VIX500IM Stepper Drive

By tarothex69@protonmail.com over 1 year ago

Hello Al

I am new here and need some information, I purchased some new sealed VIX500IM drives for a CNC retrofit and need to get them into step and dir mode.

I have configured the drive with my motor which runs with a program.

I found the document How to program an intelligent VIX stepper as a step & direction.

1LIMITS(3,0,0) ;DO NOT USE LOCAL LIMITS

1W(ES,0) ;X4.11 LOW=ENERGIZE, HIGH (OPEN CIRCUIT) = SHUTDOWN

1W(EI,0) ;STEP AND DIR INPUT MODE

1MP ;STEP AND DIRECTION BASE DRIVE MODE

I also have the motor parameters and communication parameters in the config.

I am apparently missing something.

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Jonathan Hoagland, Employee over 1 year ago in reply to tarothex69@protonmail.com +1 suggested

What is the controller's output signals? Do you have a circuit diagram for the output coming into the ViX?

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0 Jonathan Hoagland, Employee over 1 year ago

Good day.

These are the commands to set the drive in step & direction mode.

These can be placed within a program and downloaded from EasiV software.

EasiV software requires Win7 32bit or WinXP computer; it cannot work on 64bit Win7 or Win10 computer.

The motor settings (current, etc) will also need to be set and is part of the EasiV software.

I'd recommend contacting your local Parker ATC distributor or Parker Store that you purchased through and they can help you locally.

The user manuals are on the product page: https://ph.parker.com/us/en/vix250-microstepper-drive-indexer-4-0apk-24-80vdc/vix250im

Have a nice day.
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0 tarothex69@protonmail.com over 1 year ago in reply to Jonathan Hoagland

Yes I set up a virtual machine with winxp and made a cable for communication. I went through the drive setup and ran the sample control program which runs perfectly so I know my wiring and setup is good then I did the commands to switch to step and dir and there is no movement.

Thanks
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0 Jonathan Hoagland, Employee over 1 year ago in reply to tarothex69@protonmail.com

Can you enable & disable ok? Does the motor have holding torque when it is enabled?

Did you put those commands as a program and download and run the program? Can you check it in the memory in the terminal window and read it back to see if it took ok?

If needing a step & direction drive, since the ViX is programmable, it's not the right product for this type application. We've the E-DC and E-AC which are dipswitch configured and no software:http://www.parkermotion.com/products/Stepper_Drives_and_Motors____30_32_80_567_29.html

You may want to check with oscilloscope the 5volt step pulse train into the ViX on the x4/pins 12 to pin13.

Where are you located? What is your company's name? Which Parker ATC or Parker Store did you purchase these through? Or purchased used?
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0 tarothex69@protonmail.com over 1 year ago in reply to Jonathan Hoagland

Yes I have enable wired to a relay and I have holding torque when enabled, everything uploaded with no faults and and everything downloaded and can be confirmed in the terminal. I put an O-Scope on pin 12 and 13 to verify step and direction.
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0 Jonathan Hoagland, Employee over 1 year ago in reply to tarothex69@protonmail.com

What is the circuit of your controller look like?

It isn't in the programmable stepper manual but the circuit is the same as the base ViX servo drive (above).
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0 tarothex69@protonmail.com over 1 year ago in reply to Jonathan Hoagland

I am using differential encoder inputs with 1000 ppr and I can run the demo program without faults, I am not using the encoder outputs yet and the control is not expecting them.
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0 Jonathan Hoagland, Employee over 1 year ago in reply to tarothex69@protonmail.com

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