Hi there,
First off, any help/suggestions to resolve these issues is greatly appreciated. My drive configuration and servo tuning experience is not with AB equipment software, but mostly with B&R stuff so please bare with me.
I am currently working on a project using 3 Kinetix 6000 (2094-BC01-M01, 2094-BMP5 x2) drives and I am using V19.01 of RSLogix 5000. The 3 motors I am controlling are each an MPL-B1510V-Vxx2. I'm connected to the PLC via ethernet and RSLinx Classic.
I have all of the drives configured as per the AB documentation, and am able to get each drive to the 4 state on the seven segment displays. I am also able to successfully give each drive a direct command such as MSO, etc. without any errors.
Each motor is an axis (X, Y or Z) for a pick and place cell that requires minimal position error in order to function properly, and I am encountering errors when I try to autotune one of the axes. I can't issue a test feedback & command test under the Hookup tab or perform an Autotune on any axis.
I get the error "Online command timed out" when attempting to autotune an axis and there is virtually no documentation as to what might cause this that I have found. It doesn't make sense to me that I am able to issue direct commands, even home the axis and 0 it out using a direct MAH command, but am unable to Autotune any axes.
All I can think of so far:
- Is the autotune function available to only certain versions of RSLogix? If so, which ones? I know the FBD PIDE tune is, but is that the same as a drive tune?
- Is the motor unable to overcome inertia and move, and therefore times out the command because no motion occured?
Once again, any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan
First off, any help/suggestions to resolve these issues is greatly appreciated. My drive configuration and servo tuning experience is not with AB equipment software, but mostly with B&R stuff so please bare with me.
I am currently working on a project using 3 Kinetix 6000 (2094-BC01-M01, 2094-BMP5 x2) drives and I am using V19.01 of RSLogix 5000. The 3 motors I am controlling are each an MPL-B1510V-Vxx2. I'm connected to the PLC via ethernet and RSLinx Classic.
I have all of the drives configured as per the AB documentation, and am able to get each drive to the 4 state on the seven segment displays. I am also able to successfully give each drive a direct command such as MSO, etc. without any errors.
Each motor is an axis (X, Y or Z) for a pick and place cell that requires minimal position error in order to function properly, and I am encountering errors when I try to autotune one of the axes. I can't issue a test feedback & command test under the Hookup tab or perform an Autotune on any axis.
I get the error "Online command timed out" when attempting to autotune an axis and there is virtually no documentation as to what might cause this that I have found. It doesn't make sense to me that I am able to issue direct commands, even home the axis and 0 it out using a direct MAH command, but am unable to Autotune any axes.
All I can think of so far:
- Is the autotune function available to only certain versions of RSLogix? If so, which ones? I know the FBD PIDE tune is, but is that the same as a drive tune?
- Is the motor unable to overcome inertia and move, and therefore times out the command because no motion occured?
Once again, any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan