vector move not moving

[jspaarg]

I believe that I am setting the parameters correctly for a vector move, but the system does not move, so I must be doing something wrong.

The system

Two axes in the X direction with independent control (not slaved)

One Y axis.

System works perfectly for either X axis (both motor simultaneously moving) or Y axis moves.

System works perfectly for Multi-Start axis moves (coordinated start, but not coordinated end)

Vector #1 selected to be:  X axis on X, Y axis on Y, X' axis on Z.

System does not start motion when Vector move is requested.

The system is in a clean room and heavily used for the code that is working, so I cannot have access whenever I want.

From looking at the NI manual, the only difference in the example shown from my code is that the vector space definition is made in-line with the move VIs

I initialize the vector at the start of the program.

I doubt that is the problem, but I will try that later.  I would appreciate other ideas prior to testing later today.

Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated.

Thanks

[Lorne H.]

jspaarg,

Can you check to see if the example VI,"Three Axis Move with Position Monitor.vi", works?  Also, if possible can you attach your code (or a snippet of code that reproduces the same problem) to this forum.

Lorne Hengst
Application Engineer
National Instruments

[jspaarg]

I can try the example on Friday.

I got it running today by putting putting the "Configure Vector Space" VI just prior to setting the parameters (mode, speed etc).

I don't know why it shouldn't work if I configure the space in an initialization at the beginning of the app.

Thanks for the thought.  I am heading to an NI seminar tomorrow.