Motor-Less Operation - Mitsubishi Electric Melservo-J2-SUPER series Instruction Manual

6. SERVO CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE

6.7.3 Motor-less operation

Without a servo motor being connected, the output signals are provided and the servo amplifier display
shows the status as if a servo motor is actually running in response to the external I/O signals.
The sequence of the host programmable controller (PC) can be checked without connection of a servo
motor.
Click "Test" on the menu bar and click "Operation w/o Motor" on the menu.
When the above choices are made, the following window appears:
a)
(1) Execution of motor-less operation ( a) )
Click "Start" to perform motor-less operation.
(2) Termination of motor-less operation ( b) )
Click "Close" to close the window.
(3) Cancel of motor-less operation
To cancel motor-less operation, switch off the power of the servo amplifier.
POINT
When this operation is used in an absolute position detection system, the
home position cannot be restored properly unless the encoder is connected
properly.
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b)