Autochanger Guide#

This is the software guide for autochanger, a part of the FCS User Guide.

This site contains also :

• autochanger hardware guide and
• troubleshooting and recovery procedures for autochanger.

In this section you will find description of commands which can be sent to autochanger when it is in standalone mode, or to autochanger when it is integrated in the whole FilterExchange system.

See previous documentation for autochanger on Confluence

High level autochanger commands#

• grabFilterAtStandby
• moveAndClampFilterOnline
• moveFilterToStandby
• moveEmptyFromStandbyToHandoff

Autochanger latches commands#

• openLatches
• closeLatches

Autochanger ONLINE clamps commands#

• openClamps
• closeClamps
• unlockClamps
• lockClamps
• homingClamps

Autochanger trucks commands#

Sequences of commands for trucks#

• moveToApproachStandbyPositionWithLowVelocity
• moveToApproachStandbyPositionWithHighVelocity
• moveToApproachOnlinePositionWithLowVelocity
• moveToApproachOnlinePositionWithHighVelocity
• moveToHandoffWithHighVelocity
• moveToStandbyWithLowVelocity
• alignSlaveAndMoveEmptyFromApproachToHandoff

Elementary commands for trucks#

• alignSlave
• moveToAbsoluteTargetPosition
• fastTrucksProfile
• slowTrucksProfile
• homingTrucks
• updateFilterOnTrucksID