Release Note
Motion Console

Reference Number: 1181

Description:
In the I/O Summary window, under the SqNode tab, the segment number for the I/O object is now displayed.

Reference Number: 1178

Description:
A button has been added to the CAN summary window that resets the CAN network.

Reference Number: 1177

Description:
For the SynqNet object and all the SqNode objects, the next network object on the network is now displayed.

Reference Number: 1176

Description:
The following new MPI attributes have been added to the Axis Summary window:
      E-Stop Modify Deceleration
      E-Stop Modify Deceleration Jerk
      E-Stop Modify Jerk Percent

Reference Number: 1161

Description:
Configurable labels have been added to several object types in the MPI. These will be made accessible through the object summary windows under the Config tab.

Reference Number: 1138

Description:
The following dedicated motor I/O bits are now displayed on the Motor I/O status page:
      MPIMotorDedicatedInDRIVE_STATUS_9
      MPIMotorDedicatedInDRIVE_STATUS_10
      MPIMotorDedicatedInFEEDBACK_FAULT_PRIMARY
      MPIMotorDedicatedInFEEDBACK_FAULT_SECONDARY

Description:
The labels for Filter->Coeffs tab always need to be set. This has been improved a couple of ways:

• The ini file remembers the Filter label type. This eliminates most user interaction on this issue.
• When a new Filter Summary window is created, Motion Console looks to see if all the filter types are the same, and if so, chooses that filter label.

Description:
Use new MPI I/O methods associated with the CAN and Control objects to tap into extra functionality:
      - CAN analog out is displayed as a signed integer.
      - Control I/O has descriptive labels.

Description:
New motor I/O methods added to the MPI are now used by Motion Console to allow displaying motor I/O that was not displayed before. Also, Motion Console now limits the choices for motor I/O types to only those that make sense.

Description:
If the user selects multiple SqNodes to download to, they must be of the same type.

Description:
The Analog I/O in the I/O summary are shown in decimal notation unless they are very small, then they are shown in exponential notation. If it is zero, then it is shown as 0. When an ADC is flickering between +/- 1 lsb, it is difficult to read because the formatting is changing so fast. A similar problem arises when the ADC is near a round number. For example, there is a lot of format change when the ADC goes from 0.5 to 0.500031. Since there are no analog inputs with more than 16-bits of resolution, the analog inputs can be formatted in the following format: x.xxxxxx.

Description:
The CAN analog output range is currently set to be -1 to 1. It should be -32768 to 32767. This bug was fixed.

Description:
To recreate this bug, follow this procedure:
    1. In the Motor Summary, Config tab, make sure that Amp Disable Action is "Cmd = Ac.t"
    2. Select the entire "Type" row.
    3. Set the type to "Stepper" and click on something else on the Config tab.
The error window should start to pop-up, but Motion Console crashes before it is fully displayed. This bug was fixed.

Description:
When the Filter Summary opens up initially, the algorithm on the Coeffs tab is automatically set and is based on its value from the previous session. Unfortunately, the labels for the coefficients are not updated to reflect the algorithm. To get the correct labels, the user has to change the display algorithm. This bug was fixed.

Description:
The Motion Panic action saved in the .INI file was not backwards compatible with older versions of Motion Console. Also, the value saved using older versions of Motion Console was not forward compatible with the 04.01 branch of Motion Console. This has been changed so that the values saved in the .INI file are now mapped back to their equivalent values in the MPI 03.02 branch. The MPIActionE_STOP_MODIFY action was added in MPI 03.03.00 It is saved as E_STOP_MODIFY. This bug was fixed.

Description:
If the Motion Supervisor Panic Action in the .INI file is not a valid value, then the Panic Action will default to MPIActionNONE instead of MPIActionABORT. This bug was fixed.

Description:
The entries in the event action combo-box for "E-Stop, Modify" and "E-Stop, Abort" need to be reversed. This bug was fixed.

Description:
Typically, when an attribute is edited, its display value is synched up with the corresponding value on the controller. This is not being done with Motor I/O objects. This can cause Motor configuration in Motion Console to be out of synch with the controller because the Motor I/O configuration is really the Motor configuration. This bug was fixed.

Description:
The Check List Combo Box grid controls, such as the SqNode Alarm Mask, are not displayed on the second monitor in a dual monitor setup. This bug was fixed.

Description:
When using Motion Console on a win2k system with multiple monitors, the pulldown boxes don't function on the secondary monitor, but do work on the primary monitor. This bug was fixed.