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ForthepurposeofthisprocedurethelegwewillbereferencingistheBOWLEGandthereference
chordisCHORDC.Pleasecompleteeachstepinsequenceandifindoubtrereadthistutorial.
1. Checkthelegheightindicatortogetthebasevaluefortheactuallegheight(referencechord).
Inthisexampleareadingof138432mmwasderivedbymeasuringthedistancefromthe
bottomofthe138mmarktothehorizontalplaneoftheLegFlag.Thismeasurementwasthen
addedto138m.As138m=138000mm,weadd138000+432=138432mm.
2. NextupwegettheRPVforeachchord.RPV(RackPhaseValue)isthedistancefromthe
horizontalreferenceplanetothebottomoftheoftheRackGuage.
CChord=89mmRPV
AChord=73mmRPV
BChord=102mmRPV
3. Nowthatwehavethe4basenumbersneededtoworkwiththeBLMSystemwejustneedto
doalittlemathtomakesenseofitall.
RememberingthatweareworkingwiththebowlegandreferencingourCchordfortheleg
heightwemustsubtracttheRPVsfromtheRPVofthereferencechord.
A=8973=16
B=89102=13
C=8989=0
4. NowaddthesenumberstotheLegHeightreferencenumber.
A=138432+16=138448mm
B=138432+()13=138419mm
C=138432+0=138432mm
5. EnterthevaluesobtainedforeachchordintotheBLMSystemandtransferthemtothePLC.
6. IfperformedcorrectlythevaluesforRPDwillbedisplayedandthearrowwillpointtothe
lowestchordheight/highestRPVvalue.NotethattheBLMsystemuses0toreferencethe
lowestRPV.
7. Toverifythatthesystemworks,usetheretorquefeaturetopushthelowestchordheightor
highestRPVvaluechord.Notethatthepercentagetorquemustbegreaterthanthepinion
loadinordertodrivethechord.Ifsufficienttorqueisnotusedyoucanmakeproblemsworse.
8. Ifsufficienttorquewasappliedtoallmotorsinsequence,thedisplayedvalueforRPDshould
havedecreased.
9. Thelaststeptoverifyingthatthesystemisdisplayingthecorrectinformationistocheckthat
thelegheightvaluehasincreasedonthechord.Nowgobacktothechordweareworkingon
andyoushouldseeanincreaseinchordheight.
Congratulations,youhavenowmasteredthenecessarycalculationsandperformedtherequired
inputsintotheBLMJackingSystemtobeabletoSeehowyourlegishanginginrealtime.
Youcantellifitisstraightupandreadyforactionorifitshanginglowandalittletoport.This
informationisinvaluablewhenworkinginSouthEastAsia,especiallyatnightwhenthelightingis
lowandyouarehavingahardtimegettingonthetarget;)