field;, only "PUT(<i>pvname</i>, <i>pv-value</i>, <i>delay in
seconds</i>)".
</li>
<li>
In the POST field; only "PUT(<i>pvname</i>, <i>pv-value</i>)".
</li>
</blockquote>
See <i>Driver Power Monitoring</i> below for the DPM_ON directive. &nbsp;The PUT
directive supports changing the value of a database variable. &nbsp;Note that
the PREM supports a time delay argument before the motor move , but that POST
does not. &nbsp;The <i>Readback settle time field</i> (DLY) should be used to
create a time delay after the PV specified in the POST field is written.
</blockquote>
<li>
Device directive strings are stripped of valid device directives (including @'s)
and tested for nonzero length before being sent to the controller.&nbsp; For
example, given the INIT string, "@DPM_ON@HE", the device directive @DPM_ON@ is
stripped out before HE is sent to the controller.
</li>
</ul>
<b>Driver Power Monitoring</b>
<ul>
<li>
This feature is only available with the OMS VME58 device support.
</li>
<li>
The 8 User I/O signals are assigned to the 8 possible VME58 axes as follows:
</li>
<ul>
<tt><font size="+1">User I/O #0 &lt;&gt; X axis</font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size="+1">&nbsp;"&nbsp;&nbsp; "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 &lt;&gt; Y&nbsp; "</font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size="+1">........................................</font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size="+1">"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7 &lt;&gt; S&nbsp; "</font></tt>
</ul>
<li>
Drive-power monitoring defaults to disabled at boot-up.&nbsp; Request enabling
drive-power monitoring by entering the device directive "@DPM_ON@" command into
the motor record initialization field (i.e., INIT).&nbsp; The INIT field is
processed at record initialization (i.e., bootup), hence if there are no errors,
drive-power monitoring will be enabled after the next bootup.
</li>
<li>
Whenever a request is made to enable drive-power status monitoring, an error
check is made (using the VME58 "RB" command) to verify that the User I/O has
been configured as an input.&nbsp; The following message will appear in the
error log if a configuration error is detected; "Invalid VME58 configuration; RB
= 0x####", where "####" is the VME58's response to the RB command.
</li>
<li>
When drive-power status monitoring is enabled and a power failure is detected,
the device driver will respond by activating the RA_OVERTRAVEL bit in the
MSTA.&nbsp; This results in either HLS or LLS being activated depending on the
DIR field. In addition, the following message will appear in the error log; "Drive
power failure at VME58 card#?? motor#??".
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>INIT</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Startup commands</td>
<td>STRING</td>
<td>Sent at record initialization.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PREM</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Pre-move commands</td>
<td>STRING</td>
<td>Sent before every command string that causes motion.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>POST</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Post-move commands</td>
<td>STRING</td>
<td>Sent after a complete motion is finished or when an overtravel limit switch
is detected.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>LOCK</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>Soft Channel Position Lock</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>After a "hard" motor initiated move, Soft Channel device support
automatically synchronizes a "soft" motor's target position with a "hard" motor's
readback position. Soft Channel device support detects that the "hard" motor
has initiated the move when it sees the PV pointed to by DINP go false, while
the "soft" record's DMOV is true. Automatic synchronization is undesirable in a
multi-axis application. Hence, setting the LOCK field to "YES" disables this
automatic synchronization.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NTM</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>New Target Monitor</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>The requirements on how the motor record processes a new target position
while the motor is in motion are as follows;<BR>
Case #1: The motor record is given a new position, which is in the opposite
direction from the current motor motion. If NTM is "YES", the motor is
immediately stopped and given a motion command to the new position. If NTM is "NO
", the motor completes the previous move before it is given a motion command to
the new position.<BR>
Case #2: The motor record is given a new position, which is in the same
direction as the current motor motion, but the new position is closer to the
motor's current position than the original target position. If NTM is "YES",
the motor is stopped after it has gone past the new position; then a command is
given to return to the new position. If NTM is "NO", the motor completes the
previous move before it is given a motion command to the new position.<BR>
Case #3: The motor record is given a new position, which is in the same
direction as the current motor motion, but the new position is further from the
motor's current position than the original position. After the motor reaches
the original target position and stops, a command is given to the new target
