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Commissioning with the FCT
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6. In the dropdown menu, choose the desired version of the plug-in next to the “OK” button.
7. Confirm your inputs with the “OK” button.
4.4
Configuration
For commissioning the controller with the planar surface gantry, specifications and settings are re
quired for the components involved. The corresponding register and parameter pages are selected in
the work space of the FCT.
The following points merely describe the minimum required settings to operate a planar
surface gantry with the controller.
For information on further settings, use the plug-in Help via the menu [Help] [Contents
of installed plug-ins] [Festo] [CMXH].
4.4.1
Create new drive configuration/change drive configuration
The button “Create new drive configuration” only appears when no drive has been configured yet. Oth
erwise, the existing drive configuration can be changed in this menu.
1. Select on the parameter page [Configuration] [Create new drive configuration] or [Configuration]
[Change].
Configure/change controller
2. Select the load voltage (DC link voltage) of the controller
3. Select the control interface. If the control interface has been changed, a restart of the CMXH is re
quired.
4. Selecting [Continue] brings you to configuration of the planar surface gantry.
Configure/change planar surface gantry
5. Select the size of the planar surface gantry used.
6. Specify the stroke of the working space in the direction of the X- and Y-axis.
7. Make specifications for the motor brake and motor position.
8. Selecting [Continue] brings you to the configuration result
Check the specifications and confirm the result with [End]
Then navigate with the buttons [Continue] and [Back] through the individual parameter
pages and execute the settings for the individual topics. In the View [Workplace], you can
directly select a page in the displayed tree.