
Cam control basics
3.1 Properties of the cam types
FM 352 electronic cam controller
16 Operating Instructions, 05/2011, A5E01071724-03
Position-based cam Time-based cam
Enabling The cam is activated:
at the cam start, if the axis is
moving in positive direction and
positive effective direction is set.
at the cam end, if the axis is
moving in negative direction and
negative effective direction is set.
when the actual value lies within
the cam range.
The cam is activated:
at the cam start, if the axis is
moving in positive direction, and a
positive effective direction is set.
at the cam start, if the axis is
moving in negative direction, and a
negative effective direction is set.
After it has been activated, the full cam
activation time elapses, even if the
direction of motion of the axis changes
after the cam is activated. The cam is
not retriggered if its start position is
passed once again within the cam
activation time.
Deactivating The cam is deactivated if:
the assigned distance has been
traveled
axis motion in reversed effective
direction is detected, and
hysteresis is not assigned
axis motion in reversed effective
direction is detected, and the
hysteresis is exited
the actual value no longer lies
within the cam range, e.g., "Set
actual value"/"Set actual value on-
the-fly".
The cam is deactivated on expiration of
the assigned time, i.e., the activation
time is not restarted.
Path length The path length of the cam is defined
by the cam start and cam end.
The cam start and cam end belong to
the active section of the cam.
The path length of the cam is
determined by the axis velocity within
the cam activation time.
On period The on period of the cam is determined
by the speed at which the axis travels
across the path length of the cam.
The on period of the cam is assigned
with the activation time.
Direction detection
The direction of the axis motion is determined as follows:
● At each pulse of the incremental encoder.
● With each error-free frame of an SSI encoder.