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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: Cinci T3 Remote Real Time Interface
Keywords: T3
Message-ID: <18974@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 3 Aug 90 19:03:00 GMT
References: <5536@durer.cme.nist.gov>
Organization: The Cat Factory
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In article <5536@durer.cme.nist.gov> proctor@cme.nist.gov (Fred Proctor) writes:
}Has anyone used the Cincinnati Milacron Remote Real Time Interface on a T3
}646 robot (version 5 control) or other similar Cinci robot?  ...
}... it should be IEEE 4-bit floating point data, but half
}of each 4-byte set is ALWAYS zero.  ...

I'm not familiar with the IEEE FP format, or the Cinci interface, but it
seems possible you're seeing an artifact of the robot's precision limits.
Do your numbers make sense in that context? i.e.:  Are the positions
reported correct as far as they go?

My robots (CRS Plus) only report to four decimal places, though I think
they keep full precision internally.

Just an off-hand thought.

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