Servo Tuning Utility; General Description; Features; Operation - Newport ESP6000 User Manual

4.2

Servo Tuning Utility

Section 4 — Windows Utilities
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4.1.3.5.1 About ESP 6000
Select ABOUT ESP 6000 for revision information on active ESP-util, DLL
and firmware. The About ESP6000 screen appears (Figure 4.1-20).

4.2.1 General Description

The ESP 6000 servo tuning utility (ESP-tune.exe) is a utility program devel-
oped to simplify and speed-up the servo tuning process. The program is
user-configurable and consolidates input functions for efficient tuning.

4.2.2 Features

• Ability to input parameters for six axes of motion (with UniDrive 6000)
• Configurable data acquisition
• Graphical interface for value input and commands
• Plotting for comparison purposes

4.2.3 Operation

At boot-up, the program will load the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) and
will attempt to establish communication with the ESP6000 controller card.
If communication does not occur, the program will assume the ESP6000
card was not initialized, and will initiate a reset sequence and initialize the
ESP6000 card (but not the personal computer) and the UniDrive6000.
When initialization is complete the main servo tuning screen appears
(see Figure 4.2-1).
Figure 4.1-20 — About Screen
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