johnfajitas

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  1. Autotuning Kinetix 350

    drforsythe, Thanks for you input.  There is no load attached to the motor.  It is just sitting on the benchtop uncoupled from anything.  There was no hookup speed, acceleration, or jerk given in the hookup test, so I just turned those settings down very low.  Sometimes the fault will occur immediately, sometimes it will occur after 10 to 15 sec.  We have never been able to accomplish any control of speed.  For example, if I set the speed to 1 position/sec, acceleration to 0.5 pos./sec^2, and jerk to 0.25pos/sec^3, it will still spin extremely fast.  Most often, the servo spins out of control as soon as MSO (Motion Servo On) is activated.  I will not even get a chance to actually jog the motor at a specific speed.  I hope this all makes sense.  Thanks again!
  2. Hell PLC World! I have been trying for several weeks in my spare time at work to tune an Allen Bradley Servo Motor.  Below is the list of hardware I am currently using: - CompactLogix Motion Controller (1780-L33ERM) - Kinetix 350 Driver (2097-V34PR5-LM) - MPL Series Rotary Servo Motor (MPL-B310P-MJ74AA) I have been using RSLogix5000 for testing and I plan to use it to develop a simple conveyor type program later.  I have tried a list of things which will be below, but to no avail, I cannot simply jog the motor for any period of time without triggering a position, velocity or bus voltage error.  I have tried changing the motor, driver and feedback cable to no avail.  Here is the process I have used: 1) Add the hardware to RSLogix5000 (PLC, Driver and Motor) 2) Configure the motor 3) Run the hookup test.  This works flawlessly.  The motor will slowly turn independently on the feedback test for as many revolutions as I input.  This is what makes me think I am doing something wrong in the tuning process. 4) Run autotune process with the velocity, acceleration and jerk set well below the limits of the hardware.   5) Attempt manually control motion 6) Recieve error I have tried changing the input from trapezoidal to S-Curve, changed velocity and position limits, manually tuned velocity gains in a myriad of configurations.  I have swapped legs on the 3 phase input (which made matters worse). I suppose it is possible that multiple pieces of hardware are faulty because this equipment was previously used, but I still cannot wrap my head around why the hookup test would work so flawlessly, yet I cannot just get the servo to rotate at an equivalently low speed. If anyone recognizes my mistake, I would be eternally grateful.  I am an intern studying control systems in graduate school and as popular as AB is, I would sure like to get some experience with it.  Thanks in advance!