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advanced positioning technology

OPTODC SERVO MOTOR DRIVER

Model Number  ODC001

Содержание ODC001

Страница 1: ...advanced positioning technology OPTODC SERVO MOTOR DRIVER Model Number ODC001...

Страница 2: ...ernight delivery of most products and quick and competent technical support are widely acknowledged by its customers Besides this main mission Thorlabs is eager to enhance its product spectrum continu...

Страница 3: ...trical Installation 10 Connecting To The Supply 10 Connecting a motor 10 Installing APT Software for PC Operation 11 Introduction 11 Software Installation 11 Software Upgrades 11 APT PC Software Overv...

Страница 4: ...on 38 GUI Panel 38 Settings Panel 40 Moves Jogs Tab 40 Stage Axis Tab 43 Advanced Tab 46 Appendices A Rear Panel Connector Pinout Details 49 Rear Panel Motor Control Connector 49 B Preventive Maintena...

Страница 5: ...e note of the Warnings Cautions and Notes throughout this handbook The following safety symbols may be used throughout the handbook Warning An instruction which draws attention to the risk of injury o...

Страница 6: ...rope This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the EC Directive 89 336 EEC EMC Directive Compliance was demonstrated by conformance to the following specifications which have been listed...

Страница 7: ...go see Fig 1 sold to a company or institute within the EC currently owned by a company or institute within the EC still complete not disassembled and not contaminated Fig 1 1 Crossed out wheelie bin s...

Страница 8: ...ic waste disposal site 1 4 3 Ecological background It is well known that WEEE pollutes the environment by releasing toxic products during decomposition The aim of the European RoHS directive is to red...

Страница 9: ...labs DC motorized opto mechanical products many of these parameters are automatically set to allow out of the box operation with no further tuning required The OptoDCDriver has been specifically desig...

Страница 10: ...ion within the photonics R D environment is further considered by an overall black finish and by elimination of any stray light generation the LEDs found on the front panel can be disabled by using a...

Страница 11: ...nditions before being powered up 2 2 3 Removing the Baseplate The OptoDCDriver is supplied fitted with a baseplate for securing the unit to an optical table or breadboard If desired this baseplate can...

Страница 12: ...outlet A single way wall plug supply OPS001 for powering a single OptoDriver is also available Warning The unit must be connected only to a DC supply of 12 15V 1A regulated Connection to a supply of a...

Страница 13: ...link Fig 2 5 Install Software Hyperlink 3 Follow the on screen instructions If your install package does not start run the file Install exe found on the root directory of the Software CD If you experi...

Страница 14: ...erver which provides all of the necessary APT system software services such as generation of GUI panels communications handling for multiple USB units and logging of all system activity to assist in h...

Страница 15: ...to be created and easily applied For many users the APTUser application provides all of the functionality necessary to operate the APT hardware without the need to develop any further custom software...

Страница 16: ...ngs have global effect such as switching between simulator and real operating mode associating mechanical stages to specific motor actuators and incorporation of calibration data The APTConfig utility...

Страница 17: ...e range of software development environments for use by client application developers Development environments supported include Visual Basic Labview Visual C C Builder HPVEE Matlab VB NET C NET and v...

Страница 18: ...built on top of the powerful functionality provided by the APT ActiveX Server as shown in Fig 2 6 Fig 2 6 System Architecture Diagram Refer to the main APT Software online help file APTBase hlp for a...

Страница 19: ...display for the associated GUI should increment and decrement accordingly Follow the tutorial steps described in Chapter 3 for further verification of operation Note The APT Config utility can be use...

Страница 20: ...utomatically set to allow out of the box operation with no further tuning required The following brief overview explains how the front panel controls can be used to perform a typical series of motor m...

Страница 21: ...nced settings tab see Section 5 3 3 4 Button Operation The buttons on the front of the unit can be used to control the motor in a number of ways as described below 3 4 1 Homing A Home move is performe...

Страница 22: ...old the required button for 2 seconds 3 4 4 Jogging The front panel buttons can also be configured to jog the motor This mode of operation is enabled by setting the Button Mode parameter to Jogging on...

Страница 23: ...ing driven e g min and max positions leadscrew pitch homing direction etc To assist in setting these parameters correctly it is possible using the APT Config utility to associate a specific stage type...

Страница 24: ...In the Stage field select the Z612B actuator type from the list displayed for a 12mm travel Z612 actuator 7 Click the Add Change Stage Association button The Z612 B actuator and serial number are add...

Страница 25: ...lows multiple graphical instrument panels to be displayed so that multiple APT units can be controlled All basic operating parameters can be set through this program and all basic operations such as m...

Страница 26: ...is displayed in the Settings window See Section 4 11 and Section 5 3 for further details on the parameter values shown in the Settings display Fig 4 3 OptoDCDriver Software GUI The APT User utility wi...

Страница 27: ...indicate that homing is in progress and the displayed position for both channels counts down to 000 000 i e the home position Note Homing can also be performed by holding down both front panel buttons...

Страница 28: ...sured in real world units e g millimetres relative to the Home position 1 Click the position display Fig 4 5 Absolute Position Popup Window 2 Enter 3 0 into the pop up window 3 Click OK Notice that th...

Страница 29: ...Settings button bottom right hand corner of the display to show the Settings panel Fig 4 6 Settings Panel Move Jogs Tab 2 Select the Move Jogs tab as shown in Fig 4 6 3 In the Moves field enter param...

