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5226; Added an Idle Output and Idle Output Delay Feature
Pathfinder

Changes made for Pathfinder 5226 controllers.

When not engaged some proportional valves can leak that can cause unexpected results compared to what should happen. One way to remedy this problem is to give a voltage when enable valve is off. To accomplish this the parameter Idle Output Value was created. This value is the amount of voltage that will be sent to the valve when not being used. So when an axis is not being moved it will be getting a signal from -10 - 10 V based on the parameter and will not be enabled. This can also help with keeping system pressure from dropping at a high rate.

The Idle Output Delay logic was also added in conjunction with the Idle Output parameter because it was found that after a move the valve was not fully closing quick enough before the Idle Output voltage was being sent to the valve. This caused additional movement even without the enable signal. The logic is that once an axis is done moving and in its idle state the controller will wait 50ms before sending the voltage signal.

Model Version Released
5226BB 4.02.11 8/20/2020