Axis position report in L variable

[leandro.martins]

From the manual, the command "p" is described as
 

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Power PMAC leaves the values for each axis whose position is computed due to this
command in local variable for the communications thread L(256+Sys.MaxMotors+n), where n is
the “axis index” value 0 to 31 (0 for A, 1 for B, etc.)

 

With Sys.MaxMotors=32, I'd expect that the position of axis A would be stored in Coord[x].Ldata.L[288], however the target position (not the current) is present in Coord[x].Ldata.L[512].

It happens in FW 2.5.0.4, cpu PowerPC,APM86xxx.

Is that an error in the manual or am I missing something?
Is there any L variable that keeps the current position for each axis reported like the command "p", or the only way is using the pread and D-variables?

Thanks in advance.

[Gregs]

It seems as though the motion program entered a subprogram, thus changing the stack offset, according to the following chart for default settings:

 

Is there a Call or CallSub command in the program that's being run?

[leandro.martins]

Actually, as I'm just investigating if it's possible to use the L-variables like the manual says, I have just made a very simple test commanding the movements using the cpx command via terminal.

Is there a call/callsub behind the cpx command?

[Edit]
I have tested with a motion program instead of using the cpx
 

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open prog 1     

    abs  linear     

    tm(Q70) A(Q71);     

    dwell 0;

close

 

And I got the same behaviour:

• Coord[1].Ldata.L[288] statys as 0, it doesn't matter the value of &1Q71 that use
• Coord[1].Ldata.L[512] updates to the target position at the moment that I run the program
• &1p updates with the current value for the whole movement, as expected
• Using a plc containing the pread is possible to watch the axis A position updating

Edited June 19, 2023 by leandro.martins

[steve.milici]

Status element Ldata.Lindex shows the base index for the presently executing program. What does that report?

[leandro.martins]

The motion program that I'm using to test
 

open prog 1
	abs
	linear
	tm(Q70);
	A(Q71);
	dwell 0;
close

Running from the terminal
 

&1 Q70=1000 Q71=100 b1r Ldata.Lindex

I got Ldata.Lindex=0

Also let Coord[1].Ldata.Lindex in the watch table and getting 0 as well.

[steve.milici]

I will place a request to the FW engineers for clarification.

[leandro.martins]

Thank you Steve