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Levitation/Landing with Speed Control

This command can be used to levitate or land the XBots with certain speed. See also Levitation/Landing for additional landed Z force. 

Fieldbus Interface

PMC_LevitationCtrlSpeed

Inputs

Name

Data Type

Description

Execute

BOOL

Execution of the function block begins on a rising edge of this input.

XbotID

USINT

ID of the XBot. 0 = All XBots. Real XBot IDs [1,78]

Level

USINT

0: Land; 1: Levitate

Speed

USINT

0 = (1.6s), 1 = (0.8s), 2 = (0.4s), 3 = (0.2s), 4 = (0.1s), 5 = (0.05s); All times are approximate

PM_Controller

PMControllerType

Data structure that specifies which PMC to connect to. There should be only 1 instance of this variable for each connected PMC.

Outputs

Name

Data Type

Description

Ack

BOOL

Command has been accepted by the PMC when Ack = TRUE.

Done

BOOL

Execution successful. Function block is finished. (Note: Done will not become TRUE if Execute is already FALSE) 

Busy

BOOL

Function block is active and must continue to be called.

Aborted

BOOL

Command aborted by another command.

Error

BOOL

If there is an error in processing the command, then Error = TRUE, otherwise, FALSE.

ErrorID

UINT

0x0: All OK. Otherwise, please see PMC Reply Codes.

Ethernet Interface 

PMCRTN XBOTCommands.LevitationCommand(int xbotID, LEVITATEOPTIONS levMode, LEVITATIONSPEED levSpeed)

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

xbotID

int

ID of the XBot. 0 = All XBots. Real XBot IDs [1,78]

levMode

enum

LAND (0): land XBot(s), LEVITATE (1) : levitate XBot(s)

levSpeed

enum

APPROX_1600MS(0): 1.6 Secconds Land/Levitate, APPROX_800MS(1): 0.8s, APPROX_400MS(2): 0.4s, APPROX_200MS(3): 0.2s, APPROX_100MS(4): 0.1s, APPROX_50MS(5): 0.05s; All times are approximate

Returns

Name

Type

Description

PMCRTN

PMCRTN enum

ALLOK (0): Command Accepted. Otherwise, please see Ethernet Reply Codes.

Conditions

Operating Conditions

Preconditions

XBot is Idle (Levitated) or Landed

Postconditions

XBot is either Idle (Levitated) or Landed, as specified

Description

This command can be used to levitate or land the XBots with certain speed after the PMC has been activated. An XBot must be levitating in order to execute a motion command.

To levitate an XBot, it must initially be landed. To land an XBot, it must initially be levitating and is in the Idle or Stopped state. 

An input of 0 for the XBot ID can be used to levitate/land all XBots.

 

 

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