Specialised Settings for Beckhoff Drives

There are a number of specialised settings that need to take place on the Beckhoff setup for a new machine.

Beckhoff, Drive, Reference, Settings

Velocity Control

...This setting is for AX5000 Drives only

Change to velocity mode                                   

           IODevices->Drive->EtherCAT->Advanced->MailBox->SoE->Operation Mode = Velocity

Following Error to Internal

...This setting is for AX5000 Drives only

From Axes, select the axis, then the “Axis_Drive” bar. Click on Parameter tab, Following Error Calculation is under “Other Settings”

Set to 'Intern'

Integral Loop Time

This parameter gives a close following error calculation and improves the shape of slots by avoiding overrun on the axes

Ax5000 Drives

Step	Description	Picture
1	In the Drive Manager for the drive, Go to the Startup tab
2	Find S-0-0101. The default value is 8.0, we need to change it to 0.8 If this is a dual drive, there will be an (A) and a (B) entry. you will need to change both
3	Double Click
4	Find the value for S-0-0101 in the box
5	Change the value to 0.8 and click OK
6	Once all drives have been updated, reset the device to fix the settings Right click on the device containing the settings and

...This process changes the "Startup" parameters for the system, so that any drive plugged in to this axis position in future will automatically take the same parameters

Ax8000 Drives

See

https://stuga.dokit.app/wiki/TB0442_Removing_Slot_Overrun_on_Beckhoff_AX8000_Drives

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