General information
The impulse counter CTR is a small module for registering and processing the output signals of an incremental encoder.
The module comes equipped with a serial interface for programming and sampling of positional information as well as an interface for controlling the unit via the I/O signals of an SPS.
Programming
The counter module can be conrtolled and programmed by ASCII-commands transmitted via the serial interface (see table below).
An SPS interface enables the module to be controlled
via external I/O signals.
| Command | Function |
| S | start |
| Q | stop |
| C | clear |
| M | mode |
| ?P | position (counts= |
| ?S | status |
| ?M | mode |
| ?V | firmware version |


