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P/N 70000510B - Warranty Warranty ANILAM warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship for one (1) year from date of installation. At our option, we will repair or replace any defective product upon prepaid return to our factory.
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B - Table of Contents Introduction ........................1 Accessing the MST Utility ...................1 Activating the MST Screen ..................2 General Status..........................2 MST Soft Keys ......................3 Clearing a Prompt Field or Message (F1) ................... 3 Selecting an Axis..........................4 Entering a Password ...........................
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Introduction This section describes how to use the ANILAM Motion Setup/Testing (MST) Utility. The MST provides commands that carry out motion-specific setup and testing in order to tune the servo system and the Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) filter parameters of a CNC.
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Activating the MST Screen The axis positions displayed correspond to the current position. The Graphics Area displays step responses for the Signal Gain and Tuning functions. Refer to Figure 1 and Table 1. Soft Keys Misc Figure 1, CNC Motion Setup/Testing Screen Table 1, MST Screen Areas and Descriptions...
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B MST Soft Keys NOTE: Select an active axis before you select an MST command (F1–F9). NOTE: MST soft keys are displayed while the MST screen is active. Access Motion Setup/Testing Utility features via the labeled soft keys located beneath the LCD on the console.
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Selecting an Axis NOTE: Select an active axis before you select an MST command (F1–F9). If no axis is selected, the CNC displays an Error message that prompts you to do so. Use the following keypad keys to select and activate the corresponding axes: Activates/Deactivates X-axis Activates/Deactivates Y-axis...
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Checking Axis Resolution (F2) Refer to Figure 2. Press ResChk (F2) to calculate the actual resolution for the active axis. In the Graphics Area of the screen, the actual resolution and the resolution in the Setup are displayed for comparison. In addition the screen displays: The number of times the system tested for resolution (Total Cycles:) The number of times that the encoder lines detected do not match the...
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Starting Reference Mark This procedure is only necessary during setup of the system and only when the encoder is type **EverTrack 1. Select the axis you want to setup. 2. Press F2 (Resolution Check) to display a pop-up menu with two options: EverTrack Test Save Current Mark...
Press MANUAL (F4) to cancel an active MDI or test command. Activating Manual Data Input Mode (MDI) Press MDI (F5) to activate the MDI Mode. (Refer to the 5000M CNC Programming and Operations Manual, P/N 70000508, for information on MDI programming.) All rights reserved.
Refer to Figure 4. NOTE: The test board only works with amplifiers supplied by ANILAM. Figure 4, ANILAM Servo Drive Test Board, P/N 33000102 All rights reserved. Subject to change without notice.
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Test Board Installation IMPORTANT: Press to de-energize servos before installing the STOP test board. 1. Remove the cable attached to J1 of the Servo Drive you wish to monitor and connect it to P1 of the test board. 2.
P/N 70000510B Balancing the DSP Board (F6) On systems that use an ANILAM Servo Amplifier Board, P/N 33000039 or 33000123 (see Figure 6, ANILAM Servo Amplifier (5 LEDs), P/N 33000123 or Figure 7, ANILAM Servo Amplifier (1 LED), P/N 33000123), measurements for this procedure can be made at the J1 input connector with the Servo Drive Test Board, P/N 33000102.
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CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Output Balance Pot Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 33000404 Figure 5, ANILAM DSP Board Balance Pots, P/N 33000404 All rights reserved. Subject to change without notice. 31-January-05...
NOTE: These signals can also be found on Pins #5 and #11 of the J1 input connector on the ANILAM Servo Amplifier Board, P/N 33000123. Refer to Figure 6, (5 LEDs) or Figure 7, ANILAM Servo Amplifier (1 LED), P/N 33000123.
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B 6. On the ANILAM Servo Amplifier for the axis being adjusted, adjust the balance potentiometer until the MST display is 0000, indicating that the active axis is stationary. – or – Adjust until tach voltage is 0 VDC (±0.001 V), indicating that the active axis is stationary.
