Switching over axes to simulation

For test and development purposes, it is sometimes practical to move axes using the "Simulation" drive type. You can use the parameter P-AXIS-00790 to quickly switch between real drive and simulation.

This allows you to switch over axes to simulation without changing the configuration. When you switch back to the real drive type, you do not need to link the axes again.

When the parameter is activated in the default axis parameter list Activated, all axes are set to simulation. Individual axes can be excluded from this operation by deactivating the parameter in the axis parameter list.

If you do not use P-AXIS-00790, you must switch the axis type to "Simulation" for each individual axis when you switch to simulation. This results in losing all links to process data, see figure below. When switching back to the real drive type, you must re-establish the link to the correct drive for each individual axis

The status of the link for the axis is retained when you use P-AXIS-00790. As a result, the above-mentioned work steps are not required. All axes can also be switched to simulation simultaneously using the default axis parameter list.

Notice

This functionality is available as of V2.11.2055 ; V2.11.2827 ; V3.1.3079.39 ; V3.1.3107.28.