YTerm Software Manual

YTerm Software Manual

YTerm Software Manual
YTerm Software Manual

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CONTENTS
Overview ........................................................................1
Introduction to Y Term .............................................1
Features of Y Term ..................................................1
Getting Started ...............................................................2
Installing Y Term ......................................................2
Software Kit Contents ........................................2
System Requirements ........................................2
Software Installation ...........................................2
Launching Y Term ...................................................5
Using Y Term ...........................................................8
The Programming Screen ..................................8
Navigating around the Programming Screen .....9
The Edit Windows ..............................................10
The Command Reference Window ....................12
The Terminal Window ........................................13
Program Monitoring ...........................................15
The Next Button .................................................16
The Tuning Screen ............................................17
Manual Tuning ...................................................18
Autotuning ..........................................................19
Testing the Tuning .............................................21
Viewing the Tune Test Results ..........................22
Printing The Tuning Test Graphs .......................23
Storage Scope ...................................................23
Viewing the Scope Results .................................25
Saving the Gains on the SMC Controller ...........25
SMC Parameter Utility .......................................26
Sigma Servo Amplifier Setup .............................27
Emergency Stop Button .....................................29
The Monitoring Screen .......................................29
Axis Output ........................................................30
General I/O ........................................................33
Dedicated I/O .....................................................34
Appendix ........................................................................35
SMC to RS-232 Connection ....................................35
Sigma servo amplifier to PC Connection .................36
Theory of Operation of the Autotuning Algorithm ....37
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Overview
Introduction to Y Term
Y Term is a front-end software package for the Yaskawa SMC Series Motion
Controller. Y Term provides a user-friendly Windows interface for design,
development and debugging of motion control applications. The software
package consists of three main sections:

• Programming Section - edit, transfer, and monitor programs for

the motion controller.
• Tuning Section - tune the SMC's axis and test the servo system's
performance using a four-channel scope to graph performance data.
• Monitoring section - monitor motion and I/O on the controller.

Features of Y Term
Y Term enables you to fully control and program the SMC using:

• Text editor with dual edit windows for user programs and array
data .
• Search and replace support.
• Multiple step Undo function.
• Selectable program compression and error checking during down-
load.
• Real-time monitoring of program execution (includes multi-task-
ing).
• Full screen zoom capability in programming, online manual, and
terminal window section.
• Extensive on-screen context sensitive SMC keyword help text.
• Graphical online manual and auto tuning.
• Online scoping of up to four channels of data.
•Quick load/saveofSMCparametersinand outofthecontroller.
• Real-time monitoring speed, position error, position, and torque
for all connected motors (numerical and graphical).
• Real-time monitoring of all analog and digital I/O.
• Sigma servo amplifier quick setup (Hardware required: YS-11
cable).
• Context sensitive pop-up menus.
• Online ASCII Terminal emulator window.
• Scroll-back buffer for viewing data in the Terminal window.
• Clipboard access to the Terminal window.
• Full text logging of all events in the Terminal window.
• Context sensitive help in all screens, accessible through F1 key.
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Getting Started
Installing Y Term

Software Kit Contents

The Y Term software kit (SMCGUI1) that you have received should include
the following:

• One CD ROM labeled 'Y Term SMC Development Environment.'

• The Y Term Software Manual, YEA-SIA-SMC-1.1A.
• One programming serial cable, SMCCBL7.
• A Software Registration card.

If any of the Y Term items are missing or damaged, contact Customer Ser-
vice at Yaskawa Electric America for replacement, telephone number 1-800-
YASKAWA.

System Requirements

Y Term requires the following minimum PC system configuration:

• A Pentium 233 MHz, 32MB RAM.

• VGA resolution monitor.
• An asynchronous adapter (RS-232 Serial port) on the computer.
• Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000.

Software Installation
Exit other programs as a precaution against a program conflict occurring the
first time you install the softwware.

All the files required for setup are contained on the CD ROM. Before using
Y Term, run the Y Term INSTALL.EXE program. This program decom-
presses and copies the Y Term program and its associated files onto your PC
hard disk.

INSTALL.EXE does not modify CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT,

WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI. It may update Windows components.