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PULL-UP (LATCHED) OVER TEMP PULL-UP (LATCHED) For LED fault conditions 1 LED servo amplifiers, see Figure 7, ANILAM Servo Amplifier (1 LED), P/N 33000123 or Table 5. Table 5, Table of Fault LED Conditions (1 LED) Green Condition 2 FLASHES +/–...
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Under Voltage Fault When the +15VDC power supply is below +12VDC, a level that would cause unreliable operation: For 5 LED amplifiers: The Run LED turns off, a Fault Output is generated, and the amplifier is inhibited. For 1 LED amplifiers: The Green LED turns off, the Red LED is off, a Fault Output is generated, and the amplifier is...
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Low Speed Electronic Circuit Breaker (LS/ECB) Fault When the RMS output of the amplifier exceeds 13A for 5 seconds: For 5 LED amplifiers: The Run LED turns off, the LS/ECB LED turns on, a Fault Output is generated, and the amplifier is inhibited.
If the inertial load is large, the generated voltage can pump up the DC-Buss. If this fault occurs, you may need a Regen Clamp. Consult ANILAM. Resetting a Fault The fault latch may be reset by pushing the Reset button, activating the Reset input J1–12 or by removing power and allowing the filter...
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Setting the Signal Gain (F7) Adjust the gains of the ANILAM Servo Amplifier. Refer to Figure 8. Misc 53BALANCE Figure 8, Balance Screen NOTE: If ANILAM did not provide the servo amplifiers, follow the guidelines for balancing supplied by the manufacturer.
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Misc Figure 9, Signal Gain (SigGain) Screen If the system is equipped with an ANILAM Servo Amplifier Board, all of the voltage measurements can be made with the Servo Drive Test Board. Measure command voltage across TP1 and TP2 of the test board. These signals can also be found on Pins #3 and #11 of J1.
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Tuning (F8) NOTE: ANILAM recommends that you set signal gain and balance the servo amplifier, as discussed in previous text, before tuning. CAUTION: Most machines will operate correctly with the default filter parameters. Only qualified technicians who have knowledge of motion control tuning parameters should use this tool.
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CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B If you have selected Kd (derivative gain), the CNC begins by measuring derivative sampling time (Ds). It measures the time between 10% and 90% of the final velocity (rise time) to determine the systems time constant, from which the Ds travel is calculated.
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CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Table 7, Tuning Functions Values Parameter Function Kp Overshoot % Determines amount of overshoot the CNC will seek before ending the Kp cycle. 1% to 5% is a normal overshoot range for this test. If detected overshoot exceeds the entered OvSht%, the cycle ends.
NOTE: ANILAM recommends that you back up your configuration file before you save tuning results. This will enable the filter parameters to be recovered if necessary. Refer to 5000M CNC Setup Utility Manual, P/N 70000509, for details on backing-up and restoring setup parameters.
Press Misc (F9) to display a pop-up menu with eight (8) selections. The tests marked ** on the right apply only for systems equipped with an ANILAM AC Amplifier (P/N 33001279). The pop-up does not display the ** notation. CanBus Test...
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B 1. Line 1 of the graph area indicates the number of active CanBus I/O nodes and their status. 2. Line 2 of the graph area indicates the state of the touch probe input when a probe is connected to the Motion Control Board (MCB): Not deflected (touching) Deflected (touching) 3.
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CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B The best approach to fine-tune these gains is to auto-tune the PID filter for the Z-axis with only derivative gain (Kd). After the test is done, save these values in the rigid tapping gain table. With the help of the rigid tapping test, start increasing Kf and/or Kp in the test until the Z-axis lag is zero or very close to zero.
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B Save Amp Value(s) This test is only for systems equipped with an ANILAM AC Amplifier (P/N 33001279). Saves all modified amplifier parameters to non-volatile memory. This must be done after performing a signal gain test and/or a balance test.
CNC Motion Setup/Testing Utility P/N 70000510B BackUp Amp Parameters This test is only for systems equipped with an ANILAM AC Amplifier (P/N 33001279). This reads all parameters from the amplifier and creates a backup file named DIGAMP-*.BK, where ‘*’ is the selected axis name (i.e. X, Y, Z).
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