Reboot PMC | Planar Motor

This command will reboot the Planar Motor Controller (PMC)

Fieldbus Interface

PMC_Reboot

Inputs

Name	Data Type	Description
Execute	BOOL	Execution of the function block begins on a rising edge of this input.
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 Fieldbus Reply Codes.

PMCRTN RebootPMC(int mode = 0)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
mode	int	0 (cold reboot): Reboots both PMC and Fieldbus Communication 1 (warm reboot): Reboots only the PMC, without affecting Fieldbus Communication

Returns

Name	Type	Description
PMCRTN	PMCRTN enum	ALLOK (0): Command Accepted. Otherwise, please see Ethernet Reply Codes.

Operating Conditions
Preconditions	None
Postconditions	PMC will begin the reboot process

The planar motor controller will be rebooted. The reboot process will:

This command should be used:

After programming new PMC configuration settings through the Planar Motor Tool GUI (PMT). The PMT automatically reboots the PMC
Upon encountering a PMC error and determining its cause

PMC v117.17.35 - Added mode to the Ethernet Interface, which allows the user to choose a warm or cold reboot