
Model
Signal
period [µm]
Reference
marks
P43
Display step
(unit: P01)
mm inches
Subdi-
vision
P32
Operating Parameter List – cont'd.
Parameter Meaning Function / Effect Setting
Counting Normal
(Direction: Positive)
direction AInverse
(Direction: Negative)
Signal period of encoder A
(
Period
:) 2, 4, 10, 20, 40, 100, 200
Subdivision of the encoder signals A
(
Subdivision
:) 4, 2, 1, 0.8, 0.5, 0.4, 0.2, 0.1
Select Error compensation not active
error Linear error compensation active
compensation Non-linear error compensation active
Linear error compensation1) A
Compensation
–99 999 < P41 < + 99 999 [µm/m]
Reference One reference mark
marks ADistance-coded with 500 •SP
(SP = signal period)
Distance-coded with 1000 •GP
(e.g. for LS 303 C / LS 603 C)
Distance-coded with 2000 •SP
Distance-coded with 5000 •SP
Encoder Monitoring off
(Alarm Off)
Encoder
monitoring AMonitoring on
(Alarm On)
Axis display ADisplay measured position
(
Axis
) Do not display measured position /
no encoder
Function of Resets display to zero
CL key Does not reset display to zero
1) Calculate the entry value for P41
Example: Displayed measuring length La= 620.000 mm
Actual length (determined with, for example, the VM 101 comparator
system from HEIDENHAIN) Lt= 619.876 mm
Length difference ∆L = Lt–La= –124 µm
Compens. factor k: k = ∆L / La= –124 µm / 0.62 m = –200 [µm/m]
Parameter Settings for HEIDENHAIN Linear Encoders
LS 303 20 one single 0.005 0.000 2 4
LS 603 dist.c. 1 000 0.01 0.000 5 2
LB 302 40 one single 0.01 0.000 5 4
LIDA 10x dist.c. 2 000
LB 3xx 100 one single 0.025 0.001 4
dist.c. 1 000 0.05 0.002 2
0.1 0.005 1
Example: Linear encoder with signal period s = 20 µm
Desired display step a = 0.005 mm
Subdivision P32 ==
==
= 0.001 ••
••
•s / a = 4