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Submitted by MDFuller on Fri, 11/04/2016 - 22:53

Has anyone had experience in using Acu-Rite scales with their Position-Trac feature?
I want to write code to get the data from these coded index marks to set home, but am unsure on details except they occur on an index channel ~50mm apart.
http://www.acu-rite.com/senc150.html

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AndrewS on 12/20/2016 - 09:12

Hi MDFuller,
I have not personally used that hardware, but homing off the index is very common. We have a couple canned homing routines, or you can create your own.
If you need to home to a specific index pulse it might be best to use either a home input or a limit switch to initially home to, then move to the nearest index either above or below it. You can use the commands HM, FE, or FI, or you can write your own using the index as a latch with the commands AL and RL.

Regards,
Andrew