Write Cyclic Position from PLC

[bclapperton]

Do we have the equivalent of MLC ML_WriteCyclicPosition available yet? Or available soon?

I have a customer who wants to upgrade a large number of MLC to ctrlX and their program uses this function. 

If not, then do we have another way to get real time access to the EtherCat master position command? Maybe my customer can write their own app to do this.

[CodeShepherd · Accepted solution]

Moved to corresponding sub forum ctrlX MOTION.

This function is available for single axis since ctrlX OS - MOTION version 1.20 see documentation "AxsCyclicSetPoint, SetCyclicSetPoint - Cyclic command value".

Further more for sure the EtherCat cyclic data can be accessed via PLC or C++ so could be written directly. Please beware that ctrlX MOTION cannot be used for this case and also control and status word needs to be considered by customer application.