PMAC Quick Reference Guide Programming PMAC Motion or PLCs programs are entered in any text file and then downloaded with PEWIN to PMAC. PEWIN provides a built-in text editor for this purpose but any other text editor could be used conveniently. Most PMAC commands can be issued from any terminal window communicating with PMAC. Online commands allow, for example, to jog motors, change variables, report variables values, start and stop programs, query for status information and even write short programs and PLCs. In fact, the downloading process is just a sequence of valid PMAC commands sent line by line by PEWIN from a particular text file.
PMAC Tasks As an example, a 40 MHz PMAC could perform the following tasks with the estimated percentage of the total computational power as indicated: Introduction 7