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Connecting ClearPath to a Mechanical System......................... 163
Motor Connection: General Tips and Guidelines ......... 163
Notes on Coupling Selection.......................................... 165
Installing Pulleys and pinions ....................................... 166
About End-of-Travel Stops........................................................ 167
Hard Blocks.................................................................... 167
Elastomeric (rubber) Stops ........................................... 167
Pneumatic (dashpots).................................................... 167
End Stops and Hard Stop Homing................................ 167
Fan Mounting and Cooling........................................................168
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Mating Connector Information ................................................. 169
Cable Pinout: CPM-CABLE-CTRL-MU120............................... 170
Cable Pinout: CPM-CABLE-CTRL-MM660.............................. 170
Cable Pinout: CPM-CABLE-PWR-MM660................................171
Cable Pinout: CPM-CABLE-PWR-MS120..................................171
Protective Earth (PE) Connection ............................................. 173
Grounding and Shielding........................................................... 173
Power Returns ........................................................................... 174
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POWER4-HUB Schematic (simplified)..................................... 175
Homing .......................................................................................177
Introduction....................................................................177
Terms Used In This Section........................................... 178
Homing Settings ............................................................ 179
Typical Homing Sequences............................................ 185
Precision Homing .......................................................... 187
Homing Methods Listed by Operational Mode............. 189
MSP Motion Generator..............................................................190
Motion Generator Controls ...........................................190
Encoder and Input Resolution .................................................. 192
Introduction................................................................... 192
Terms used in this section ............................................. 192
Native Resolution .......................................................... 192
Positioning Resolution................................................... 193
Input Resolution Setting in MSP................................... 193
RAS and g-Stop (Vibration and Resonance Suppression)........ 195
RAS (Regressive Auto-Spline) ....................................... 195
g-Stop Tuning ................................................................198
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