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User guide

M-6195-9413-04-A

Advanced Diagnostic Tools and ADT View software

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Page 1: ...User guide M 6195 9413 04 A Advanced Diagnostic Tools and ADT View software ...

Page 2: ...th 12 5 1 2 Digital readout of the encoder position 12 5 1 3 Set Zero position function 13 5 1 4 Alarms and warnings 15 5 2 Signal strength vs position screen 17 5 2 1 Linear systems 17 5 2 2 Rotary systems 19 5 3 Configuration screen 20 6 Using the ADT View software with ADTi 100 21 6 1 Signal screen 22 6 1 1 Signal strength 23 6 1 2 Reference mark phasing 23 6 1 3 Readhead mode 23 6 1 4 Pitch in...

Page 3: ... View software only For instructions on how to install and set up the encoder system refer to the relevant system installation guide These can be found at www renishaw com opticalencoders Not all RESOLUTE and EVOLUTE encoders are compatible with the ADTa 100 ADTa 100 compatible readheads are marked with the symbol ADT View software VIONiC series QUANTiC series ATOM DX series ADTi 100 A 6195 0100 A...

Page 4: ...be found in the relevant Data sheets and Installation guides These can be downloaded from our website www renishaw com opticalencoders and are also available from your local representative This document may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part or transferred to any other media or language by any means without the written prior permission of Renishaw The publication of material within th...

Page 5: ...ple 200mVpp maximum at frequency up to 500 KHz Temperature Storage 20 C to 70 C Operating 0 C to 55 C Humidity 95 relative humidity non condensing to IEC 60068 2 78 Sealing IP20 Mass ADTa 100 155 g ADTi 100 110 g 1 4 Minimum requirements Supported Windows operating systems x86 or x64 7 SP1 8 1 10 Microsoft NET 4 6 1 installed with the application if required 1 GHz or faster processor 1 GB of RAM 3...

Page 6: ...mode briefly press the user button 0 5 second This will command the encoder to enter diagnostic mode To clear latched errors briefly press the user button 0 5 second Provided the source of the error is no longer present the flashing of the signal strength LEDs will stop and normal operation will resume To turn off the connected encoder and leave diagnostic mode press the user button 3 seconds 20 9...

Page 7: ... Function Signal Input pins 15 way D type socket Output pins 15 way D type plug Power 5 V 7 8 7 8 0 V 2 9 2 9 Incremental A 14 14 6 6 B 13 13 5 5 Reference Mark Z 12 12 4 4 Limits P 11 11 Q 10 10 Alarm E 3 3 CAL Comms 1 Not Connected 15 15 Shield Case Case 1 11 ADTi 100 LED indication LED Indication Status Status Red LED ADT connected to PC or controller Green LED ADT View software communicating w...

Page 8: ...eadhead and the controller as part of the control loop The diagnostics information is displayed via the ADT View software NOTE When using the ADT in line use an isolated battery operated PC to ensure best noise immunity ADTa 100 ADTi 100 Standalone ADT View software Tethered In line The ADTa 100 has a standard 9 way D type connector and the ADTi 100 has standard pin out 15 way D type connectors Fo...

Page 9: ...sition display Digital readout and signal screen if an ADTa 100 is connected section 5 1 or the Signal screen if an ADTi 100 is connected section 6 1 NOTE If multiple ADTs are connected then a selection screen will appear allowing the user to select the ADT that is to be displayed section 3 2 1 If the ADT View software is opened and no ADTs are connected then the following screen will display unti...

Page 10: ...cted to the ADT View software 2 ADT selection screen 3 Software settings section 4 4 Software information 5 User guide 6 Connected ADT NOTE Connected ADTs will be greyed out 7 Available ADTs Click on the chosen ADT and then Connect 8 Connect to selected ADT 1 6 3 4 5 2 7 8 3 2 1 ADT selection ...

Page 11: ... 1 Save data 2 Refresh the connection to the readhead 3 ADT selection screen 1 4 Software settings The software settings icon opens a new window to allow the selection of user display preferences General Select dark or light display Change language ADTa 100 Change displayed angular linear units Enable Set Zero function section 5 1 3 ADTi 100 Change displayed angular units Select ring disc diameter...

Page 12: ... 100 serial number 2 Connect to another ADT Opens ADT selection screen in a new tab section 3 2 1 3 Readhead serial number 4 Digital readout DRO and signal screen section 5 1 5 Signal strength vs position screen section 5 2 6 Configuration screen section 5 3 7 Readhead LED indicator Repeats the colour displayed by the connected readhead s LED 8 Alarm and Warning log section 5 1 4 1 3 ...

Page 13: ...5 1 2 2 1 Signal strength indicator section 5 1 1 2 Software settings Select DRO units and Set Zero position function 3 Digital readout of the encoder position section 5 1 2 When an alarm or warning occurs a pop up describing the alarm or warning condition will be displayed for 3 seconds See section 5 1 4 for more information on alarms and warnings NOTE For more information on system installation ...

