Reference travel

Parameter designation

Description

Reference travel

Reference travel type

INFORMATION: When selecting the reference travel types with limit switches, ensure that the limit switch evaluation configured in the "Limit switch" configuration menu is used.

  • Disabled
  • Referencing is not possible.
  • Reference cam – negative end
  • Reference cam – positive end
  • Positive limit switch
  • With this reference travel type, referencing is performed to the positive hardware limit switch. The first search direction is positive. A reference cam is not required.
  • Negative limit switch
  • With this reference travel type, referencing is performed to the negative hardware limit switch. The first search direction is negative. A reference cam is not required.
  • Referencing without reference travel
  • With this reference travel type, referencing is performed to the current position at the time when the drive function is activated. No check is performed to determine whether the drive is stopped. This reference travel type can be used, for example, to determine a relative movement since the last reference travel.
  • INFORMATION: This reference travel type also allows referencing without enable.
  • Reference cam flush – negative limit switch
  • Reference cam flush – positive limit switch
  • Absolute position of encoder
  • With this reference travel type, only the reference bit is set and the current position of the encoder is adopted as the actual position. The reference travel type is only useful for encoders that have a direct reference to the system, such as linear encoders. The reference offset parameter is not used. Homing is not performed regardless of the setting of the "Go to home position" parameter.

Index: 50007.1

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.eReferenceTravelType

Source of reference cam for axis group member 1

 

INFORMATION: Only visible for reference travel types "Reference cam – negative end", "Reference cam – positive end", "Reference cam flush – limit switch positive" and "Reference cam flush – limit switch negative".

  • No reference cam
  • Member 1/DI 01
  • Software input 1
  • INFORMATION: To use "Software input 1", the reference cam must be connected via the ProfileGeneration.Homing.In.xReferenceCam input variable.

Index: 50007.31

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Reference offset per member

Activate specification of an individual reference offset for each axis group member. The following requirements must be met to use the parameter:

  • Homing is activated.
  • Homing is performed without skew compensation.
  • Home position is outside all limit switches.
  • The skew error window is larger than the difference between all reference offsets.

Index: 50010.52

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Reference offset
Members 1-4

INFORMATION: Only visible if "Reference offset per member" is activated.

Setting the reference offset for the respective axis group member (in user units).

Index: 50010.53-56

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Reference offset

Setting the reference offset (in user units). Is required, for example, when the cam is not located at machine zero.

Index: 50007.2

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.lrReferenceOffset

Search speed

Search speed of reference travel (in user units)

Index: 50007.4

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.lrSearchVelocity

Retraction speed

Retraction speed of reference travel (in user units)

Index: 50007.5

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.lrClearVelocity

Acceleration

Acceleration of reference travel (in user units)

Index: 50007.6

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.lrAcceleration

Deceleration

Deceleration of reference travel (in user units)

Index: 50007.7

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.lrDeceleration

Advanced settings

Go to home position

Activates or deactivates homing

Index: 50007.9

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.xMoveToStartPosition

Home position

Position that is automatically moved to after referencing (in user units)

Index: 50007.10

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.lrStartPosition

Homing speed

Speed for moving to the home position after referencing (in user units)

Index: 50007.11

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.lrStartPosVelocity

Jerk

Jerk that is effective during referencing and homing (in user units)

Index: 50007.11

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.lrStartPosVelocity

Encoder referencing

 

INFORMATION: Only visible in expert mode.

  • Yes – When referencing the software module, all the configured encoders are also referenced.
  • No – Perform only one referencing of the profile generator.

Index: 50010.50

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.HomingAG.xActivateEncoderHoming

Source of referenced signal

 

INFORMATION: Only visible in expert mode.

Selection of the source of the "referenced" signal:

  • Encoder – The referenced signals of the position-relevant encoders are AND-ed.
  • INFORMATION: Encoders are position-relevant if their position is used for the position control loop. To that end, the configured "Encoder source" is relevant. With "Motor encoder" set as the encoder source, this is an AND operation of all axis group members taken into account. With "External encoder" or "Motor encoder and external encoder" set as the encoder source, this is an AND operation of all external encoders taken into account. With "EtherCAT encoder" set as the encoder source, this is the referenced signal of the MOVIKIT® EncoderInterface.
  • Profile generator – The referenced signal (which is saved in a power failure-safe manner) of the profile generator is used. This signal is set by means of access group referencing and is reset if an axis group member is referenced again (FCB 12).
  • Profile generator and encoder – The advantages of both selection options are combined. Both a canceled referencing and a loss of the referencing bit of the encoder/inverter are detected.

Index: 50007.20

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.HomingAG.eSourceForReferencedSignal

Save referencing in a power failure-safe manner

 

INFORMATION: Only visible in expert mode.

Selection of the source of the "referenced" signal:

  • Yes – The referenced bit of the profile generator is saved in a power failure-safe manner.
  • No – The referenced bit of the profile generator is lost if the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER is switched off and on again.

Index: 50007.12

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Readjustment

Readjustment

 

INFORMATION: Readjustment is only visible in the reference travel types "Positive limit switch" and "Negative limit switch".

  • Not active
  • Active

When readjustment is active, after a HW limit switch has been hit, the limit switches of the other members are also hit until all limit switches have been hit.

Index: 50010.30

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.HomingAG.Readjustment.xActivate

Monitoring time

 

INFORMATION: Only visible when "readjustment" is active.

Time permitted for readjustment in [s]

If this time period is exceeded, a fault is displayed. To deactivate the function, specify a value of "0".

Default value: 0

Index: 50010.31

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.HomingAG.Readjustment.lrSafetyTime

Monitoring distance

 

INFORMATION: Only visible when "readjustment" is active.

Distance permitted for readjustment (in user units)

If this distance is exceeded, a fault is displayed. To deactivate the function, specify a value of "0".

Default value: 0

Index: 50010.32

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.HomingAG.Readjustment.lrSafetyDistance

Selection of HW limit switches for readjusting axis group members

Select which of the positive and negative limit switches is to apply for readjustment of the respective axis group members.

Index: 50010.40-43

IEC name: ProfileGeneration.Homing.Config.HomingAG.Readjustment.usiLSNegativeAGMember1-4/usiLSPositiveAGMember1-4