Chapter 9 Troubleshooting

Overview

The following discussion may help you get your system to work.

Potential problems have been divided into groups as follows:

1.Installation

2.Communication

3.Stability and Compensation

4.Operation

The various symptoms along with the cause and the remedy are described in the following tables.

Installation

SYMPTOM

CAUSE

REMEDY

 

 

 

Motor runs away when connected to amplifier with

Amplifier offset too

Adjust amplifier offset

no additional inputs.

large.

 

Same as above, but offset adjustment does not stop

Damaged amplifier.

Replace amplifier.

the motor.

 

 

Controller does not read changes in encoder position.

Wrong encoder

Check encoder wiring.

 

connections.

 

Same as above

Bad encoder

Check the encoder signals.

 

 

Replace encoder if necessary.

Same as above

Bad controller

Connect the encoder to

 

 

different axis input. If it works,

 

 

controller failure. Repair or

 

 

replace.

 

 

 

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