Overview

Task

When it is used in particular in additive manufacturing, a predictive control of the applying unit may help to compensate for dead times within the system and so improve the machining result.

	This function is available as of CNC Build V3.1.3074.0.

Properties

Starting from the momentary point in time, the state at a specified future time is determined by a pre-calculation and then provided for use.

	This function is an additional option requiring a license.

Parameterisation

The function must be activated by P-STUP-00070.
P-CHAN-00324 defines the point in time for the future state.

Programming

The points in time can also be defined by the NC command
#CHANNEL SET[ESA_TIME<i>=…].

Mandatory note on references to other documents

For the sake of clarity, links to other documents and parameters are abbreviated, e.g. [PROG] for the Programming Manual or P-AXIS-00001 for an axis parameter.

For technical reasons, these links only function in the Online Help (HTML5, CHM) but not in pdf files since pdfs do not support cross-linking.