Page 14: ...on the system connected When a linear system is connected the position will be displayed in either metric or encoder units The units can be selected in the software settings window 5 1 2 2 Rotary position display When a rotary system is connected the position can be displayed in either degrees minutes seconds or as encoder units The units can be selected in the software settings window Metric disp...

Page 15: ...y will be disabled each time the software is closed Go to settings page section 4 to enable it The set zero selection option will only be available for readheads that support this functionality Currently only readheads with BiSS Panasonic or Yaskawa protocols have set zero functionality 5 1 3 1 Set Zero at current position Linear system Rotary system 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rewrite the current position to be ...

Page 16: ... set to zero NOTE For linear systems this can be done either in encoder units or in metric units 3 Rewrite the position in cell 2 to be zero 4 Clear the applied zero the zero position will be reset back to the factory position 5 The applied offset from the factory value in encoder units 6 The applied offset from the factory value in metres linear systems and in degrees rotary systems 7 The connect...

Page 17: ... will be displayed for 3 seconds when an alarm or warning condition occurs 2 The last alarm or warning that occurred will be indicated until the alarm and warning log is cleared Click the button to open the alarm and warning log section 5 1 4 1 Symbol Warning Alarm Position Alarm Overspeed Warning Alarm Low signal Warning Temperature Warning Alarm Possible alarms and warnings 1 2 ...

Page 18: ...itched on 1 Save data 2 Alarm and warning log 3 Clear the alarms and warnings in the log and the readhead NOTE This will clear the log and the latched errors in the readhead Latched error is a historic error condition that is saved in the system even if the error no longer exists 4 ADT selection 5 Error icons light up if error is currently active in the system 1 3 5 2 4 ...

Page 19: ... Graph Controls 5 Start stop a plot section 5 2 1 1 6 Reset Zoom When an alarm or warning occurs a pop up describing the error condition will be displayed for 3 seconds See section 5 1 4 for more information on alarms and warnings The maximum and minimum signal strengths and the signal strength at the current position are shown in purple boxes NOTE The maximum speed that the readhead can travel ov...

Page 20: ...nd panned using a mouse trackpad touchscreen or similar To pan using a mouse Point the mouse at the trace click and hold the right mouse button and drag the trace left right up or down To zoom using a mouse trackpad Click with the left mouse button then drag the mouse to draw a box around the section of interest Or Move the mouse wheel to zoom the whole plot in or out To zoom and pan using a touch...

Page 21: ...section 5 1 4 for more information on alarms and warnings NOTE The maximum speed that the readhead can travel over the ring to display a useful Signal Strength Position plot is 0 5 m s This is approximately equivalent to 50 rpm with a 200 mm diameter ring Note that improved plot resolution is possible at slower travelling speeds Also note that it is recommended to disable Rotation when using the h...

Page 22: ...onfiguration screen provides information about the readhead and ADTa 100 connected 2 3 1 Readhead Characteristics Read from the data stored in the connected readhead 2 Readhead Configuration Read from the data stored in the connected readhead 3 ADTa 100 Characteristics 1 ...

Page 23: ...scale selection sections 6 5 1 and 6 5 2 4 Readhead serial number 5 Signal screen section 6 1 6 Lissajous X Y screen section 6 2 7 Signal strength vs position screen section 6 3 8 Velocity screen section 6 4 9 Position display Digital readout screen section 6 5 10 Configuration screen section 6 6 11 Automatic Gain Control AGC switching section 6 1 5 12 Limit indication where applicable 13 Alarm an...

Page 24: ...section 6 1 2 3 Pitch indication where applicable section 6 1 4 or Calibration instructions section 6 1 5 4 Calibration initiation section 6 1 5 5 Readhead mode section 6 1 3 When an alarm or warning occurs a pop up describing the error condition will be displayed for 3 seconds See section 6 1 6 for more information on alarms and warnings NOTE For more information on system installation and set up...

Page 25: ...n mode Once the readhead has been set up the system must be calibrated section 6 1 5 Readhead is in Calibration Mode is displayed in the bottom bar during calibration NOTE AGC is disabled in calibration mode and cannot be switched on Normal mode Once the readhead has been calibrated the incremental and reference mark values are stored in the readhead and Calibration Sequence Complete will be displ...

Page 26: ...tal signal calibration is complete the system will automatically enter reference mark calibration NOTE The incremental calibration values are automatically stored in the readhead If you do not have a reference mark click the Exit Calibration button 1 The blue indicator will double flash and REFERENCE MARK CALIBRATION will be displayed 2 The second of two indicators will be orange indicating the in...

Page 27: ...log as an old alarm The alarm will not be displayed until the fault is cleared and reasserted 2 A pop up notification describing the alarm or warning condition will be displayed when an error occurs The pop up is visible on all screens 3 The last alarm or warning that occurred will be displayed in the bottom bar until the log is cleared Click the button to open the alarm and warning log section 6 ...