position. This case is independent of NTM.<BR>
NTM defaults to "YES". It should be set to "NO" only for soft motors. Soft
motors should be configured with NTM set to "NO" to prevent Case #1 above from
interfering with "hard" motors using backlash correction. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NTMF</td>
<td>R/W</td>
<td>New Target Monitor Deadband Factor</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
<td>Determines NTM deadband = NTMF * (|BDST| + RDBD). NTMF must be >= 2. The
NTM deadband prevents NTM logic from issuing a STOP command at the end of a DC
motor move that overshoots its' target position.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<caption>
<a name="Fields_private"></a> <h2>Private fields</h2>
</caption>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Access</th>
<th>Prompt</th>
<th>Data type</th>
<th>Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CBAK</td>
<td>None</td>
<td>Callback structure</td>
<td>NOACCESS</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LVAL</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last User Des Val</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LDVL</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Dial Des Val</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LRVL</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Raw Des Val</td>
<td>LONG</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LRLV</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last Rel Value</td>
<td>DOUBLE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CDIR<br>
</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Raw commanded direction<br>
</td>
<td>SHORT<br></td>
<td>(1:"Pos", 0:"Neg")<br></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>PP</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Post process command</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>MIP</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Motion In Progress</td>
<td>SHORT</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>MMAP</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Monitor Mask</td>
<td>ULONG</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>NMAP</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Monitor Mask</td>
<td>ULONG</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>LSPG</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>Last SPMG</td>
<td>RECCHOICE</td>
<td>(see SPMG)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<p>
<a name="Files"></a>
</p>
<h2>Files</h2>
<p>
The following tables briefly describe some of the files in the motor module.<br>
</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">SOURCE CODE</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>motorRecord.dbd</td>
<td>Database Definition file for motor record.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>motorRecord.c&nbsp;</td>
<td>Record support for the motor record</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>motor.h&nbsp;</td>
<td>Header included by all .c files</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>motordevCom.c</td>
<td>Device support common to all motor Record device drivers.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>motordevCom.h</td>
<td>Device support header file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>motordrvCom.c</td>
<td>Driver support common to all motor Record device drivers.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>motordrvCom.h</td>
<td>Driver support header file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>motordrvComCode.h</td>
<td>Local variables common to all motor Record drivers.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><br>
</td>
<td>NOTE: All of the above files are required for any and all motor Record
device drivers.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>devSoft.c</td>
<td>Soft Channel device support.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>devSoftAux.c</td>
<td>Soft Channel device support (Note: CA and record access code cannot both
reside in the same file; each defines (redefines) the DBR's.&nbsp; Hence,
functions are split between this and the above file base on whether they are
record oriented (devSoft.c) or CA oriented (devSoftAux.c).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>devSoft.h</td>
<td>Header included by devSoft.c and devSoftAux.c</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">MEDM DISPLAY SCREENS</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>motorx.adl</td>
<td>Small motor-control screen</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>motorx_tiny.adl&nbsp;</td>
<td>Tiny motor-control screen</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>motorx_more.adl&nbsp;</td>
<td>Medium motor-control screen</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>motorx_setup.adl</td>
<td>Setup screen for a single motor</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>motorx_all.adl&nbsp;</td>
<td>Debug screen for a single motor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">These files build <tt>medm</tt> screens to access the motor
record. To use one of them from the command line, type, for example
<pre>medm -x -macro "P=XXX:,M=m1" motorx.adl</pre>
where <tt>XXX:m1</tt> is the name of a motor record in an IOC.
<p>
These files can also be used as related displays from other <tt>medm</tt>
screens by passing the argument <tt>"P=XXX:,M=m1"</tt> .
