Steps Property (DioFile)

Applies To

All

Purpose

Return or set the number of steps for all the boards in the DioFile object.

Syntax

Object.Steps [ = dwSteps ]

[dwSteps = ]Object.Steps

 

The Steps property syntax has the following parts:

Name

Type

Description

Object

DioFile

DioFile object

dwSteps

DWORD

Number of steps for all the boards in the DioFile object.

Comments

The limit on the number of steps follow these guidelines:

GX5050/GC5050:

     Number of steps can be between 1024 and 1048576. Number of channels is constant 32.

GX5150:

     Number of steps can be between 1024 and 33,554,432 (32M) with number of channels must be 32.

     Number of steps can be between 1024 and 67,108,864 (64M) with number of channels must be 16 or 8.

     Number of steps can be between 1024 and 134,217,728 (131M) with number of channels must be 8.

 

See Also

BoardType, Channels, StepData