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Using "seconds" units for MAM instruction

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Hello! I have a plc program where I need to start and finish an MAM instruction based on a set amount of time. I am trying to calculate the speed of the motor based on the time but when I do, its always off by some milliseconds which I cannot have. I thought this was due to not considering acceleration time but changing acceleration does not change how long it takes the instruction to complete. Is there a more reliable way to perform this? Currently I have my speed units set to seconds which I thought would work (and did improve it slightly) but there is still a slight offset in time. If there is no reliable way to do this, is there a reliable way to predict what the offset in time may be? or what is even causing the offset? thank you in advance.

Edit: Or should using seconds work fine, and its more likely something else in my program?

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Hello! I am new to plcs and I cannot find any good sources on how the "seconds" units works on the MAM instruction. Say I set it to 1 second to move a distance of 1, it should simply move 1 unit in 1 second right? Or if the distance were 2, it would still run for 1 second for an average of 0.5 seconds per "unit". If I am right, does it already take into consideration how long it takes to accelerate? How does it work in acceleration? If I set acceleration to 0.1 would it accelerate to the constant velocity in that amount of time, or is something different?

I have tried testing it, but it seems to be off a few milliseconds each time I try (adjusting acceleration does not affect it)

thank you in advance.

edit: the offset in time is always either 8 or 9 ms

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@Nathanb I am no motion guru but a couple simple simple questions.

1.     First is your MAM in a Continuous or Periodic task?

2.     Second what is the Scan Time of your task which houses the MAM?

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On 3/11/2021 at 2:06 PM, BobLfoot said:

@Nathanb I am no motion guru but a couple simple simple questions.

1.     First is your MAM in a Continuous or Periodic task?

2.     Second what is the Scan Time of your task which houses the MAM?

@BobLfoot

1. The MainTask is Continuous

2. Looking at Task Properties, the "Max" is 0.45 and the "Last" goes between 0.025 and 0.027 (with occasional increases to around 0.08)

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@Nathanb again while I am not a motion guru, if conditions permit I would setup a 10ms periodic task and place your MAM control logic in that.  This way you're guaranteed that every 10 ms your MAM will be evaluated and action taken.  Just a thought.

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