Load DAC Loads an output value to an unmapped DAC resource. Details     Remarks

Device Compatibility Device Compatibility 7330 Y 7340 Y 7344 Y 7350 Y 7390 Y NI SoftMotion Controller for CANopen—Accelnet N NI SoftMotion Controller for CANopen—Xenus N

	DAC Value (0) is the value sent to the DAC. The parameter range is -32,768 to +32,767, corresponding to the full ±10 V output range. Note  DAC torque limits and offsets do not apply when directly loading a DAC.
	Board ID is a unique number assigned by Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) used to send and receive commands and data to or from a specific NI motion controller.
	DAC is the DAC to control.
	Inp Vect indicates the source of the data for this VI. Available input vectors include immediate (0xFF), variable (0x01 through 0x78), or indirect variable (0x81 through 0xF8). Refer to Input and Return Vectors for more detailed information.
	error in (no error) describes error conditions that occur before this VI runs. The default input of this cluster is no error. If an error already occurred, this VI returns the value of error in in error out. The VI runs normally only if no incoming error exists. Otherwise, the VI passes the error in value to error out. The error in cluster contains the following parameters: status is TRUE if an error occurred before this VI was called, or FALSE if not. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code. code is a number identifying an error or warning. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code. Use the error handler VIs to look up the meaning of this code and display the corresponding error message. source is a string that indicates the origin of the error, if any. Typically, source is the name of the VI in which the error occurred.
	Bd ID Out is provided for flow control. You can string together NI-Motion VIs by wiring the Bd ID Out terminal of one VI to the Board ID terminal of the next VI.
	Resource Output is the Axis, Vector Space, ADC, or Encoder you wired into the VI. Use Resource Output to pass the resource to another VI and/or to display information about the device.
	error out contains error information. If error in indicates an error, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI produces. status is TRUE if an error occurred, or FALSE if not. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code. code is a number identifying an error or warning. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code. Use the error handler VIs to look up the meaning of this code and display the corresponding error message. source is a string that indicates the origin of the error, if any. Typically, source is the name of the VI in which the error occurred.

Using This VI

The Load DAC VI is used to send a value directly to an unmapped DAC resource. DACs not mapped as servo axis outputs are available for general-purpose analog output applications.

Caution  You must not execute this VI on a DAC mapped to an axis. Doing so causes the DAC output to glitch momentarily before returning to axis control.

Remarks

This section includes information about how the behavior of this VI differs among the controllers that support it.

NI SoftMotion Controller Considerations

The following includes considerations you must make when you are using this VI with the NI SoftMotion Controller:

If the axis is enabled, the control loop has ownership of the drive command output, and the value that this VI sends is ignored.