stepper motor closed loop control using 7344

[awen]

I have some question about the closed loop control of stepper motor using 7344. From the NI website I got that closed loop steppers work differently from closed loop servos. Instead of adjusting the output on each PID iteration like a servo system, closed loop steppers will do a pull-in move at the end of a move to adjust for any difference between the target position and the encoder feedback. By default, it will attempt the pull-in move three times.

Now for example I got five points: (0,0) (10,20) (30 40) ( 31 60) (50 65). The request time interval I set as 10ms. This mean that in the first 10ms, the machine should move from (0 0) to (10 20). But for some reasons the machine can not move to (10, 20), it moves to (8,16) and the first 10ms passed. In the second 10ms, how it move? Move from (8 16) to (30 40), If like this, the following error will accumulated. In practise, it is not accumulated. Is there anyone can explain something about the closed loop control of stepp motor? Thanks a lot!

[Brian_Beal]

I'm not sure what you mean by request interval, but the controller will attempt to finish the commanded move.  It will attempt if for however many times you have it set to.  From what I've seen, you can set a following error limit.  This appears to be checked on every iteration of the control loop, and will stop the motion if the following error limit is exceeded.

Maybe you can reword your question if this does not answer it.

[awen]

Requested Interval is additional data for the Position buffer type. The Position buffer type requires a Requested Interval parameter, and indicates the time between contouring data points in milliseconds. For all other buffer types, the Requested Interval parameter is ignored.

The controller will use the closest value it can that is greater than or equal to the interval value you requested. Your time interval must be an even multiple of the PID rate.

For example, given a PID rate of 250 ms, a time interval of 11.2 ms between points is physically impossible, so a call to configure buffer with an interval of 11.2 causes the  buffer to actually be configured for 11.25 ms, since 11.25 is the nearest possible interval greater than 11.2. The following table shows valid intervals for each PID rate.

My question is like this. For example I got five points: (0,0) (10,20) (30 40) ( 31 60) (50 65). The request time interval I set as 10ms. This mean that in the first 10ms, the machine should move from (0 0) to (10 20).  If it is impossible for the machine to move from (0 0) to (10 20), there are two ways to solve this problem. First is the time interval is 10ms and assume it move to (8 16) within 10ms and take (8 16) as the start point and (30 40) as the end point of the second move. Second is extend the time interval, assume it takes 14ms to move from (0 0) to (10 20). After 14ms, the (10 20) is the new start point for the second move. I think it works as the second ways.If not, the following error will accumulated.  Is there anyone can explain something about the closed loop control of stepp motor in detail? Thanks a lot!