When an Axis Will Not Enable: the Six Gates MSO Has to Pass Before Anything Moves The MSO rung goes true on a 2198-D032-ERS3 axis, MSO_1.EN sets, and then nothing happens: no .DN, no .ER, no error code to look up, and the machine sits there. Axis_01.AxisState reads 5. Five is Inhibited, and a start … Read more
Axis Faults on a Logix Motion Axis: What AxisFault, MotionFault and the Attributes Are Telling You On a 1756-L83E, Axis_01.AxisFault reads 1, Axis_01.MotionFault reads 0, and the 2198-D032-ERS3 in the panel is showing FLT S54 – POSN ERROR. Somebody will now spend twenty minutes looking for a motion fault that does not exist, because the … Read more
Adding an Axis to a Kinetix 5700 System: the Module, the Axis, and the Four Places to Set It The eighth axis on the line is a 2198-D032-ERS4 in the last 55 mm of the rail, and getting it into the project is four dialogs and about twenty minutes. What takes the rest of the … Read more