Creating or editing Cams and Cam Profiles

To create or edit a cam or cam profile:
  1. To create a cam or cam profile, select
    Insert Point
     insertion point or type cam point coordinates in the Master and Slave columns on the right side of the Cam Editor.
  2. To edit an existing cam or cam profile:
    • Select the point to change, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the point to its new location.
    • Type new values in the
      Master
      and
      Slave
      columns on the right side of the Cam Editor.
      TIP:
      • If you double-click
        Insert Point
        , the editor stays in insert mode and the button remains pressed until you click it again. This allows you to easily insert multiple cam elements without having to repeatedly click
        Insert Point
        .
      • You can enter Master cam points out of order; however, if you attempt to apply cam points that are out of order, you will receive an Entry out of Range message. To sort out of order entries, double click the
        Master
        column header.
  3. After you enter the cam points, you can alternate between linear and cubic views by first selecting a region of the cam profile and then clicking on either
    linear
    linear cam profile or
    cubic
    cubic, or by selecting
    linear
    or
    cubic
    from the menus next to each cam point.
  4. After you enter the cam points, you can select or deselect position position, velocity velocity, acceleration acceleration, and jerk jerk to individually control zooming and scrolling functions.
    To access edit functions and the
    Graph Properties
     dialog, click in the graph view. Use Graph Properties to adjust color, visibility, width, style, marker, and other properties.
Accessing the Cam Editor dialog
Access the
Cam Editor
 dialog from the Tag Editor:
  • Right-click a CAM, CAM_EXTENDED, CAM_PROFILE, or CAM_PROFILE_EXTENDED data type and select
    Go to > Configure
    .
  • Right-click a CAM, CAM_EXTENDED, CAM_PROFILE, or CAM_PROFILE_EXTENDED data type and select
    Configure
    [data type].
    TIP: CAM_EXTENDED and CAM_PROFILE_EXTENDED data types are supported on Compact GuardLogix 5580 and CompactLogix 5380 controllers only.
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