CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility
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31-January-05
Introduction
This section describes how to use the ANILAM Motion Setup/Testing
(MST) Utility. The MST provides commands that carry out motion-specific
setup and testing in order to tune the servo system and the Proportional
Integral Derivative (PID) filter parameters of a CNC.
A basic knowledge of machine operation and programming is required.
Refer to the appropriate programming manual for details on how to
program and operate the control.
Setup includes the following procedures:
Servo Board Balancing
Servo Board Signal Gain Setting (motor step response is displayed in
open loop)
The CNC provides the following troubleshooting tools:
Detection of Index Pulse
Detection of counts between index pulses (actual resolution)
Tuning for the optimal PID values
The following General Status information is displayed:
Display of active CNC status codes
Display of machine position, feedrates, RPM, dwell, and override
Accessing the MST Utility
Access the Motion Setup/Testing Utility (MST) from the Software Options
Screen. This screen activates automatically once the CNC has started
successfully.
To activate the MST Utility:
1. Start the CNC.
2. Press (
F10
) to continue, as prompted. The Software Options screen
is displayed.
3. Highlight
Motion Setup/Testing
, and press
ENTER
. The MST screen
activates.
