Ifyouexperiencedifcultieswithyourinstallation,dothe
followingtodeterminetheproblem.
Checking the Readout
Difcultiesonmorethanoneaxisareusuallyassociatedwiththe
readout.Followthesestepstodetermineifyourdifcultiesare
associatedwiththereadout:
•Insurethatthelinearencoderconnectorsarecorrectlyseated.
•Swaplinearencodercablesatthereadouttoseeiftheproblem
isstillshowninthesamedisplay.
•Iftheproblemremainsinthesamedisplay,thereadoutisin
error.
•Iftheproblemfollowstheconnectionchange,thelinear
encoder may be in error.
IftheReadoutisatfault,referto“Whattodo”toarrangeforthe
parts necessary to repair your system. If a linear encoder appears
tobeatfault,proceedwith“CheckingtheLinearEncoders”.
Checking the Linear Encoders
Problemsonasingleaxisareusuallyassociatedwiththelinear
encoder or its installation. Difficulties can be caused by improper
installation,looseormisalignedbracketry,oradamagedor
inoperable encoder.
Followthesestepstodeterminethecauseofyoursystem
difficulties:
•Conrmthatyourbracketryandinstallationdoesnotinterfere
withothermachinestructuresthroughtheentirelengthofthe
linearencodertravel.
•Checkforloosefasteners.Ifyoundloosefasteners,rst
confirm that the linear encoder is installed to the tolerances
specified and then retighten the fasteners as required.
•Conrmthatthelinearencoderisinst alledtotherequired
tolerances by checking the alignment tolerances specified
onPage4.Iftheinstallationdoesnotmeetthetolerances,
reinstalltheencoderaccordingtothe“InstallationProcedure”.
•PerformaRepeatabilityTestasdescribedonPage13.Ifthe
linearencoderisinstalledtotherequiredtolerances,the
bracketryandencoderhavebeencheckedforinterferencesand
loosefasteners,andtheencoderfailstherepeatabilitytest,the
encoder is likely at fault.
Do not attempt to repair the reading head or scale assembly. The
SENC150iseldserviceablebyassemblyreplacementonly.
Attemptstorepairtheencodercanpermanentlydamageitand
voidthewarranty.
What to do
If an ACU-RITE
®linearencoderorreadoutisfoundtobeatfault,
pleasecontactyourAuthorizedDistributorforinstructionspriorto
removingtheencodersorreadout.
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