Command: carriage


Description:

Displays information about the current state of the carriage subsystem. This will include some or all of the following:

  1. "Current position" is specified in mils (1/1000 inch) as well as counts (12 counts per mil). It also indicates whether the specified position is valid. It will read "valid" if the subsystem has been initialized and "invalid" if it has not.
  2. "Current speed" is the last speed at which the carriage moved and is given in mils per second as well as in carriage synthesizer units.
  3. "Carriage state" is an internal description of the current state of the subsystem. This is useful only for debugging purposes.
  4. "Current plate edge" specifies the position of the most recently found plate edge.


Applies To:

  • All

Syntax:

  1. carriage [idle|stop|home|away|init|(move <velocity> [cau|sps])]
  2. carriage moveto <position> [cau] [<speed>]


Notes:

Macro is "v".


See Also:


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Creo CTP F/W Command Documentation / ctp_firmware@creo.com / Updated: Tue May 14 20:04:58 2002 PST