1 Commissioning and Tuning with SOMANET
OBLAC Drives
SOMANET OBLAC Drives guides the user through the setup process, supports configuration and
tuning of the SOMANET servo drive and makes the operation and first steps in turning a motor as easy
as possible.
There are two ways to run SOMANET OBLAC Drives:
OBLAC Drives Box: is a physical machine that comes preinstalled with Linux OS and runs OBLAC
Drives.
OBLAC Drives Virtual Machine: comes preinstalled with OBLAC Drives. It can be run on Windows,
Linux and macOS.
Using OBLAC Drives: Overview of the functionality.
Set up your servo drive: Instructions on how to install firmware and configure your motor, brake and
sensors.
Motion control tuning: Instructions on how to do manual and automatic tuning of the controller
gains.
Autotuning: Overview of the Autotuning feature
System Identification: This feature allows to generate a precise model of the mechanical
system with one click
Position Autotuning: Automatically generates gain values for the cascaded position
controller
Velocity Autotuning: Automatically generates gain values for the velocity controller
Manual Tuning: Description of steps required for manually tuning the controller gains
Manual Tuning of torque/current control loop: In the torque control loop the current is
controlled, while the torque is directly proportional to the current.
Manual Tuning of the velocity control loop: Instructions for manually tuning the proportional
and integral gains of the velocity control loop if the drive should be operated in velocity
control mode.
Manual Tuning of the position control loop: Instructions for manually tuning the cascaded
PID controller.
Test your drive at the playground: Rotate your motor to a target position, at a target velocity or apply
a target torque.
Update or downgrade OBLAC Drives: Install and run any version of OBLAC Drives that fits your drive.
Troubleshooting: If something goes wrong while using OBLAC Drives you can find troubleshooting
instructions here.
