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3-4 Setup

MN1917

3.2

Commissioning and Tuning

If you checked the Launch Commissioning Wizard option, the Commissioning Wizard will start automatically.

Each type of motor and drive combination has slightly different performance characteristics. Before the Flex+Drive

can be used to control the motor accurately, the Flex+Drive

must be “tuned”. This is the process where the

Flex+Drive

powers the motor in a series of tests. By monitoring the feedback from the motor’s resolver or encoder

and performing a number of calculations, the Flex+Drive

can make small adjustments to the way it controls the

motor. This information is stored in the Flex+Drive

EEPROM, which means commissioning is not necessary after

each power cycle.

The Commissioning Wizard and Autotune provide a simple way to tune the Flex+Drive

and create the necessary

configuration information for your drive/motor combination.

3.2.1

Using the Commissioning Wizard

When you have completed a screen, click

Next >

to display the next screen. If you need to change something on a

previous screen, click the

< Back

button. The Commissioning Wizard remembers information that you have entered

so you will not need to re-enter everything if you go back to previous screens. For the demonstration unit, use the
settings listed below:

Welcome

Check the

I am starting a new application...

option.

Select metric or imperial measurement as required by the customer.

Motor type

Rotary Brushless Motor is already selected, so no action is necessary on this screen.

Select Motor

Use the

Select motor by Catalog number

option.

For new demonstration units, enter BSM 50N 133 A E.
For upgraded units, enter the motor catalog number that was noted during the upgrade procedure (section A.2.1).

Confirm Motor and Drive

No action necessary on this screen, apart from highlighting that WorkBench v5 has sourced all the detailed motor
parameters from its internal database.

Feedback

For new demonstration units, no action is necessary on this screen; the encoder resolution has been selected from
the motor database.
For upgraded units, select 4096 in both drop down boxes.

Drive Setup complete

No action necessary on this screen.

Operating mode

If not already selected, choose the Position / Pulse Follower option.

Current Control

No action necessary on this screen.

Speed Control

In the Application Max Speed box, enter 3500.

Position Control

A number of parameters must be changed on this screen. In later demonstrations, parameter files will be used to
alter these settings (and others) when necessary.

Max Position Error:

For new demonstration units, enter 1000. For upgraded demonstration units, enter 4096.

Idle Position Tolerance: For new demonstration units, enter 10. For upgraded demonstration units, enter 40.
Idle Velocity:

For new demonstration units, enter 250. For upgraded demonstration units, enter 1000.

Positioning SPEED:

For new demonstration units, enter 200000. For upgraded demonstration units, enter 819200.

Accel Time to SPEED: For new and upgraded demonstration units, enter 250.

Analog input

On the control panel, set the Analog In 0 potentiometer to the marked 0V position.
Click

Tune Offset

. This will calibrate the 0V (zero input) point for analog input 0.

Operation Setup complete