Страница 30: ...g velocity while the button is held down 1 On the GUI panel click the Settings button to display the Settings panel Fig 4 7 Settings Panel Move Jogs Tab 2 Select the Move Jogs tab as shown in Fig 4 7...

Страница 31: ...its per grid division and cursor position All units are displayed in real world units either millimetres or degrees Note For single channel units such as the OptoDCDriver the Channel 2 parameters are...

Страница 32: ...he left hand mouse button to initiate the move Jog Mode When Jogging mode is selected the motors are jogged each time the left mouse button is clicked The Jog direction corresponds to the position of...

Страница 33: ...ited without user intervention For details on moving to absolute positions initiated by a mouse click see Section 4 8 1 From the Motor GUI Panel select Move Sequencer tab to display the Move Sequencer...

Страница 34: ...d the system will move to the position specified in the Dist Pos field wait for the specified Dwell time and then return to the original position 4 Min Vel Acc and Max Vel the velocity profile paramet...

Страница 35: ...Fig 4 13 Pop Up Options 7 To run a single line of data right click the appropriate data and select Run from the pop up menu shown above 8 To run the entire sequence click the Run button shown below A...

Страница 36: ...arning how to use the APT software and as an aid to developing custom software applications offline Any number of virtual control units can be combined to emulate a colection of physical hardware unit...

Страница 37: ...r 4 In the Simulator field check the Enable Simulator Mode box The name of the most recently used configuration file is displayed in the Current Configuration window 5 In the Control Unit field select...

Страница 38: ...umbers as any real hardware units that will be used Although serial numbers are 8 digits as displayed in the Load Configuration Details window the first two digits are added automatically and identify...

Страница 39: ...actuator was selected using the APTConfig utility in Section 4 2 The APT server automatically applied suitable defaults for the parameters on this tab during boot up of any client software such as AP...

Страница 40: ...I panel the APT server version number and the version number in brackets of the embedded software running on the unit are displayed in the top right hand corner This information should always be provi...

Страница 41: ...ed with the specified channel See the APTConfig utility helpfile for more details on assigning and using calibration files Min Max V the minimum velocity at which a move is initiated and the maximum v...

Страница 42: ...ptoDCDriver Move Jog Settings Moves Velocity Profile Moves can be initiated via the GUI panel either by using the jog buttons see Section 4 7 or by entering a position value after clicking on the posi...

Страница 43: ...gging The way in which the motor moves when a jog command is received i e front panel button pressed or GUI panel button clicked There are two jogging modes available Single Step and Continuous In Sin...

Страница 44: ...ions are always approached in a forward direction The Backlash Correction Distance is specified in real world units millimeters or degrees To remove backlash correction this value should be set to zer...

Страница 45: ...ters should not be altered for pre defined Thorlabs stages selected using APT Config as it may adversely affect the performance of the stage For third party stage types not available using the APT Con...

Страница 46: ...ximum velocity at which the motors move when Homing For further information on the home position see Section D 2 2 Hardware Limit Switches Note The minimum velocity and acceleration deceleration param...

Страница 47: ...as 48 x 256 x 2 25440 encoder counts mm 48 counts per revolution 256 1 reduction gearbox 0 5mm lead screw pitch The correct default values for Steps Per Rev and Gearbox Ratio are applied automaticall...

Страница 48: ...modes described above by clearing the associated check boxes in the LED Indicator Modes field Potentiometer Control Settings The potentiometer slider is sprung such that when released it returns to it...

Страница 49: ...settings These settings can be altered using the Servo Loop PID Control Settings parameters Proportional This term provides the restoring force used to drive the motor to the demand position reducing...

Страница 50: ...sition to which the motor will move when the left hand button is pressed Right Button Position The position to which the motor will move when the right hand button is pressed Note A Home move can be p...

Страница 51: ...the DC servo motor actuator The pin functions are detailed in Fig A 1 Fig A 1 MOTOR I O Connector Pin Identification Pin Description Pin Description 1 Motor 6 Motor 2 5V Encoder Supply 7 Limit Switch...

Страница 52: ...mited to safety testing and cleaning as described in the following sections B 1 Safety Testing PAT testing in accordance with local regulations should be performed on a regular basis typically annuall...

Страница 53: ...Connector Encoder Supply 5V Encoder Bandwidth 750 000 Counts Sec Limit Switches Forward Reverse with Common Return 10 Pin IDC Connector Panel Buttons Forward Reverse Jogging for Position Control Pane...

Страница 54: ...Servo Motor Actuator 1 4 80 Z612 12mm DC Servo Motor Actuator 3 8 Barrel Attachment Z612B 12mm DC Servo Motor Actuator 1 4 80 Vaccuum Rated Z612V 12mm DC Servo Motor Actuator Vaccuum Rated 3 8 Barrel...

Страница 55: ...t must be ramped up gradually to its maximum velocity Certain limits to velocity and acceleration result from the torque and speed limits of the motor and the inertia and friction of the parts it driv...

Страница 56: ...nters are reset to zero thereby establishing a fixed datum that can be found even after the system has been switched off See Section 4 4 for details on performing a Home move D 2 3 Limit Switches A li...

Страница 57: ...e Home and Minimum positions then coincide with movement always occurring on the positive side of the Home position Rotary stages have effectively no limits of travel The Minimum and Maximum positions...

Страница 58: ...from 10 to 20 mm is carried out as one simple move whereas a negative move from 20 to 10 mm first causes the stage to overshoot the target position and then move positively through a small amount Fig...

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Страница 60: ...7 25 6 Thorlabs 2006 Printed in UK 0206 ha 0132T Issue 3...

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