Using excel sheet as a databse for motor position input

Submitted by rons on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 02:46

Hi All,
Im not sure Im in the right forum but Ill try anyway.

I would like to use an excel spreadsheet as an input for a motor position.

For example I might have a list of numbers that describe a sinus wave and I want the motor to follow that list.

What are the main commands and terms used to introduce a spreadsheet into the Galil software.

Thanks,
Ron.

Comments 1

andriys on 05/11/2018 - 15:29

Hello rons,
You could use Setup Tool from GDK (Galil Design Kit) software to read data from a .xml file and put it into an array on the controller.
Later, in the DMC program you can use the data from created arrays to command motion.
Another way would be to write your own program (in C++, VB, Python, Java, etc.) to read a .xml file and use the extracted data to command motion together with gclib API.
Best regards,
Andriy Stasyuk
Applications Engineer
Galil Motion Control

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