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th colspan="2"><br>
EPICS STARTUP FILES</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Example startup scripts can be found in the example IOCs in the <a href="https://github.com/epics-motor">driver modules</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">BACKUP/RESTORE (BURT) REQUEST FILES</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>settings.req</td>
<td>A file that could be created to save settings from multiple motors.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>yyMotorSettings.req&nbsp;</td>
<td>save settings of a specified motor. This file is <tt>#include</tt> 'd (once
for each motor) by settings.req.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>positions.req&nbsp;</td>
<td>A file that could be created to save positions from multiple motors.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>yyMotorPositions.req&nbsp;</td>
<td>save position of a specified motor, This file is <tt>#include</tt> 'd (once
for each motor) by positions.req.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">These files tell the backup/restore tool how to save motor
settings and positions. To use them from the command line, type, for example
<pre>burtrb -f settings.req -o myMotorSettings.snap<br><br>burtrb -f positions.
req -o myMotorPositions.snap<br><br></pre>
To restore the motor settings and positions saved by the above commands, type
<pre>burtwb -f myMotorSettings.snap<br><br>burtwb -f myMotorPositions.snap<br><br></pre>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Restrictions"></a> <h2>Restrictions</h2> You <i>must</i> not change the
motor resolution while the motor is moving, but the record currently does not
defend itself against this.
<p>
There is no way to ask for a reading of the motor's position register, encoder,
or limit switches. These are read only while the motor is moving.
</p>
<p>
Because of the way limit-switch information is conveyed by the OMS hardware, the
motor record cannot know the states of both limit switches at the same time. It
only knows the state of the switch toward which the motor is moving.
</p>
<p>
If a move is requested while the motor already is in motion, the original move
will still receive a (useless) backlash correction.
</p>
<p>
Changing MRES (the motor resolution) should change VELO (the speed in
engineering units per second), and leave S (the speed in revolutions per second)
unchanged. Currently, neither VELO nor S appears to change, but the record
behaves as though S had been changed to agree with VELO. A similar thing happens
with SBAK and SBAS. <br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<br>
<a name="Examples"></a> <h2>Examples</h2>
<h4>Command Primitives</h4> This example assumes the controller is an MM4000 and
that only one motor in the controller is moved at a time (MM4000 power on/off
effects all motors).&nbsp; If the user wishes the system to perform as follows:
<ol>
<li>
Boot-up with motor power off.
</li>
<li>
Turn motor power on before motor motion.
</li>
<li>
Turn motor power off after motor motion.
</li>
</ol>
Then set fields as follows:
<ul>
<li>
<tt><font size="+1">INIT = "MF"</font></tt>
</li>
<li>
<tt><font size="+1">PREM = "MO"</font></tt>
</li>
<li>
<tt><font size="+1">POST = "MF"</font></tt>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Soft Channel</h4> The following is a simple example of using soft channel
device support to allow the user to transform rotary position commands into
linear moves.&nbsp; This example assumes the system consist of a linear stage
driving a tangent arm.&nbsp; The user commands the system in terms of the angle
the arm makes with the vertical.&nbsp; The database converts this angle into a
linear position along an axis that is one meter perpendicular to the center of
rotation.
<p>
The following database implements the system described above.&nbsp; The database
consist of four records:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<u>rotary</u> - a <i>soft</i> motor record where the user issues angular
position commands in <i>degrees</i>.
</li>
<li>
<u>convertDriveValue</u> - a <i>calcout</i> record that converts the commanded
position from <i>degrees</i> to <i>mm</i>.
</li>
<li>
<u>linear</u> -&nbsp; a <i>hard </i>motor record using Oms58 device support that
accepts linear position commands in <i>mm.</i>
</li>
<li>
<u>convertReadbackValue</u> - <i>calcout</i> record that converts the feedback
position from <i>mm </i>to <i>degrees</i>.
</li>
</ul>
Note the following concerning the example database and Soft Channel device
support:
<ul>
<li>
Jogging a soft channel motor record is <b>not</b> supported.
</li>
<li>
In the <i>convertReadbackValue</i> record, CP is required in the INPA field to
get continuous readback updates to the <i>rotary</i> record.&nbsp; Otherwise,
the <i>rotary</i> record will only update at the end of a move.
</li>
<li>
The <i>convertDriveValue</i> record converts <i>rotary's </i>DVAL field from
degrees to radians, takes the tangent, converts from meters to millimeters and
finally, sends this value to <i>linear's</i> DVAL field<i>.</i>
</li>
<li>
The <i>convertReadbackValue</i> record converts <i>linear's</i> DRBV field from
millimeters to meters, takes the inverse tangent and finally, converts from
radians to degrees.
