Tips And Troubleshooting; The Drive Does Not Enable - National Instruments C Series Getting Started

Complete the following steps to test your setup after configuring and tuning the axis.
Right-click the axis in the Project Explorer window and select Interactive Test Panel
1.
from the shortcut menu. Opening this dialog box sends the axis settings to the hardware and
activates the I/O on the module.
2. On the Move tab, set the Target Position to
3. On the Move Constraints tab, configure the following settings:
Set Velocity to
a.
Set Acceleration to
b.
c. Set Deceleration to
d. Set Acceleration Jerk to
e. Set Deceleration Jerk to
Click the Start button on the bottom of the dialog box. The move should proceed for
4.
10 revolutions at a velocity of 1 revolution per second.
5. Use the Status and Plots tabs to monitor the move while it is in progress.
6. Finalize the motion system setup by connecting and configuring additional I/O such as
limits as required by your system using the 20-pin screw terminal connector. Table 1 shows
the screw-terminal connector pinout.
7. Tune the motor with a load connected using the Gain Tuning Panel dialog box. Refer to
the Using the Gain Tuning Panel topic in the NI SoftMotion Module book of the LabVIEW
Help for detailed information about the Gain Tuning Panel and servo system tuning. In the
eth0 (Primary) section click More Settings and change Packet Detection to Polling.
Leave the Polling Interval at 1 ms.

Tips and Troubleshooting

The Drive Does Not Enable

If, after going through all steps in this document, the AKD servo drive does not enable, verify
the following settings:
• The Drive Enable line from the NI 9514 or NI 9516 C Series module must be active.
Figure 17 shows the location of the hardware enable indicator in the AKD WorkBench
software.
• The software enable must be enabled. This setting is available on the upper toolbar in the
AKD WorkBench software. Figure 17 shows the location of the software enable indicator
and toolbar button.
The drive must not be in a fault state. Click the Clear Faults button on the toolbar to clear
•
the fault state after determining and fixing the source of the fault. Figure 17 shows the
location of the Fault indicator and Clear Faults toolbar button.
Refer to the AKD Fault and Warning Messages card that came with the drive
Tip
for fault information and solutions.
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