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Chapter 10 Electronic Gearing and Camming
© National Instruments Corporation 10-15 NI-Motion User Manual
Figure 10-13. Gear Ratio Change
Figure 10-14 shows that when the master reaches position 6000, the slave
axis moves back the original position, and the camming cycle begins again.
Figure 10-14. Camming Cycle Repeats
Slave Offset
In some camming applications, the slave axis might begin and end the
camming cycle at different positions, as shown in Table 10-2.
Table 10-2. Camming Profile with and without Slave Offset
Master Position
(counts)
Slave Position
(counts)
0 0
2000 2000
4000 1000
6000 500
0 2000
Master
0 20001000
4000
4000
Slave
0 2000
Master
0 20001000
4000
4000
6000
6000
Slave