</li>
</ul>
<table border="1" cols="2" width="100%" nosave="">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top" nosave="">
<td nosave="">grecord(motor,"$(user):rotary") <br>
{ <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DTYP,"Soft Channel") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(OUT,"$(user):convertDriveValue.A&nbsp; PP MS") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(RDBL,"$(user):convertReadbackValue.VAL&nbsp; NPP MS") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(URIP,"Yes") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(STOO,"$(user):linear.STOP&nbsp; PP MS") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DINP,"$(user):linear.DMOV&nbsp; NPP MS") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(MRES,"0.001") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(RRES,"1.000") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(PREC,"3") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DHLM,"45") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DLLM,"-45") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(TWV,"5") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(RTRY,"0") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(EGU,"deg.") <br>
}</td>
<td>grecord(motor,"$(user):linear") <br>
{ <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DTYP,"OMS VME58") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(VBAS,"1.0") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(VELO,"25.0") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(OUT,"#C0 S0 @") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(MRES,"0.001") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(PREC,"3") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DHLM,"1000") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DLLM,"-1000") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(RTRY,"0") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(TWV,"1") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(EGU,"mm.") <br>
}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>grecord(calcout,"$(user):convertDriveValue") <br>
{ <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DESC,"Convert rotary to linear") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(CALC,"TAN(A / 57.296) * 1000") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(OUT,"$(user):linear.DVAL&nbsp; PP MS") <br>
}</td>
<td>grecord(calcout,"$(user):convertReadbackValue") <br>
{ <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(DESC,"Convert linear to rotary") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(CALC,"ATAN(A / 1000) * 57.296") <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field(INPA,"$(user):linear.DRBV&nbsp; CP MS") <br>
}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr width="100%" size="2">
<a name="Design_Decisions"></a>
<h2>Design Decisions</h2> This section of the document is an attempt to record
the reasoning behind recent motor record design decisions. <h4>Motor Controller
Travel Limits</h4> For those motor controllers that provide their own internal
software travel limits (e.g., MM4000), the motor record will only allow the user
to set dial travel limits (i.e., D[H/L]LM) that are within the controller's
travel limit range, inclusively.&nbsp; In making this design decision it was
assumed that an <i>expert</i> user would enter the controller travel limits (possibly,
through a front panel user interface) that would protect other users from
reaching the hard travel limits.&nbsp; Controllers with their own travel limits
that are commanded to move outside their valid range respond with an error.&nbsp;
Hence, there is no utility in allowing the dial travel limits outside the
controller's range. <h4>Separate EGU's and MRES's between Controller and Motor
Record</h4> Device driver support for controllers that have characteristics
different from the OMS controllers, such as the Newport MM4000, has raised new
issues.&nbsp; One of these issues is whether or not the motor record should set
it's EGU and MRES fields from the controller's values.&nbsp; We think it should
not.
<p>
Background: The MM4000 is a stand-alone controller with it's own front panel,
non-volatile memory and power supply.&nbsp; The user can configure the MM4000
entirely from the front panel; including which engineering units will be
displayed on the front panel.&nbsp; Once engineering units are selected, these
same units will be used by the MM4000 when communicating with a host system (i.e.,
EPICS).&nbsp; Since a host can query the MM4000 for both the controller's
engineering units and it's positioning resolution, it is possible to have the
motor record's EGU and MRES fields automatically set based on values stored in
the MM4000 controller, but we decided not to do this.
</p>
<p>
To maximize flexibility, we decided to keep these characteristics separate
between the motor record and the controller.&nbsp; This decision allows the
motor record EGU field (and consequently, MRES) to be set to an application
specific value (e.g., kV) that is not supported by the motor controller. <br>
&nbsp; <br>
&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
</p>
<hr>
<address>Suggestions and comments to:</address> <br>
<a href="mailto:kmpeters@anl.gov">Kevin Peterson</a> : (kmpeters@anl.gov) <br>
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