Sensor

The Sensor element can be used to configure a sensor. The Name attribute of the Sensor element is used to select the required sensor interface.

See also

Sensor

Explanation of the general concept of a sensor and its purpose in the motion software.

Example

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<Controller Name="Arcas 5EG-0">
  <Controller Name="Cygnus Q3-48-10-1">
    <NamedMutation FromDefault="Enc1" To="EncX"/>
    <NamedMutation FromDefault="Enc1PosAng" To="EncXPosAng"/>

    <Sensor Name="EncX">
      <Signal Name="ScaleFactor">1e-7</Signal>
      <Signal Name="PositionSource">2</Signal>
      <Signal Name="AngleSource">2</Signal>
    </Sensor>

    <Sensor Name="EncXPosAng">
      <Signal Name="EncoderCountsPerRevolution">2500</Signal> 
      <Signal Name="PolePairs">2</Signal>
    </Sensor>
  </Controller>
</Controller>

XML schema

Complex type SensorType
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<xs:complexType name="SensorType">
  <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <xs:element name="Signal" type="SignalType"/>
    <xs:element name="Input" type="InputType"/>
    <xs:element name="PowerStateMachine" type="StateMachineType"/>
    <xs:element name="Event" type="EventType"/>
    <xs:element name="Updatable" type="UpdatableType"/>
    <xs:element name="Filter" type="FilterType"/>
    <xs:element name="Variant" type="SensorVariantType"/>
    <xs:element name="NamedMutation" type="NamedMutationType"/>
  </xs:choice>
  <xs:attribute name="Name" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>

Attribute

Description

Name

Used to specify the sensor, which is required to be used.
Complex type SensorVariantType
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<xs:complexType name="SensorVariantType">
  <xs:complexContent>
    <xs:extension base="BaseVariantType">
      <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element name="Signal" type="SignalType"/>
        <xs:element name="Input" type="InputType"/>
        <xs:element name="PowerStateMachine" type="StateMachineType"/>
        <xs:element name="Event" type="EventType"/>
        <xs:element name="Updatable" type="UpdatableType"/>
        <xs:element name="Filter" type="FilterType"/>
        <xs:element name="Variant" type="SensorVariantType"/>
        <xs:element name="NamedMutation" type="NamedMutationType"/>
      </xs:choice>
    </xs:extension>
  </xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>