From: Jim L [jameslangseth@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:11 AM
To: Larson, Rod
Cc: Clark, Al
Subject: Using STEX with Controller Simulation
(The MTS mail server complained about enclosing k.ini so it is included at the end of this email.)
 
Hi Rod,
 
Here are some pointers for getting STEX to work with any 469D.  (I've included an INI file based on Kajima; use this to ensure the Spec check is enabled.)
 
INI FILE
[DIR] c:\mts\db                          <---------------- make sure this directory exists; STEX will put all its data in here.
 
[CHANNELFILE] c:\mts\kajchan.txt               <- automatically created, but directory must exist
[CONTROLLER_IP] 148.150.62.27                <- IP of controller PC
[DRIVE_FILE_DEF] c:,c:,\mts\drive1.bin       <- First drive spec is for controller, second is for STEX (this example shows both on one PC)
[ACH_FILE_DEF] c:,c:,\mts\rec1.bin              <- Same as drive.
[USER_FILE_DEF] c:\mts\userchan1.txt       <- automatically created, but directory must exist
 
FURTHER INITIALIZATION
When STEX can communicate with the controller via ethernet, hold the shift key as STEX starts; this will cause it to ask the controller for channel information.  This information will be stored locally so only is done once.
 
STEX may complain about DOF full scales; in this case you must edit the INI file until they match.  I can help with this if you need/want.
 
Cell: 612-810-5756.
 
Jim
 
K.ini
INIVERSION 101
[VERSION] 2
[DESCR] Configured for 469D Socket Interface
[TITLE] Kajima Table
[DIR] c:\mts\db
[READONLY] 0
[MINRATE] 3.0
[MAXRATE] 1024.0
[RES] 0.0000005
[LOWFRAME] 512
[HIFRAME]  16384
[DEFRATE] 256.0
[DEFFRAME] 2048
[DEFFRAMEIX] 2
[USECLIP] 1
[ZEROINV] 0.25
[DRAWTICKS] 1
[DRAWGRID] 1
[MAXCOUNT] 4000000
[MINDISK] 1000
[RESRES] 999
[HIPASSCUTOFF] 0.25
[ISANALOG] 0
[DIRDISPL] 0
[SHOWLOCAL] 1
[SHOWSPLASH] 0
[EXPUNICODE] 0
[RSPINHZ] 1
[MINRSP] 0.0005
[MAXRSP] 0.8000
[DATEFMT] %d-%b-%Y:%H:%M:%S
[FONTNAME] Arial
[FONT1] 13
[FONT2] 15
[FONT3] 20
[COLOR1] 0X000000FF
[COLOR2] 0X0000FF00
[COLOR3] 0X00FF0000
[BACKCOLOR] 0X00FFFFFF
[GRIDCOLOR] 0X00000000
[DEFWIDTH] 1
[XSEP] 10
[YSEP] 10
[COMPLEXSEP] 4
[COMPLEXAMP] 0.7
[USEGROUPNAME] 0
[REMOVEOFFSET] 1
[SHOWLOG] 0
[DUMPRAW] 0
[DOSTOPAFTERTEST] 1
[NACQCHANS] 223
[NMODES] 3
[MODE] Acceleration
[MASK] 3
[BITS] 3
[MODE] Velocity
[MASK] 3
[BITS] 2
[MODE] Displacement
[MASK] 3
[BITS] 1
[NDOF] 6
[DOFINDEX] 0
 [NAME] Longitudinal Long drive 1 modebit 1
 [FEEDBACK] 2  7848 gal
 [FEEDBACK] 1 202 cm/sec
 [FEEDBACK] 0 250 mm
 [CHECK1MASK] 19
 [CHECK1BAD] 1
 [CHECK1TEXT] N/A
 [CHECK2MASK] 19
 [CHECK2BAD] 1
 [CHECK2TEXT] N/A
[DOFINDEX] 1
 [NAME] Lateral Lat drive 2 modebit 1
 [FEEDBACK] 5  7848 gal
 [FEEDBACK] 4 202 cm/sec
 [FEEDBACK] 3 250 mm
 [CHECK1MASK] 19
 [CHECK1BAD] 1
 [CHECK1TEXT] N/A
 [CHECK2MASK] 19
 [CHECK2BAD] 1
 [CHECK2TEXT] N/A
[DOFINDEX] 2
 [NAME] Vertical Vert drive 3 mdoebit 1
 [FEEDBACK] 8  7848 gal
 [FEEDBACK] 7 96 cm/sec
 [FEEDBACK] 6 125 mm
 [CHECK1MASK] 19
 [CHECK1BAD] 1
 [CHECK1TEXT] N/A
 [CHECK2MASK] 19
 [CHECK2BAD] 1
 [CHECK2TEXT] N/A
[DOFINDEX] 3
 [NAME] Roll Roll drive 4 modebit 1
 [FEEDBACK] 11  1996.031 deg/sec^2
 [FEEDBACK] 10 30.55757 deg/sec
 [FEEDBACK]  9 3.244084 deg
 [CHECK1MASK] 19
 [CHECK1BAD] 1
 [CHECK1TEXT] N/A
 [CHECK2MASK] 19
 [CHECK2BAD] 1
 [CHECK2TEXT] N/A
[DOFINDEX] 4
 [NAME] Pitch Pitch drive 5 modebit 1
 [FEEDBACK] 14  1996.031 deg/sec^2
 [FEEDBACK] 13 30.55757 deg/sec
 [FEEDBACK] 12 3.244084 deg
 [CHECK1MASK] 19
 [CHECK1BAD] 1
 [CHECK1TEXT] N/A
 [CHECK2MASK] 19
 [CHECK2BAD] 1
 [CHECK2TEXT] N/A
[DOFINDEX] 5
 [NAME] Yaw Yaw drive 6 modebit 1
 [FEEDBACK] 17  2720.146 deg/sec^2
 [FEEDBACK] 16 64.30156 deg/sec
 [FEEDBACK] 15 6.919829 deg
 [CHECK1MASK] 19
 [CHECK1BAD] 1
 [CHECK1TEXT] N/A
 [CHECK2MASK] 19
 [CHECK2BAD] 1
 [CHECK2TEXT] N/A
[CHECKS] 6
  [BITNUM] 4
  [WARNON1] 1
  [WARN] Adaptive Control is Enabled
 [BITNUM] 5
 [WARNON1] 0
 [WARN] Hydraulics Are Not Ready
  [BITNUM] 6
  [WARNON1] 0
  [WARN] 469D Not In External Mode
 [BITNUM] 7
 [WARNON1] 1
 [WARN] System is Running
  [BITNUM] 8
  [WARNON1] 0
  [WARN] System is not stopped
 [BITNUM] 9
 [WARNON1] 0
 [WARN] System is not ready
[SRTTYPE] 5
[CDBYPE] 3
[SIMULATE] 0
[FLAGS] 0X88090
[RTVERSION] 1
[MAXCHAN] 241
[MAXSAMPLEDCHAN] 64
[CHANNELFILE] c:\mts\kajchan.txt
[FIRST_SPECIMEN_CHAN] 0
[FIRST_ACHIEVED_CHAN] 10
[CONTROLLER_IP] 148.150.62.27
[DRIVE_FILE_DEF] c:,c:,\mts\drive1.bin
[ACH_FILE_DEF] c:,c:,\mts\rec1.bin
[USER_FILE_DEF] c:\mts\userchan1.txt
[USER_CHAN_DEF] User_A/D_@fbk
[CHECK] 1000