Appendix C - Using Non-IDC Motors with the Impulse
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cult, requiring special test equipment and fixtures. Contact your distributor or IDC Applica-
tions Engineering for assistance.
Press Save if you intend to use the Advanced Tuning feature building a custom motor file.
Press OK if you want to save the file and return to the Project Wizard.
Note: A user-defined motor file may be deleted by selecting the file and pressing the Delete
button. IDC motor files cannot be deleted.
5. Advanced Tuning
Motor Editor - Advanced is used only for building a custom motor file. All motor file
parameters are editable using text input boxes. Note: This feature is typically used to build
motor files for non-IDC motors. Only motors with characteristics matching those of IDC
motors will benefit from the advanced features of the Impulse drive (i.e. X-Smoothness™,
Dynamic Smoothing™).
• Click the Advanced button and the Advanced tuning window will appear as shown.
Test Speeds 1, 2, 3
• Enter the recommended values. These values will be used by the X-Smoothness feature of
the Axis Setup menu.
X-Smoothness L1 and L2
• Depending on the Mechanical and Electrical parameters entered previously in the Motor
Editor, there may or may not be X-Smoothness values in these text input boxes. Existing
values may be changed or left as is. These values will be used in the X-Smoothness feature
of the Axis Setup menu.
Dynamic Smoothing
Note: If Gain is reduced by a factor (K), Feed Forward should be reduced by factor (K2).
•Gain - Enter the recommended value. Note: the default value is 2621. Generally, the
smaller the value, the more aggressive the smoothing action. The maximum gain is 20.
•Feed Forward - Enter the recommended value or leave blank. Note: default value is 3641.