Axis.MotorType

The type of motor to be controlled Servo motors must be tuned and sercos drives configured before they will function properly. Configuring an axis for use as a stepper motor in step loopback mode is a useful way of simulating an axis without a motor. When MotorType is set to MotorTypeStepper, any axis control algorithm will still execute sending the output to the DACs on analog controllers.

Setting MotorType will change the value of Axis.AmpDisableAction to the default value for the specified motor type.

NOTE: Having the control algorithm still running does not affect the stepper motor outputs. Please refer to the tuning overview, the overview of stepper motor connections, and the Sercos application note for more information.

AmpEnableInvert	Meaning
False	Normal
True	Inverted

Version History

Introduced in MPX 2.0.

Type

Mpx.MotorType

Default

0.0

Visual Basic

Syntax

Property MotorType As Mpx.MotorType

Sample Code

' Configure axis to use a stepper motor
Controller.Axis(0).MotorType = MotorTypeStepper

Sample Application

C#