Modes of Motion: Electronic Gearing

A practical guide to Electronic Gearing on Galil controllers. This application note covers how to configure Master and Follower axes with the GA and GR commands, including the five Master types supported (main encoder, auxiliary encoder, commanded position, vector plane, and virtual axis), along with on-the-fly gear ratio changes and superimposed Follower motion. Also covered: ramped gearing via the GD command with _GP-based catch-up moves, and Gantry Mode (GM) for keeping paired axes synchronized through stop commands and limit switches.