Configuring Axes - MachMotion Apollo III Manual

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The Apollo III uses a 5V encoder signal. See the pinout below.
Function A+ A- B+ 5V GND B- I+ I-
RJ45 Pins
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
White & White & White & White &
Colors
Orange Blue Green Brown
Orange Green Blue Brown
TABLE 12 ENCODER FEEDBACK RJ45 JACK PINOUT
Again any drives purchased from MachMotion can have their encoder feedback plugged directly into the
encoder RJ45 jacks.

10.2 Configuring Axes

The axes must also be configured inside the HiCON plugin. Begin by opening up the plugin. Select the tab
corresponding to the axis to be configured.
FIGURE 68 X AXIS CONFIGURATION
The control parameters are used to configure the axes. If the Apollo III came with a MachMotion control all of the
following parameters will already be set up. For all other systems, the only parameter that should have to
change is the Feedback. If the system has encoder feedback, make sure to select the correct encoder under the
Feedback drop down bar. The encoder index starts at 0. So for the X axis use Encoder0, for the Y axis
Encoder1.
Apollo III Using Mach3