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To run the INSTALL program:

1. Start Microsoft Windows.

2. Insert CD ROM into CD ROM drive .
3. In Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000 from the Start Menu, select the
Run option.
4. Type G:\INSTALL.EXE (Your system may use a different letter
designation for the CD ROM drive).

5. Press OK. The INSTALL program will begin to execute.

6. Read the instruction screen and press Next to proceed.
7. Enter the user name and company name information and press
Next.
8. Select in the folder where you want to copy the Y Term files.
Press Next to proceed.
9.The “Ready to install the application” window appears. Press
Next to proceed.
10. The INSTALL program will now copy files from the CD ROM
to the selected folder.

Note: At this time, please complete your Yaskawa software registration

card found in the Y Term Software kit. This is necessary in order to pro-
vide updates and support to registered users.

11. The installation is now complete. Press Finish to end the instal-
lation program.

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Upon completion of a successful installation, the YTerm icon will appear on
the PC desktop window:

Figure 1: Y Term Program Group in Windows 95

Y Term creates a Windows program group that defaults to Yaskawa Soft-

ware and creates four program items ("shortcuts"):
1. Y Term 2000 (The SMC communication program)
2. Y Term 2000 Help (Y Term's associated help file)
3. YConsole 2000 (A simple terminal program)
4. Y Term Tip of the Day (the tip application for Y Term 2000)

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Launching Y Term
To run Y Term, double click on the Y Term icon.

The following screen (Figure 2) will appear, while the application loads indi-
cating the version number and release date, and any user information that
you entered during the installation process.

Figure 2: Y Term Splash Screen.

This screen will display for a few seconds while the application loads. When
the application is loaded, it will attempt to establish communication with an
SMC. The connection will be based on previously saved communication
parameters. The first time the program runs, it will use the first free commu-
nication port in the computer, and the connection will default to 19200 baud.

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If the communication access attempt was successful, the following screen
appears:

(A)
(B)
(C)

Figure 3: Communication Setup Screen Showing Successful Communica-

tion

To enable hardware handshaking, select the Enable Hardware Handshak-

ing check box. Press Continue to proceed to the first (Programming) screen.

Note: Hardware handshaking is the recommended mode of operation.

The default setting is enabled.

To view the “About Y Term” screen, double click on the About YTerm but-
ton. Press Exit to exit Y Term.

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If the communication access attempt failed, this screen will display the "No
Connection" message as follows:

(A)
(C)

(D)

Figure 4: Communication Setup Showing Unsuccessful Communication

Attempt.

When establishing communications with a connected SMC, check all cable

and power connections. Make sure that the cable between the computer and
motion controller is plugged into the correct computer port. Verify the com-
puter port matches the one selected in Y Term.

Press Test (A) to try to establish communication once more and press Con-
tinue (B) when you see the connection screen.

If problems persist, contact technical support.

Press Editor Only (C) to work in offline mode if you do not have an SMC
connected. In offline mode, only the Programming screen is available.

Press Exit (D) to exit Y Term.

Note: All SMC units are configured for 19200 baud rate by default.

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Using Y Term

The Programming Screen

Figure 5: Programming Screen.

After Y Term is running and communication with the SMC has been estab-
lished, the Programming Screen (Figure 5) is displayed. Use this screen to
develop and execute SMC programs.

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Note: The first time Y Term is run the Tip of the Day window (see figure
6) will pop up on top of the Programming Screen.

Figure 6: Y Term Tip of the Day window

Press Close to close the window.

Press Next Tip to view more tips.
If you wish to see the tips each time Y Term is run, check the “Show Tips on
Startup” checkbox.

Navigating around the Programming Screen

Click on a specific icon on the screen to activate. For example, to select one
of the editing windows, move the mouse pointer to the desired window you
want to work in and click the left mouse button. The title of the active win-
dow is highlighted while the title of the other editing window will be gray.
To edit one of the programs in full screen mode, double click the left mouse
button on the frame of one of the windows (double clicking on the text area
will select text). Double click again to return to normal viewing.

Key Commands (shortcuts) are available:

• Alt+1 moves the cursor to the editing window on the left.

