SimStep
Manual - 3400 Iss. D
7
th
June 2004
page 2
CONTENTS
1
D
ESCRIPTION
.......................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 R
EAR
V
IEW
: .................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2
L
INK
S
ETTINGS
.............................................................................................................................. 6
2
E
XTERNAL
I
NTERFACE
C
ONNECTIONS
....................................................................................................... 7
3
C
ABLES
................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.1
M
OTOR AND
L
IMIT
/D
ATUM CABLES
................................................................................................ 10
3.2
E
LECTRO
-
MAGNETIC
C
OMPATIBILITY
(EMC) ................................................................................. 10
3.3
E
NCODER
C
ABLES
....................................................................................................................... 11
3.3.1 Typical Motor Encoders .................................................................................................. 11
4
M
OTOR
C
ONNECTIONS
........................................................................................................................... 12
4.1
C
OLOUR
C
ODE FOR
8
LEAD MOTORS
: ........................................................................................... 12
4.2 C
ONNECTING
T
O
T
HE
MSA889 J
UNCTION
B
OX
............................................................................ 13
4.3
C
ONNECTION OF
L
IMITS
A
ND
D
ATUM
............................................................................................ 14
4.3.1 Datum Position................................................................................................................ 15
4.3.2 Using Over-travel limits as datum inputs. ....................................................................... 15
5
P
OWER
S
UPPLY
U
NIT
............................................................................................................................. 16
6
MSE570 S
TEPPER
D
RIVE
...................................................................................................................... 17
6.1
G
ENERAL
S
ET
-
UP
:....................................................................................................................... 17
6.2
C
URRENT
S
ETTING
...................................................................................................................... 17
6.3
O
THER
MSE570 C
URRENT
S
ETTINGS
.......................................................................................... 18
7
M
ANUAL
O
PERATION
U
SING THE
J
OG
B
OX OR
J
OYSTICK
.......................................................................... 19
7.1
J
OG
B
OXES
- JC S
ERIES
............................................................................................................. 19
7.2
S
INGLE AND
D
UAL
A
XIS
J
OG
B
OX
O
PERATION
............................................................................... 20
7.3
M
ULTI
-
AXIS
J
OG
B
OX
O
PERATION
................................................................................................ 20
7.4
J
OYSTICK
- JC S
ERIES
................................................................................................................ 21
7.5
J
OYSTICK
O
PERATION
.................................................................................................................. 21
8
PM600 I
NTELLIGENT
S
TEPPER
M
OTOR
C
ONTROLLER
............................................................................. 22
8.1
G
ENERAL
.................................................................................................................................... 22
8.2
S
ETTING
U
P
T
HE
E
NCODER
(C
LOSED
-
LOOP
C
ONTROL
M
ODES
O
NLY
)............................................ 22
8.2.1 Encoder Termination ...................................................................................................... 22
8.2.2 Encoder Scaling.............................................................................................................. 23
8.2.3 Encoder Direction ........................................................................................................... 23
8.3
P
ROGRAMMING VIA THE
RS232 I
NTERFACE
.................................................................................. 23
8.4
G
ENERAL
C
OMMAND
S
TRUCTURE
................................................................................................ 25
8.5
E
XAMPLES OF
C
OMMAND
S
TRUCTURE
.......................................................................................... 25
9
I/O C
ABLE AND
B
REAKOUT
B
OX
............................................................................................................. 26
9.1
I
SOLATION
................................................................................................................................... 27
9.2 T
YPICAL
C
ONNECTIONS
............................................................................................................... 27
9.3
R
EAD
P
ORTS
............................................................................................................................... 27
9.4
W
RITE
P
ORTS
............................................................................................................................. 28
9.4.1 Inductive Loads............................................................................................................... 28
10
S
IM
S
TEP
E
XAMPLE
S
EQUENCE
............................................................................................................... 28
10.1 S
EQUENCE
D
EFINITIONS
.............................................................................................................. 28
10.2 C
ONFIGURATION
.......................................................................................................................... 29
10.3 R
UN
S
EQUENCE
.......................................................................................................................... 29
11
O
RDER
C
ODES
...................................................................................................................................... 30
11.1 S
YSTEM
...................................................................................................................................... 30
11.2 M
OTOR
E
NCODERS
..................................................................................................................... 30
11.3 C
ABLES
...................................................................................................................................... 30
11.4 J
UNCTION
B
OXES
........................................................................................................................ 30
11.5 J
OG
B
OXES
& J
OYSTICK
.............................................................................................................. 30
11.6 EMC F
ERRITES
........................................................................................................................... 30
12
L
IMITATIONS OF
U
SE
.............................................................................................................................. 31