Gearing and Camming VIs
You can use Gearing and Camming VIs to set up and control master-slave gearing and camming on the NI motion controller. It includes VIs to configure a gear master, load a gear ratio, configure a camming master, enable camming, and so on.
Gearing and camming are advanced features of NI-Motion and are used in applications where either the master axis is not under control of the NI motion controller or when extremely tight synchronization between multiple axes is required.
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Note If you are gearing a stepper motor and the gear ratio is such that the slave axis exceeds the maximum stepper velocity when the master does not, the slave axis does not move and may trip on following error. To prevent this, ensure the gear ratio does not permit the slave axis to exceed the maximum stepper velocity. Refer to your motion controller documentation for information about maximum stepper velocities. |
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