Other Commands - Mitsubishi Electric MELSERVO-J3 Series Handbook

Part 6: Common Reference Material

4.5.12 Other commands

(1) Servo motor-side pulse unit absolute position
The following shows how to read the absolute position in the servo motor-side pulse unit. Note that
overflow will occur in the position of 8192 or more revolutions from the home position.
(a) Transmission
Transmit command [0] [2] and data No. [9] [0].
(b) Return
The slave station returns the requested servo motor-side pulses.
For example, data "000186A0" is 100000 pulses in the motor-side pulse unit.
(2) Command unit absolute position
The following shows how to read the absolute position in the command unit.
(a) Transmission
Transmit command [0] [2] and data No. [9] [1].
(b) Return
The slave station returns the requested command pulses.
For example, data "000186A0" is 100000 pulses in the command unit.
Command Data No.
[0] [2] [9] [0]
Absolute position is sent back in hexadecimal in the servo motor-side pulse
(Data must be converted into decimal.)
Command Data No.
[0] [2] [9] [1]
Absolute position is sent back in hexadecimal in the command unit.
(Data must be converted into decimal.)
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