Setting The Drive Enable Output (Optional) - Baldor NXE100-1608Dx Installation Manual

5.5.5 Setting the drive enable output (optional)

Note: In many applications, a drive amplifier will have its drive enable input activated by
other circuitry (often including an emergency stop switch) so a physical drive
enable signal from the NextMove e100 is not required.
A drive enable output allows NextMove e100 to enable the external drive amplifier to allow
motion, or disable it in the event of an error. Each axis can be configured with its own drive enable
output, or can share an output with other axes. If an output is shared, an error on any of the axes
sharing the output will cause all of them to be disabled. The drive enable output can be either the
relay or a digital output.
For a remote axis (e.g. MicroFlex e100), a physical drive enable connection from the
NextMove e100 may not be required. The remote axis' drive enable input can be wired to
external safety stop circuits to provide a fail-safe method for disabling the drive, while in normal
operation commands over the EPL network can be used to enable/disable the drive.
1. In the Toolbox, click the Digital I/O icon.
2. At the bottom of the Digital I/O screen, click
the Digital Outputs tab.
The left of the screen shows yellow High and
Low icons. These describe how the output
should behave when activated (to enable the
axis).
3. If you are going to use the relay, ignore this
step and go straight to step 4.
If you are going to use a digital output, the
active level must be set. Drag the appropriate
yellow icon to the grey OUT icon that will be
used as the drive enable output.
In this example, OUT1 is being used, and is
being configured as active high.
The icon's color will change to bright blue.
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