private void CreateConfigs()
{
// start the device polling.
// Polling requests a status update every specified number of milliseconds.
this.currentMotor.StartPolling(250);
// needs a delay so that the current enabled state can be obtained
// ????
Thread.Sleep(500);
// enable the channel otherwise any move is ignored
this.currentMotor.EnableDevice();
// needs a delay to give time for the device to be enabled
Thread.Sleep(500);
// call GetMotorConfiguration on the device to initialize the DeviceUnitConverter object required for real world unit parameters
// Sets up proper unit conversion for the correct device. Only call this function ONCE
MotorConfiguration motorSettings = this.currentMotor.LoadMotorConfiguration(this.serialNo);
// Simply retrieves the "motor device settings"
KCubeDCMotorSettings currentDeviceSettings = this.currentMotor.MotorDeviceSettings as KCubeDCMotorSettings;
// display info about device
// Retrieves a device info block
DeviceInfo deviceInfo = this.currentMotor.GetDeviceInfo();
Console.WriteLine("Device {0} = {1}", deviceInfo.SerialNumber, deviceInfo.Name);
// Getting the homing velocity
uint homeVel = currentMotor.GetHomingVelocity_DeviceUnit();
// After the device is opened we want to save the velocity
// Retrieves the "velocity parameters" in real world units
VelocityParameters_DeviceUnit velPars = this.currentMotor.GetVelocityParams_DeviceUnit();
// Restricts the velocity allowed to be the user-defined velocity
decimal dVelocity = this.velocity;
velPars.MaxVelocity = (int)(homeVel);
this.currentMotor.SetVelocityParams_DeviceUnit(velPars);
}