Figure 18: Finish installation
Connections and Testing
Connect the stepping system according to the contents in previous sections and connect the PC to the
Drive as the following figure.
RS232 Interface Connection
Figure 19: RS232 interface connection
Testing the Stepping System
Turn on the power supply, the green (Power) LED will light. The DM870 has default parameters
stored in the Drive. If the system has no hardware and wirings problem, the motor should be locked
and the Drive should be ready.
If the red LED immediately turns on (flickers), then check power supply, the motor, motor wirings
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and try again. Open the tuning software ProTuner and check Drive status by clicking Err_check. If
it's Phase Error, check the motor, motor wirings and try again. If it still doesn't work after you
followed all of the previous steps, please contact us at tech@leadshine.com.
If the RED LED is off and the motor is normal, then you can start to tune the servo with ProTuner.
However, we recommend you see the following contents before starting tuning.
Software Introduction
ProTuner Main Window
Menu Bar
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Option
The user can choose three drop-down menus by clicking "Option", including Com Config,
SaveToDrive and Exit.
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Com Config: Configure Com communication interface.
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SaveToDrive: Download the current parameter settings to the Drive.
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Status Bar
Figure 20: ProTuner
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