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Chapter 2
System Validation and Application Tips
Test the Simple Motion Control Functionality
Now that the PVc terminal is successfully communicating with the MicroLogix 1400 controller, you are ready
to test the Simple Motion Control functionality, first in Operator mode and then in Program mode.
Navigate the Program Mode Screen
Follow this procedure to understand the Simple Motion Control Program mode functionality.
1. Press the appropriate Axis x button on the Network Overview screen for an axis that is ready.
The Simple Motion Control screen will appear and will be in Program mode. Your screen will be similar
to the one shown below.
2. Notice that the button in the lower right corner displays 'Program'. This indicates that the Simple
Motion Control CCBB is currently in Program mode.
While the Simple Motion Control screen is in Program mode, the commands sent to the Ultra1500 drive by
IMPORTANT
the PLC are done so through the Axis User Program via broadcast or program commands. These commands
are covered in more detail in
Program mode is to start the Axis User Program if it is not already running or to stop the axis. Axis faults
can also be cleared.
On this screen, Axis x is a text object that is tied to AX1_DESCRIPTION, tag ST251:0, in the RSLogix 500
TIP
file. This axis description can be changed to give the axis a name that is more appropriate to your
application. Once the axis description string is changed, the updated axis description will show on the axis
buttons in the Network Overview screen as well as in the Simple Motion Control Screen.
The
button in the top-right corner takes you back to the Network Overview screen.
The indicators on the left side show:
• whether the axis is Ready to run (not faulted and ready).
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3. The only actions that you can initiate from the screen while in
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