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RE: Kinetix 6000 Contactor Enable Relay

Posted By Austin Adams Mar 06, 2026 06:32:47 PM
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Christopher, You are correct in your understanding of the contactor enable relay. It sounds like there is a hardware problem, but an easy way to verify is to check the logic driving the contactor enable output. AxisName.CIPAxisIOStatusRA is a 32 bit value and bit 3 represents the output to the contactor ...

RE: Comparing Simultaneous Positions From Feedback Only Axes

Posted By Austin Adams Feb 27, 2026 12:14:43 PM
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Vincent, The speeds are very near constant, with some gradual accel / decel ramps so yes, I think the interpolation method is not much of a factor. When I say time based, I should clarify that it really only needs 1 perfect snapshot. At that point I use that calclulated phase difference to MRP servos ...

RE: Comparing Simultaneous Positions From Feedback Only Axes

Posted By Austin Adams Feb 27, 2026 11:14:51 AM
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Thank you Vincent, To answer your question, the trigger is only time related. At initial startup when the the rotating cylinders have all mechanical slack removed, that is when I neeed to begin calculating their phase angle. Then it will update cyclic after that every 20 or 40ms. Regarding the interpolation ...

RE: Comparing Simultaneous Positions From Feedback Only Axes

Posted By Austin Adams Feb 23, 2026 11:32:26 AM
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Very good to hear, thank you! Sorry for the late reply. To answer your questions, the axes are in motion, and the trigger is just a cyclic request approximately every 20ms or so to calcuate the phase difference between the axes in motion. From your feedback I will proceed to use the SSV method, that ...

Comparing Simultaneous Positions From Feedback Only Axes

Posted By Austin Adams Feb 17, 2026 11:33:00 AM
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I'm working on an application that has incremental registration encoders. These are coming into Feedback Only axes via aux feedback on Kinetix 5300 drives. My question is if there is any difference in the precision of the two options for capturing a snapshot of the actual position of each axis. Option ...

RE: Synchronous Capture Of Encoder Positions

Posted By Austin Adams Nov 09, 2025 05:30:59 PM
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Ah, I see, this would have to be in the 5069 series HSC? The 1734 series only have 1 channel. There is the trick of synchronizing Ch1 current count to match Ch0 current count since the Ch0 Z pulse will reset Ch0 only. If there was a time when they were idle and no latency I could preset Ch1 to match ...

RE: Synchronous Capture Of Encoder Positions

Posted By Austin Adams Nov 09, 2025 04:45:02 PM
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Philip, Thank you for the suggestions. I have also done something similar before by landing the same encoder on channels 0 and 1 of a 5069 series HSC. Then I could configure them differently and get different data. However, in my current application your suggestion of using the Z pulse from the first ...

Synchronous Capture Of Encoder Positions

Posted By Austin Adams Nov 08, 2025 10:23:00 PM
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Hello, I am working on a system where we replaced Modicon PLC hardware with AB. There were 5 encoders that came into TSXCTY4A counter modules and during operation they rotate together with a phase advance and retard. The first encoder is the datum, and then the other 4 determine their registration ...

RE: Merging A MAG On A Jog

Posted By Austin Adams Sep 26, 2025 05:15:00 PM
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Thanks for the ideas. I ended up testing with the virtual master that always runs at a constant speed, then would MAG to that in place of jogging, and MAG to the primary when needing to speed match. It provided the desired result. The speed match happened immediately, so I could do a comparsion of the ...

Merging A MAG On A Jog

Posted By Austin Adams Sep 03, 2025 02:51:00 PM
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Hello, I have a question regarding merging a motion axis gear onto a currently jogging axis. The behavior is such that a roll is idling with a jog, then, when requested to gear it will clutch in, accelerate to match the master axis speed and hold. Since a MAG does not merge other motion instructions, ...

RE: Simultaneous axis movement

Posted By Austin Adams Mar 11, 2025 05:22:00 AM
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Michael, Another option is to look into Master Driven Axis Control. This lets you create a master / slave relation without the use of a cam profile. If this is initiated, then a MAM can be initiated on the master and even though the slave has a different distance to travel it will ensure they both ...

RE: 1734-485ASC Connection

Posted By Austin Adams Feb 07, 2025 06:47:00 AM
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Okay, thanks for clarifying. However I still don't know why it says 'data is received on S-'. Since the binary mark and space is generated by the differential voltage of the two wires. I'll connect it and test it. Thanks

1734-485ASC Connection

Posted By Austin Adams Feb 04, 2025 05:15:00 PM
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I have installed several Red Lion displays before that have the RS-485 serial communication adapter, and connected them to the PointIO 1734-485ASC module and then written to them from a CompactLogix PLC. It worked great, but I don't think I properly documented the wiring connection, and now I need to ...

1734-485ASC Connection

Posted By Austin Adams Feb 04, 2025 05:14:34 PM
Found In Library: Automation Control

RE: Powerflex 755 Fast Acceleration

Posted By Austin Adams Dec 23, 2024 10:34:00 AM
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Rahul, The PowerFlex 755 has a feature called Torque Prove that works well for this application. Appendix C of the programming manual covers the setup of this. Basically you would want to set P1100 bit 0 to 1 to enable torque prove, then increase the brake release time in P1107 to a higher value ...

RE: Wondering if there is a better way- Servo Belt Indexing

Posted By Austin Adams Dec 03, 2024 08:57:00 AM
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Michael, Batman has a good method described. I assume that you are using incremental MAMs throughout these 100 or so stops. Another method that I have used in similar situations is to arm the MAR prior to the last needed position. Then, executing an MRP of type relative. If the sensor position happens ...

RE: Factory talk view ME

Posted By Austin Adams Nov 28, 2024 12:32:00 AM
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There are a number of things it could be, but just a quick few notes would be to make sure your shortcut to the PLC is valid, then be sure to use the (::[shortcut_name]tag) syntax when addressing the PLC from your HMI.

RE: Combined MAPC with MAG

Posted By Austin Adams Nov 04, 2024 08:14:00 AM
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Thank you, I will make sure the MCSV value returns the needed value. I have looked at the offset MAM types but this does not feel like the correct application. If the primary motion were the cam, then the offset would be ideal. There will be dead dwell time in the cycle when the cam is waiting for ...

RE: Combined MAPC with MAG

Posted By Austin Adams Nov 04, 2024 07:32:00 AM
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Ok that's great to hear. I'll continue putting this all together. Since I don't want the MAPC positioning to be a factor in my register value calculation, it's a perfect application of a MCSV. I will subtract out the cam position with the Motion Calculate Slave Value. Thanks!

Combined MAPC with MAG

Posted By Austin Adams Nov 03, 2024 10:23:00 PM
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Hello, I am working on adding a feature to an electronic gearing design that we currently use. The application has several Kinetix rotary axes that MAG to a virtual axis. Then, operators can adjust the phase relation to advance or retard as needed by manually adding an MAJ or MAM on top of the current ...