Motors in the same group are physically connected to the same conveyor belt and should be fully synchronized in their operation.
Id ✎
Id of the motor group. For feeding buffers, the id should be the station id, e.g. "2005". For a line, the id should be the same as the line number, e.g. "2"
Short Run Time ✎
Short run time is used both on feeding buffers and on lines, and the meaning is somewhat different.
Feeding Buffer
On a feeding buffer, the short runtime triggers when there are carriers on of overfill sensors before the station reader, or readers in case of a middle station.
Line
On a line, the short runtime triggers when the last carrier on the line has been read by the line reader and is about to be unloaded.
Long Run Time ✎
Long run time is used on both feeding buffers and lines, but the behaviour is not identical.
Feeding Buffer
The long run time is triggered when
- A carrier hits the rail overload switch
- A carrier has been loaded onto the line
- An overfill switch before a station reader is no longer activated
When the conditions for short runtime is triggered, that timer will instead be activated and overrole the long runtime.
Line
Long run time is triggered when
- The API starts up and there are carriers present on the line
- A carrier is moved past the working position on a station that loads to a line
- A carrier has been read on the line for the first time
- Someone has started the line manually on a line server with 1 F8 command
Frequency ✎
The frequency of the motor group is specified in Hz and controls the speed of the line.
How this is translated into actual line speed depends on the type of motor and gear box and may vary.
PowerLimit ✎
The power limit is the maximum effect (W) that a single motor can produce before reaching the overload limit.
This limit should be high enough to not cause an overload line error during normal operation, but low enough to quickly come to a halt if there is something blocking the conveyor.
Acceleration ✎
How quickly the motors accelerate to the target frequency. This is measured in Hz/s.
Deceleration ✎
How quickly the motors come to a complete stop. This is measured in Hz/s.