6 Motion Control Programming
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NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Motion Control Userās Manual (W507)
The update timings of the system-defined variables for motion control are different in the NX701 CPU
Unit, NX102 CPU Unit, NX1P2 CPU Unit, and NJ-series CPU Unit as follows.
ļ¬ NX701 CPU Unit
When you access the primary periodic task and priority-5 periodic task to an axis, the motion control
variables are updated as follows:
⢠Only the task area that is assigned to the primary periodic task and the basic setting area of the
priority-5 periodic task are updated.
⢠The other area of the priority-5 periodic task is not updated from the default settings and will be
updated every task period of the priority-5 periodic task.
ļ¬ NX102 CPU Unit, NX1P2 CPU Unit, and NJ-series CPU Unit
The system-defined variables for motion control are updated every primary task period.
Update Timing of System-defined Variables for Motion Control
Variable area to
update
Primary periodic task Priority-5 periodic task
_MC_AX[0-255] Updated
_MC1_AX[0-255] Updated
_MC2_AX[0-255] Updated
_MC_GRP[0-63] Updated
_MC1_GRP[0-63] Updated
_MC2_GRP[0-63] Updated