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Description

The OP7160EX1 Encoder Out block is used to produce Quadrature Encoder output signals (A, B, and the index signal Z) on the digital output lines of an OP525x carrier connected to an OP7160 card.

The encoder signals frequency values are transferred to the OP7160 bitstream from the RT-LAB model through one DataIn port of the bitstream, via the PCIe bus of the target computer.

Each OP7160 bitstream using digital output channels in Encoder Out mode comes with a configuration file which lists the DataIn port numbers and their corresponding OP525x location in the system. The configuration file name is the same as the bitstream file name entered in the OpCtrl OP7160EX1 block, with the extension .conf instead of .bin.

This configuration file uses three parameters to describe the selection of the OP525x channels:

the Slot number (in the range 1 to 4) is the slot of the backplane connected to the OP7160 in which the OP525x is installed,
the Section A or B is a subset of 32 lines of the OP525x carrier. For example, with the 32 In/32Out OP5251 carrier, section A refers to the 32 input lines and section B to the 32 output lines,
the Sub-Section, 1 to 4, is a subset of 8 data values connected to the port: subset 1 returns values for the 8 first channels of one section of the OP5251, subset 2 returns values for the 8 next channels, etc.

The user must refer to the configuration file for selecting the port number for the desired digital output channels. The OP7160EX1 Encoder Out block then parses the configuration file and displays the Slot, Section and Sub-section values corresponding to the port number in the 'Slot infos' parameter.

Note: in early versions of RT-XSG 1.3, the Encoder Out signals mapping may differ from the above description. When more than two encoder signals (i.e. 6 digital output channels) are used, the third signal and the following signals are routed contiguously to these first signals. In these cases, the DataIn ports do not exactly match the OP525x sub-sections described in the preceding paragraph. Those bitstreams come with documentation that details the pin-out of those encoder signals on the OP525x and their matching with the DataIn port numbers.

The maximum number of digital output channels controlled by one OP7160EX1 Encoder Out is limited by the size of the subset of channels in one sub-section, which is fixed to 2 in the current implementation.

Parameters

Controller Name	Bind this block to an OpCtrl OP7160EX1 block by entering the same 'Controller Name' as specified in the OpCtrl OP7160EX1 block The OpCtrl OP7160EX1 block controls initialization of the settings of one specific OP7160 card in the system.
DataIn port number	Enter the number of the DataIn port to be controlled by this block, in the range [1:32].
Slot info	This non-editable parameter displays the physical location of the digital output channels related to the selected DataIn port, as obtained from the parsing of the configuration file.
Maximum number of Encoder signals controlled by this block	This non-editable parameter displays the number of channels in one sub-section listed in the configuration file.
Number of Encoder signals	Enter the number of signals for which encoder frequency values will be transmitted at each calculation step. Each encoder signal is a set of A, B and Z signals. The value of the number of signals must be less than or equal to the value of the Maximum number of Encoder signals parameter. The data transfer mechanism between RT-LAB and the OP7160 does not allow the selection of individual channels in the sub-section of channels. The data returned by the block will thus apply to the N first channels of the sub-section times 3, where N is the value of the Number of channels parameter, and 3 stands for the A, B and Z signals.
Frequency unit	Select between 'Hz' or 'rpm' unit for the frequency values supplied via the input of the block. Note that the current implementation is limited to a maximum frequency of 10000 rpm, or 166.66 Hz.
Mode	Select between a single-ended or differential mode for the output signal. This parameter is not supported yet. The default value is single-ended.
Resolution (# of cycles per revolution)	Enter the integer number of cycles of the A and B signals per revolution. Its maximum is 32767 cycles per revolution. However, the maximum resolution combined with high rates will lead to a precision loss. The maximum guaranteed resolution is 25000 PPR.
Clockwise rotation	This parameter determines whether the encoder signals are produced with signal A leading signal B, or the reverse, in a clockwise rotation.

Inputs

The block has one inport, named Hz or rpm, depending on the value of the 'Frequency unit' parameter.

The size of the inport is determined by the Number of Encoder signals parameter. One frequency value must be supplied for each set of A, B, Z encoder signals.

The direction of the signal depends on the sign of the frequency value. The frequency range is thus [-10000;+10000] rpm, i.e. [0;10000] rpm in a positive or negative direction. Out of range values get saturated to these values.

Outputs

The Status output returns the following values:

Value	Description
0	No error.
-1	Block could not be matched with an OpCtrl OP7160EX1 block (check the 'controller Name' value), or OP7160 card initialization problem.
-2	Internal memory initialization problem.

Characteristics and Limitations

Direct Feedthrough	No
Discrete sample time	Inherited
XHP support	Yes
Work offline	No

RT-LAB Documentation

OP7160EX1 Encoder Out