Determining the motor type
If a motor has no electronic name plate or the offer to scan for motors was declined, the motor type has to be entered manually in the TCDriveManager.
Opening the TCDriveManagers
- In the System Manager, under I/O configuration → I/O devices, select the EtherCAT master, to which the AX5000 units are connected. In this example select "Device 6" for the AX5000. Here, open "Drive 9" (1).
- Open the Configuration tab (2).
→ The TCDriveManager is open.
Motor settings
In the Configuration tab, a tree structure is shown on the left, which can be used to navigate to the individual dialog pages. To check or set the motor type, edit the motor and feedback settings (3).
- Open either Channel A or Channel B → Parameter → Motor and Feedback (3).
The motor and feedback settings appear to the right of the tree.
If the fields Motor type (4) and Feedback 1 type (5) are empty, this may have two reasons:
- The motor does not have an electronic name plate: Determine the motor without electronic type plate
- The motor has an electronic name plate: Determine the motor with electronic type plate