Biss Commands; Table 16: Model A36R Biss Commands; Table 17: Command Status Register Return Codes - Encoder A36R Technical Reference Manual

Model A36R

8.6 BiSS Commands

The Model A36R offers a variety of commands useful for initial setup and troubleshooting. The commands in Table 16 below are
written to the Command Register (Bank 0x45, Address 0x00).
Commands: Write to Bank 0x45, Address 0x00 to use
Value
0x00
0x01
0x02
0x03
0x04
0x05
0x06
0x07

Table 16: Model A36R BiSS commands

Upon writing these commands to the command register, the command status register will become busy until the command has
been completed. The register must return to idle before another command can be sent. Table 17 below details the command
status register return codes.
Command Status Register (Bank 0x44, Address 0x04, Data Type U8)
Return Code
0x00
0x01

Table 17: Command status register return codes

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Command Name
REBOOT
SCLR
SYNC
ZERO
PRESET
MEASURE
DIAG
TEMP_LIMIT_SET
Status Descripton
Command Register Idle
Command Status Busy
T E C H N I C A L R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L
Description
Soft reset of the internal position sensor.
Clears all error/warning bits. See Section 6.2 for error/warning monitoring.
Can also be sent manually, see Section 6.1.
NOTE: This will likely drop BiSS communication and require reconnection.
Re-synchronize primary and backup turns counting devices (XXL option
only).
Sets the current position as ST/MT = 0
Sets the current position to the ST/MT preset values stored in the write/
config register. See Section 8.6.1 for more details.
Read current ST/MT position and RPM to read register. See Section 8.6.2 for
more details.
Read current ST/MT position and RPM to read register. See Section 8.6.2 for
more details.
Set temperature alarm high/low limits as configured in write/config register.
See 8.6.4 for more details.
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