User's Manual
164 AX3500 Motor Controller User’s Manual  Version 1.9b. June 1, 2007
Important Warning
Do not alter any other area locations, as this may cause program execution failure 
inside the encoder module.
Register Description
Encoder Hardware ID code
Address: *84
Returns a 4-bit number identifying the encoder module hardware version and the status of 
two on-board jumpers. For Roboteq use only.
Switch Status
Address: *85
Returns a 4 bit number (4 least significant bits of the byte), each representing the state of 
one of the limit switches when installed. The ?W command described at “Read Encoder 
Limit Switch Status” on page 161 is a preferred method for reading this information.
*98 Destination Register 1 MSB (bits 31 to 24)
4 bytes Full*99 Destination Register 1 (bits 23 to 16)
*9A Destination Register 1 (bits 15 to 8)
*9B Destination Register 1 LSB (bits 7 to 0)
*9C Distance 1 (when Position Mode enabled) 1 byte Full
*8D Distance 2 (when Position Mode enabled) 1 byte Full
*86 Speed 1 1 byte Full
*87 Speed 2 1 byte Full
*A2 Time Base for speed computation of Encoder 1. Multiply 
this number by 256us to obtain the actual Time Base period.
1 byte Full
*A3 Time Base for speed computation of Encoder 2. Multiply 
this number by 256us to obtain the actual Time Base period.
1 byte Full
*A4 Encoder threshold level (see “Voltage Levels, Thresholds 
and Limit Switches” on page 81
1 byte Full
*A5 Distance divider 1 byte Full
*A6 Mode Selection 1 byte Limited
*A8 to *AF Pulse width on RC1 to RC8 outputs 1 byte Full
TABLE 31. Encoder Registers
Address Parameter Description Size Access










