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Magtrol Model 6200 Open Loop Dynamometer Controller
Table of Contents
5.1.1
Installing the gPIb (IEEE-488) Connector Cable ......................................................................................... 14
5.1.2
Changing the gPIb Primary Address ............................................................................................................ 15
5.2 ChECkINg ThE 6200-To-PC CoNNECTIoN ........................................................................................................ 15
5.3 PRogRAMMINg ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
5.4 6200 CoMMAND SET ................................................................................................................................................ 16
5.4.1
Command Set for 6200 .................................................................................................................................. 16
5.5 ACQUIRINg SPEED-ToRQUE DATA ...................................................................................................................... 18
5.6 SELECTINg ThE bAUD RATE FoR ThE RS-232 INTERFACE ........................................................................... 19
6. Calibration .................................................................................................................................. 21
6.1 CLoSED-box CALIbRATIoN ................................................................................................................................. 21
6.2 CALIbRATIoN SChEDULE ...................................................................................................................................... 21
6.3 bASIC CALIbRATIoN PRoCESS ............................................................................................................................. 21
6.3.1
Initial Calibration Procedure .......................................................................................................................... 21
6.3.2
Torque offset and gain .................................................................................................................................. 22
6.3.3
Accessory Torque offset and gain ................................................................................................................ 23
6.3.4
Auxiliary Input offset and gain..................................................................................................................... 23
6.4 ALTERNATE CALIbRATIoN PRoCEDURE ........................................................................................................... 23
7. troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................... 26
appendix a: labvieW programming examples ..................................................................... 27
A.1 SIMPLE READ ............................................................................................................................................................ 27
A.2 CURRENT STAbILIzED ............................................................................................................................................ 28
appendix b: front panel/display menu floW Charts ....................................................... 29
b.1 SETUP MENU ............................................................................................................................................................. 29
b.2 PoWER UNITS MENU ............................................................................................................................................... 30
b.3 AUx SETUP MENU .................................................................................................................................................... 30
b.4 ToRQUE UNITS MENU ............................................................................................................................................ 31
appendix C: sChematiCs ................................................................................................................ 32
C.1 ENCoDER/SWITCh boARD .................................................................................................................................... 32
C.2 PoWER SUPPLY ......................................................................................................................................................... 32
C.3 DSP & MEMoRY ........................................................................................................................................................ 33
C.4 ANALog I/o ............................................................................................................................................................... 34