Page 28: ...or that occurred before the system was switched off and all alarms and warnings that have occurred since the system was switched on 1 2 3 1 Save data 2 Alarm and warnings log Old errors occurred before the last time the system was switched off 3 Clear the alarm and warning in the log and the readhead 4 ADT selection 4 ...

Page 29: ...nals 1 The circle increments are in 25 steps with the optimum signal size 100 shown as a blue circle 2 Select to show hide Graph Controls 3 Slide bar to vary Lissajous persistence When an alarm or warning occurs a pop up describing the error condition will be displayed for 3 seconds See section 6 1 6 for more information on alarms and warnings 1 3 2 ...

Page 30: ...ection 6 3 2 3 for more information 3 Enable disable gridlines 4 Select to show hide Graph Controls 5 Start Stop a plot alternatively press the space bar section 6 3 2 2 6 Reset plot magnification 7 Trigger mode selection section 6 3 2 1 8 Reference mark Z and limit P Q positions along the axis where applicable When an alarm or warning occurs a pop up describing the error condition will be display...

Page 31: ...multiple reference marks or limits being plotted on the graph this is due to the speed of movement being faster than the data plot rate If an alarm or warning occurs the plot will automatically stop Click the green triangle or press the space bar to restart the plot section 6 3 2 2 AGC enabled AGC disabled When Auto Gain Control AGC is enabled default The maximum and minimum IRED drive and IRED dr...

Page 32: ...ion is reversed the trace direction will reverse and previous data will be overwritten Changing screens during data plotting will clear the data and a new plot will restart automatically when the signal strength vs position screen is reselected Stop the plot before switching screens to retain the data 6 3 2 3 Zooming and panning the plot The plot can be zoomed and panned using a mouse trackpad tou...

Page 33: ...sable gridlines 5 Select to show hide Graph Controls 6 Start stop a plot alternatively press the space bar section 6 4 1 1 7 Reset plot magnification 8 Select the X axis scale and rate of data sampling When an alarm or warning occurs a pop up describing the error condition will be displayed for 3 seconds See section 6 1 6 for more information on alarms and warnings NOTE The velocity plot is only v...

Page 34: ...e left right up or down To zoom using a mouse trackpad Click with the left mouse button then drag the mouse to draw a box around the section of interest Or Move the mouse wheel to zoom the whole plot in or out To zoom and pan using a touchscreen device Pan by swiping finger along the screen in the direction you want to move the plot Zoom using a thumb and finger Move them away from each other to z...

Page 35: ...lect angular display units and add ring diameters section 4 4 Indication of reference mark location section 6 5 3 5 Selection of ring diameter section 6 5 2 6 Zero counter section 6 5 3 7 Resolution of readhead 8 Reference mark operation selection section 6 5 3 When an alarm or warning occurs a pop up describing the error condition will be displayed for 3 seconds See section 6 1 6 for more informa...

Page 36: ...ngs window section 4 The default display is radians NOTE DRO will display dashes until Rotary scale used is selected The diameter of the ring can be selected from a drop down list containing all the standard ring diameters and line counts that Renishaw supply For partial arc or special rings diameters can be selected in the software settings window section 4 NOTE The DRO count may not agree exactl...

Page 37: ...mber stored in the readhead Calibration status of the readhead Temperature of the microcontroller in the readhead Temperature is not displayed when the readhead is in Calibration Mode Supply voltage at the Encoder Output of the ADT If the ADT is used in line the voltage at the encoder output connector will be displayed 4 Restore factory defaults section 6 6 1 5 Readhead configuration Read from the...

Page 38: ...ctory defaults should be restored To restore factory defaults click on the factory symbol and follow the instructions on the screen The readhead will enter installation mode section 6 3 1 Once factory defaults have been restored repeat the readhead set up and calibration procedure section 6 1 5 as detailed in the relevant installation guide ...

Page 39: ...the software but only the calibrated reference mark is guaranteed to remain phased Ensure the calibration sequence is carried out on the required reference mark Pitch indication is not displayed Readhead connected does not display pitch The signal strength vs position plot is running but there are no units displayed on the time axis 0 on Z trigger mode is selected and a reference mark has not been...

Page 40: ...se of the alarm all future alarms will be displayed as current alarms The readhead characteristics and configuration sections of the configuration page are empty For custom readheads this information is not decoded from the readhead Contact Renishaw with the serial number of the unit for more information on the configuration Readhead appears to jump from installation mode to normal mode without go...

Page 41: ...DING THE CONTENT RENISHAW EXCLUDES LIABILITY HOWSOEVER ARISING FOR ANY INACCURACIES IN THIS DOCUMENT 2016 2020 Renishaw plc All rights reserved Renishaw reserves the right to change specifications without notice RENISHAW and the probe symbol used in the RENISHAW logo are registered trade marks of Renishaw plc in the United Kingdom and other countries apply innovation and names and designations of ...

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