Motion Block
Description
Set Step Output To Quadrature is used with external drives and changes the electrical format from step/direction to quadrature A/B. This alternative format has some advantages over the step/dir format. It avoids any concern about getting the step pulse width correct and it is more robust against electrical noise by not accumulating position on an injected noise pulse the way a step/dir interface would. This command should only be needed once on startup to establish the configuration. Using the Set Step Width block changes the configuraiton back to step/dir.
Escapes
The Set Step Output To Quadrature Block does not generate any escapes.
Examples
This block list would establish quadrature format for directing an external drive:
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