Modifying Motion ON-THE-FLY

Hello
How can I modify the motion (acceleration, velocity) on the fly using PCI 7344.
Some thing like this:
http://www.motioneng.com/trajectory_mod.html
Thank you

Hi,
there are several ways to accomplish this:
Load new values for acceleration and velocity while your motor is moving. To commit these values call the flex_start() command again. The axis will accelerate/decelerate to the new velocity immediately. The move doesn't get interrupted by these commands.
If you don't need to vary the acceleration you could also use the flex_load_velocity_override() function. This function allows you to scale the velocity that you have loaded previously between 0 and 100 %. When you call this function, the velocity of an ongoing move changes with the previously loaded accel/decel values.
Method one is a bit more flexible as it allows you to adjust all move constraints on the fly, while the second method executes much faster (lower execution delay).
I have provided the C function names. If you are using LabVIEW you will find VIs with very similar names.
I hope this helps,
Jochen Klier
National Instruments Germany

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