MLPipeAct

Pipe Network motion icon

 Function - Activates a pipe.

Inputs

Input

Data Type

Range

Unit

Default

Description

PipeID

DINT

-2147483648 to 2147483647

N/A

No default

ID number of a created Pipe object.

Outputs

Output

Data Type

Range

Unit

Description

Default (.Q)

BOOL

FALSE, TRUE

N/A

Returns TRUE if the Pipe is activated.

See Function - General Rules.

Remarks

A Pipe contains an Input Pipe Block (Master, PMP, or Sampler), a Converter Output Pipe Block, and any Transformation Pipe Block that can be in between.

  • The MLPipeAct image shows two Pipes, both with the same Master Input Pipe Block.
    • The first ends with the first converter and has a Gear Pipe Block to transform the input values from the Master.
    • The second ends with the second converter and has a CAM Pipe Block to modify the input values from the Master.
  • Once a Pipe is activated, history on the values in the Pipe's Blocks are saved and updated each program cycle.
    • A Converter object connected to a destination Axis object cannot send updated position values unless its Pipe is activated.

Figure 1: MLPipeAct



  • All Pipes in the Pipe Network can be activated at once with the command PipeNetwork(MLPN_ACTIVATE).
    This calls automatically generated code with MLPipeAct commands for each Pipe object.
    In a multi-pipe program, only one command can be used to activate Pipes instead of writing code for each Pipe separately.

FBD Language Example

FFLD Language Example

IL Language Example

Not available.

ST Language Example

//Activate a Pipe
MLPipeAct( PipeAXIS1 );

See Also