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X-VSR Series User's Manual
Vertical lift stages with built-in controllers
Disclaimer
Zaber's devices are not intended for use in any critical medical, aviation, or military applications or
situations where a product's use or failure could cause personal injury, death, or damage to
property. Zaber disclaims any and all liability for injury or other damages resulting from the use of
our products.
Precautions
Zaber's motion control devices are precision instruments and must be handled with care. In
particular, moving parts must be treated with care. Avoid axial loads in excess of the rated thrust
load, axial and radial impact, dust and other contaminants and damage to the drive components.
These will reduce the performance of the device below stated specifications.
Conventions used throughout this document
Fixed width type indicates communication to and from a device. The
carriage return, which can be achieved by pressing enter when using a terminal program.
An
ASCII command
that achieves the same result. For example,
move abs 10000 (T:20:10000) shows that a move abs ASCII command can also be achieved
with Binary command number 20.
Not all ASCII commands have an equivalent Binary counterpart.
Quick Tutorial
followed by (T:xx) indicates a legacy T-Series
symbol indicates a
Binary Protocol
command

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  • Page 1 Zaber’s devices are not intended for use in any critical medical, aviation, or military applications or situations where a product's use or failure could cause personal injury, death, or damage to property. Zaber disclaims any and all liability for injury or other damages resulting from the use of our products.
  • Page 2: Initial Setup

    Appendix A - Available Communications Ports. 6. If multiple devices are detected, Zaber Console may prompt you to renumber (T:2) them. The first device in the chain (closest to the computer) will become Device 1, the next will become Device 2, and so on.
  • Page 3: Device Overview

    (T:36) Restore all the settings of Device 1 to the default. Firmware Updates In order to allow access to new features and bug fixes, this Zaber device can be updated remotely through Zaber Console. Follow instructions here to update: www.zaber.com/FirmwareUpdate...
  • Page 4 Note: To prevent damage to the device due to static buildup, the device should be properly grounded. The power supplies Zaber provides for X-Series devices are non-isolated and thus ground the device chassis to Earth via the negative terminal of the power supply. If for any reason you are using an isolated power supply, please ensure your device is grounded by connecting the negative terminal of the power connector to AC Earth.
  • Page 5: Installation

    3. Additional devices can simply be daisy-chained to the first. See Daisy-Chaining Devices below. 4. Install software from the Software page. For the initial setup, using Zaber Console recommended. As a simple first test, try entering: /renumber (T:2) home (T:1)
  • Page 6: Daisy-Chaining Devices

    X-Series device in the chain, and to the Prev port of the T-Series or A-Series device. Power supplied to an X-Series device will not be transmitted to any T-Series or A-Series devices in the chain. Contact Zaber Technical Support for assistance selecting connecting cables when daisy- chaining multiple series. Manual Control Most X-Series motion control products have an integrated, depressible knob with 20 detents per revolution, allowing devices to be controlled without the use of a computer.
  • Page 7: Trajectory Control And Behaviour

    movement modes available: Velocity and Displacement. Switch between these modes by holding down the knob for 1 second or by configuring the knob.mode (T:109) setting. On power-up, many devices will only travel towards the motor from their start-up positions until the home position is reached.
  • Page 8: Troubleshooting X-Series Motion Devices

    Software Position Limits The travel range of the device is limited by the Minimum Position and Maximum Position settings. The factory settings for the devices are configured to match the physical travel range. If a customized range is desired, it can be changed by configuring the limit.min (T:106) and limit.max...
  • Page 9: Front Panel Indicators

    Check the supply connections and power adaptor for correct operation. Red LED on or flashing. A critical error has occurred. Please contact Zaber Technical Support. Yellow LED always off or flashes but no reply. There are communication errors. Please see the Communication Errors section below.
  • Page 10: Communication Errors

    If steps aren't being skipped, friction or loose parts may still cause some variation when returning to a position. Please contact Zaber Technical Support. The device doesn't cover the full range of travel, or runs into the end. A setting might have been inadvertently changed.
  • Page 11 Two or more devices both respond to commands sent to device 1. Most devices are shipped with their device number set as 1. If you connect the devices through Zaber Console, you will be prompted to renumber them. If you aren't able to install and open Zaber Console, send the...
  • Page 12: Warranty And Repair

    Standard products are any part numbers that do not contain the suffix ENG followed by a 4 digit number. Most, but not all, standard products are listed for sale on our website. All standard Zaber products are backed by a one-month satisfaction guarantee. If you are not satisfied with your purchase, we will refund your payment minus any shipping charges.
  • Page 13: Email Updates

    (news section). Newsletters typically include a promotional offer worth at least $100. Contact Information Contact Zaber Technologies Inc by any of the following methods: Phone 1-604-569-3780 (direct) 1-888-276-8033 (toll free in North America) 1-604-648-8033 Mail #2 - 605 West Kent Ave.
  • Page 14 In this example there are two serial ports available (COM1 and COM15), which are both USB adaptors. Linux 1. Finding devices Open a terminal and execute the following command: dmesg | grep -E ttyU\?S The response will be similar to the following: [ 2.029214] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [ 2.432572] 00:07: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [ 2.468149] 0000:00:03.3: ttyS4 at I/O 0xec98 (irq = 17) is a 16550A...
  • Page 15: Product Drawing

    groups The output will be similar to the following: adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev users lpadmin sambashare Notice that dialout is not in the list A user can be added to the dialout group with the following command sudo adduser $USER dialout Group membership will not take effect until the next logon.
  • Page 16: Specifications

    Peak Thrust 200 N 44.9 lb Maximum Continuous Thrust 100 N 22.4 lb Communication Interface RS-232 Communication Protocol Zaber ASCII (Default), Zaber Binary Maximum Centered Load 100 N 22.4 lb 300 N⋅cm 424.8 oz⋅in Maximum Cantilever Load Pitch 0.08 °...
  • Page 17 Specification Value Alternate Unit Maximum Current Draw 950 mA Power Supply 24-48 VDC Power Plug 2-pin Screw Terminal Linear Motion Per Motor Rev 1.2192 mm 0.048 " Motor Steps Per Rev Motor Type Stepper (2 phase) Motor Rated Current 1500 mA/phase Inductance 1.9 mH/phase Default Resolution...
  • Page 19 This product uses the FreeRTOS kernel. FreeRTOS is © 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates and is governed by the following license: All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:...

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