Planar TrackTrail

The MC_PlanarTrackTrail is an object that defines a path of contiguous Planar tracks in a network. In contrast to the individual Planar tracks from which the Planar track trail is built, the Planar track trail has no fixed equivalent in a TCOM object on the MC side, but is declared solely in the PLC, similar to a Planar feedback.

A Planar track trail can be used to define a path of Planar tracks via which a synchronization movement of a Slave Planar Mover with a master axis or with a Master Planar Mover should take place (if this path consists of more than the current Planar track of the Slave Planar Mover).

The Planar-TrackTrail offers methods for adding a Planar track to its end and for emptying its configuration. These methods only modify the Planar-TrackTrail and leave the underlying Planar tracks and the network untouched.

When adding a Planar track, make sure that it connects to the end of the current last Planar track in the Planar-TrackTrail. It is also impossible to add a Planar track more than once.

From version V3.3.39: A Planar TrackTrail can be initialized by calling the method “GetTrackTrailInformation” of the MC_PlanarMover. After the method call, the Planar TrackTrail represents the route planned by the mover through the track network to its target. When stationary on the track, for example, the trail only contains the current track on which the mover is located. When the mover is actively moving to another track, at least the current track and the target track are included in the trail; as the first and last track.