Abstract:
The parameters, i.e., acceleration/deceleration, speed, position and tension, of a length of unbuffered magnetic recording tape, which runs between the two reels of a reel-to-reel tape transport, are accurately controlled by a closed-loop servomechanism which is controlled as a function of the tape distribution between the two reels. A number of design-point servo networks are constructed and arranged to energize the reel motors, based upon the assumption that given tape distributions exist. The outputs of these point servo networks are weighted or blended by a network which is controlled in accordance with actual tape distribution. The output of the weighting network is then used to control reel motor energization.