SimStep Manual - 3400 Iss. D 7th June 2004 page 2
CONTENTS
1D
ESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 REAR VIEW: .................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 LINK SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................. 6
2E
XTERNAL INTERFACE CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................... 7
3C
ABLES................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.1 MOTOR AND LIMIT/DATUM CABLES................................................................................................ 10
3.2 ELECTRO-MAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) ................................................................................. 10
3.3 ENCODER CABLES....................................................................................................................... 11
3.3.1 Typical Motor Encoders .................................................................................................. 11
4M
OTOR CONNECTIONS........................................................................................................................... 12
4.1 COLOUR CODE FOR 8 LEAD MOTORS: ........................................................................................... 12
4.2 CONNECTING TO THE MSA889 JUNCTION BOX ............................................................................ 13
4.3 CONNECTION OF LIMITS AND DATUM ............................................................................................ 14
4.3.1 Datum Position................................................................................................................ 15
4.3.2 Using Over-travel limits as datum inputs. ....................................................................... 15
5P
OWER SUPPLY UNIT............................................................................................................................. 16
6 MSE570 STEPPER DRIVE...................................................................................................................... 17
6.1 GENERAL SET-UP:....................................................................................................................... 17
6.2 CURRENT SETTING ...................................................................................................................... 17
6.3 OTHER MSE570 CURRENT SETTINGS.......................................................................................... 18
7M
ANUAL OPERATION USING THE JOG BOX OR JOYSTICK.......................................................................... 19
7.1 JOG BOXES - JC SERIES ............................................................................................................. 19
7.2 SINGLE AND DUAL AXIS JOG BOX OPERATION............................................................................... 20
7.3 MULTI-AXIS JOG BOX OPERATION ................................................................................................ 20
7.4 JOYSTICK - JC SERIES ................................................................................................................ 21
7.5 JOYSTICK OPERATION.................................................................................................................. 21
8 PM600 INTELLIGENT STEPPER MOTOR CONTROLLER ............................................................................. 22
8.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 22
8.2 SETTING UP THE ENCODER (CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL MODES ONLY)............................................ 22
8.2.1 Encoder Termination ...................................................................................................... 22
8.2.2 Encoder Scaling.............................................................................................................. 23
8.2.3 Encoder Direction ........................................................................................................... 23
8.3 PROGRAMMING VIA THE RS232 INTERFACE .................................................................................. 23
8.4 GENERAL COMMAND STRUCTURE ................................................................................................ 25
8.5 EXAMPLES OF COMMAND STRUCTURE.......................................................................................... 25
9 I/O CABLE AND BREAKOUT BOX ............................................................................................................. 26
9.1 ISOLATION................................................................................................................................... 27
9.2 TYPICAL CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................... 27
9.3 READ PORTS............................................................................................................................... 27
9.4 WRITE PORTS ............................................................................................................................. 28
9.4.1 Inductive Loads............................................................................................................... 28
10 SIMSTEP EXAMPLE SEQUENCE............................................................................................................... 28
10.1 SEQUENCE DEFINITIONS .............................................................................................................. 28
10.2 CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................................................... 29
10.3 RUN SEQUENCE .......................................................................................................................... 29
11 ORDER CODES ...................................................................................................................................... 30
11.1 SYSTEM ...................................................................................................................................... 30
11.2 MOTOR ENCODERS ..................................................................................................................... 30
11.3 CABLES ...................................................................................................................................... 30
11.4 JUNCTION BOXES ........................................................................................................................ 30
11.5 JOG BOXES & JOYSTICK .............................................................................................................. 30
11.6 EMC FERRITES........................................................................................................................... 30
12 LIMITATIONS OF USE .............................................................................................................................. 31