Impulse PCW-5181 user manual Test Speeds 1, 2, Smoothness L1 and L2, Dynamic Smoothing

Appendix C - Using Non-IDC Motors with the Impulse

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-Smoothnessfeature 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-Smoothnessfeature 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.

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