mpiAxisCreate

Declaration

MPI_RESULT
      mpiAxisCreate(MPIAxis     *axis,
                    MPIControl  control,
                    long        number);

Required Header: axis.h

Change History: Modified in 04.00.

Description

mpiAxisCreate creates an axis object associated with the axis identified by number located on motion controller control. AxisCreate is the equivalent of a C++ constructor.

*axis a pointer to an axis object.
control a handle to a control object.
number an index to the axis object in the controller.  The valid range is 0 to MPIControlConfigDynamicMemAlloc.axisCount -1.
Return Values
MPIMessageOK
MPIAxisMessageAXIS_INVALID

Remarks

An Axis represents a physical axis in space such as X, Y, Z, Theta, or other axes. An Axis may be comprised of one or more motors, such as with a gantry system.

See Also

mpiControlConfigGet | mpiControlConfigSet