Installation manual

ii Contents
MN1933
4.6.5 CAN wiring 4-27....................................................
4.7 Reset states 4-28...........................................
4.7.1 System watchdog 4-28..............................................
4.8 Connection summary - minimum system wiring 4-29.............
5 Operation 5-1..........................................
5.1 Introduction 5-1............................................
5.1.1 Installing the driver software - Windows 95, 98 and ME 5-1...............
5.1.2 Installing the driver software - Windows NT 5-2.........................
5.1.3 Installing the driver software - Windows 2000, XP 5-2...................
5.1.4 Installing Mint Machine Center and Mint WorkBench 5-3.................
5.2 Mint Machine Center 5-4....................................
5.2.1 Starting MMC 5-5..................................................
5.3 Mint WorkBench 5-7........................................
5.3.1 Help file 5-8......................................................
5.3.2 Starting Mint WorkBench 5-9........................................
5.4 Configuring an axis 5-12.....................................
5.4.1 Selecting the axis type 5-12..........................................
5.4.2 Selecting a scale 5-13...............................................
5.4.3 Setting the drive enable output 5-14...................................
5.4.4 Testing the drive enable output 5-15...................................
5.5 Servo axis - testing and tuning 5-16............................
5.5.1 Testing the demand output 5-16.......................................
5.5.2 An introduction to closed loop control 5-17..............................
5.6 Servo axis - tuning for current control 5-20......................
5.6.1 Selecting servo loop gains 5-20.......................................
5.6.2 Underdamped response 5-22.........................................
5.6.3 Overdamped response 5-23..........................................
5.6.4 Critically damped response 5-24......................................
5.7 Servo axis - eliminating steady-state errors 5-25.................
5.8 Servo axis - tuning for velocity control 5-26.....................
5.8.1 Calculating KVELFF 5-26............................................
5.8.2 Adjusting KPROP 5-29..............................................
5.9 Stepper axis - testing 5-31....................................
5.9.1 Testing the output 5-31..............................................
5.10 Digital input/output configuration 5-32..........................
5.10.1 Digital input configuration 5-32........................................
5.10.2 Digital output configuration 5-33.......................................
5.11 Saving setup information 5-34.................................
5.11.1 Loading saved information 5-35.......................................
6 Troubleshooting 6-1....................................
6.1 Introduction 6-1............................................