command executes before motor finish moving

[sonny746]

Folks,

Need a bit of help.  I'm trying to program an X-Y scanning stage for a microscope.  I want the stage to move in X to a certain position, stops, and then move in Y to a certain position.  I have a "wait (ms)" function to ensure that the X movement completely finish before the Y movement kicks in.   But this only works if I put in a very long time, like 10s, for the "wait (ms)".  If I use a short time then the Y movement will occur before the X-movement finish, that is, both motors are moving at the same time, so this will not work.

What I want is a command that moves the Y immediately and only after the X finish.  Is there something like "wait until movement completes"...?

Thanks.

[.aCe.]

Posting a snippet would help your cause a great deal.

[nathand · Accepted solution]

Depends entirely on whether your motor controller supports such a function.  What motor controller are you using?  How are you communicating with it?