Item No. 2 539 042, 3070901HO
As an aid for the use of standard PROFIBUS-DP tools, there is a so-called GSD
file (electronical data sheet) with device informations. It is available by diskette
with the item no. 1 543 062, or by download from our Internet homepage.
The GSD file "HENx00B7.GSD" contains the available encoder parameters.
1. Reading-in the GSD files
• Copy the GSD file (HENx00B7.GSD) to your ..\GSD directory
• Copy the bitmap files (RA58---N.BMP and RA58---S.BMP) to your
..\BITMAP directory
• From the File menu, select the “Scan GSD Files” item
2. Configuration of the master system
• Load an existing program file (menu File - ”Open” item) or create a new one
(choose from the File menu the ”New” item, selecting a corresponding master
from the list).
3. Configuring the encoder and setting its parameters
• Open the menue ”Slave Parameters” and define the device address.
Then choose the “ENCODER” family and select the “RA58-P” station type
Example of start-up procedure by standard PROFIBUS-DP tools with the GSD file (here by COM PROFIBUS example)
• From the “Preset Configuration” list, choose the desired configuration (see
table on page 3)
• In the “Configure” window, complete the desired entries (Remarks, I Adress,
O Address)
• Now, in the “Parameterize” window, you may modify the encoder parameters
correspondingly (see figure above): Click on the respective field from the
“Value” column and activate the “Select...” button.
Parameter indications:
Sampling rate (velocity only)
: By this bit, the internal encoder timer’s sampling
rate will be set to 1 or 10 ms. (With 10 ms, the encoder provides larger speed
and acceleration values at a low number of turns.)
Steps per turn
: The number of measuring steps per turn (resolution) may be
adjusted in a range from 1 up to the maximum possible physical resolution.
Total measuring range (units)
: Having indicated the total number of measur-
ing steps, you find the encoder standing at zero. The value’s four bytes are
divided into Low word and High word. (In the figure above, the total value of
67,108,864 [= 26 bit] results from the High word’s setting to 1,024 and the Low
word’s setting to 0).
Subject to technical modifications and improvements serving the progress of our devices.
Installation instructions
Absolute Shaft Encoder
RX70TPRX /RX 71TP
with PROFIBUS-DP
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