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1 Tuning tips for current, position and speed controllers, using the Legacy interface

The tuning procedure consists of the following steps: 1) Set or measure the motor supply voltage. To measure the supply voltage, press the Detect button and open the VDC Detection Test. 2) Tuning is done in the order: first the current controller, then the…

2 How to update the firmware of a Technosoft drive/motor [GB/CM]

The firmware of a Technosoft drive/motor can be updated with the Firmware Programmer tool included in the EasyMotion Studio package. Remark: The firmware programming procedure can be executed only if the firmware present on the drive/motor is compatible with…

3 Motionless start-up method description [II]

The motionless start procedure is basically an algorithm that needs to be tuned to be convergent. It has to converge on the electrical angle on which the motor is positioned at the moment of the motionless start procedure execution. In order to do this, a…

4 Current scale changing on iPOS4808 drives

The iPOS4808 drives were designed to output 8 A nominal / 20 A peak but in case of the small motors, their current accuracy can be improved by reducing the current scale to 3 A nominal / 6.6 A peak. To reduce the current scale, the following steps are required:…

5 Advanced controllers tuning

The system performance is based on the controllers tuning which can be performed through the Tune & Test window, that can be open from the Drive Setup dialogue. The controllers must be tuned in the following order: - current controller tuning - speed…

6 Speed limitation causes with open loop step motors

In some cases, the motor may not achieve the imposed speed, even it is lower than the nominal speed of the motor. Below are presented the main reasons that can cause the m otor speed limitation. 1. Bad tuning - if current controller parameters is not done…

7 Automatic Tuning interfaces usage for controllers tuning and parameters test

The Tune & Test dialogue allows to automatically tune the active controllers, test the results and adjust the controllers parameters. The automatic tuning interface can be opened by pressing any of the Tune and Test buttons in the Drive Setup dialog.…

8 External Reference Setup and Usage

The external reference mode can be configured through the “External reference” group box in the “Drive Setup” dialogue, function on the selected “Control mode”. Pressing the “Setup” button in the “External reference” group box, will open…