{"id":4042,"date":"2019-02-12T16:21:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyflexdoc.wpengine.com\/usage-help-manual\/11-control-systems\/u_target\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:57:29","slug":"u_target","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/usage-help-manual\/7-control-systems\/u_target\/","title":{"rendered":"u_target"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>Purpose:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p>Set the target for user control loops in either open or closed loop mode.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Enter:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p><strong>u_target<\/strong> &lt;mode&gt; &lt;ctrler&gt; &lt;target&gt;<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Where:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>mode<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Specify the desired control loop mode. Specify either of the following modes:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OPEN to set the open loop control target.<\/li>\n<li>closed to set the closed loop control target.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>ctrler<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Specify the name of the controller performing the control.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>target<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Specify the value of the control loop target or the label of a real variable containing the target.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Example:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p><strong>u_target<\/strong> Open fuel_in_temp 50<br \/>\nThe above sets the open loop target for the fuel_in_temp controller to 50%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>u_target<\/strong> c fuel_in_temp fuel_t_setpoint<br \/>\nThe above sets the closed loop target for the fuel_in_temp controller to the value contained in the real variable, fuel_t_setpoint.<\/p>\n<p><strong>u_target<\/strong> closed fuel_in_temp 104<br \/>\nThe above sets the closed loop target for the fuel_in_temp controller to 104.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Notes:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p>The mode argument is case-insensitive.<\/p>\n<p>Use the controller name that is specified in the control specs file under the keyword @USER_CTRL_LOOP. If the old ctrl_specs file format is being used, then the controller name is the name found on the line that contains the user control loop number.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>See Also:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p><a href=\"\/index.php\/usage-help-manual\/7-control-systems\/u_ramp\/\">u_ramp<\/a>, <a href=\"\/index.php\/usage-help-manual\/7-control-systems\/u_gains\/\">u_gains<\/a>, <a href=\"\/index.php\/usage-help-manual\/7-control-systems\/u_mode\/\">u_mode<\/a>, <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/CyFlex-User-Control-Loops.pdf\">CyFlex User Control Loops<\/a><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose: Set the target for user control loops in either open or closed loop mode. Enter: u_target &lt;mode&gt; &lt;ctrler&gt; &lt;target&gt; Where: mode Specify the desired control loop mode. Specify either of the following modes:\u00a0 OPEN to set the open loop control target. closed to set the closed loop control target. ctrler Specify the name of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":1958,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4042","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4042\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}