Chapter 9 Troubleshooting; Overview; Installation - Galil Motion Control DMC-14 5 Series Manual

Chapter 9 Troubleshooting

Overview

The following discussion may help you get your system running if a problem is encountered.
Potential problems have been divided into groups as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
The various symptoms along with the cause and the remedy are described in the following tables.

Installation

Symptom
Motor runs away when connected to amplifier with
no additional inputs.
Same as above, but offset adjustment does not stop
the motor.
Controller does not read changes in encoder position. Wrong encoder
Same as above
Same as above
DMC-14x5/6
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Installation
Communication
Stability and Compensation
Operation
Cause Remedy
Amplifier offset too Adjust amplifier offset
large.
Damaged amplifier. Replace amplifier.
Check encoder wiring.
connections.
Bad encoder Check the encoder signals.
Replace encoder if necessary.
Bad controller Connect the encoder to
different axis input. If it works,
controller failure. Repair or
replace.
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