• Alt+2 moves the cursor to the editing window on the right.
• Alt+3 moves the cursor to the Command Reference pull down
menu.
• Alt+4 moves the cursor to the terminal window.

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The Edit Windows

Y Term provides the ability to add comments to the program. Any program
line beginning with a double slash (//) will be ignored as the program is sent
to the SMC. This allows you to add as many comments as needed without
overloading the controller's memory with comments.
Programs in the SMC can be up to 1,000 lines, with a maximum of 80 char-
acters per line (excluding lines that begin with a double slash, which are not
loaded into the controller).
The Toolbar and the Pop-up menu provide program editing functions.

New file
Open file
Save file
Print program
Cut selected text
Copy selected text
Paste selected text
Undo last action
Search and Replace
GoTo
Get program from controller
Send program from controller
Execute program
Stop program
Figure 7- The Edit Toolbar.

Note: The functions accessed through the Toolbar are for the active edit
window.
If monitor resolution is 1024 x 768 or more and/or when a window is in full
screen mode, five (5) additional buttons will appear as follows:

• Search and Replace: displays dialog box for search and replace-
ment of text in a program.
• Go to: displays dialog box for accessing to a given line number in
a program.
• Swap: exchanges the visible program for the one that was not vis-
ible (when the program window is maximized).
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• Execute: (green light) sends the EXECUTE ("XQ") command to
the controller.
• Stop: (red light) sends the STOP ("ST") command to the control-
ler.

The Pop-up Menu is accessed by clicking the mouse's right button while the
cursor is located in one of the edit windows. The Active window is high-
lighted. The pop-up menu is shown below:

Figure 8: The Edit Pop-up Menu

The pop-up menu has the following options:

• Select Cut to transfer the current selection onto the clipboard.

• Select Copy to duplicate the current selection onto the clipboard.
• Select Paste to insert the contents of the clipboard onto the page at
the current cursor position.
• Select Undo to cancel the last (or more) edit.
• Select Goto to move to a specific line in your program.
• Select Print to print out the program or selected text (in the active
window) on the default printer. To change the default printer, refer
to your operating system manual.
• Mark Send Compressed to remove all "//" comments, spaces and
to delete empty lines before sending the program to the controller.
Select this again to send the program to the "as is" except for
changing all "//" comments to native SMC comments ("NO").

Note: Send Compressed is the default setting. A compressed program

will execute slightly faster.

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• Select Array Mode to use the edit window to send, receive, load
and save array data . Comments are not allowed in arrays. When
the Array Mode is selected, Send Compressed is disabled. All
arrays are compressed before being sent to the controller.
• Select Search and Replace to search the program in the active
window for text. If text is highlighted before selecting this function,
the selected text will be used as the text to seek. You can also use
this to replace text in the program.

The Command Reference Window

( B)

(A)
Figure 9: SMC Command Reference Window.

The Command Reference window provides a reference for the SMC pro-
gramming language. Get help on any command by the use of two methods:

1.When one of the two programming windows is selected, the

Command Reference window will update to show help for the
command on the current line.
2.You may view the help for any command by entering the two let-
ter command in the Keywords box (Figure 9). By clicking on the
down arrow (located next to the box) a list of available com-
mands will appear. Select the desired command. You can scroll
up and down the list with the vertical scroll bar (located next to
the list) to view keywords.

If detailed help on SMC commands is needed, press the Manual (A) button.
The SMC Online Manual (if installed) will come up in a separate window.

To copy text from the Command Reference window, select the text to be
copied by pressing on the mouse button while dragging the cursor over the
text. Release the mouse button and click on Copy (B) to duplicate the
selected text onto the clipboard.

A double click on the Command Reference window will display the window
in full screen mode. Double click again to return to the normal view.

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The Terminal Window

The Terminal window functions as a terminal emulator connected to the

SMC. Commands typed here are executed by the motion controller after the
(Enter) or (;) (semi colon) key is pressed.

The Terminal window can also be used (by the SMC) to display controller
status information such as I/O, debug messages, input prompts, error mes-
sages, etc.

The Paste button completes the transfer of the text (from the clipboard) onto
the Terminal window.

The Terminal window has a pop-up menu similar to the Editing window that
is accessed by clicking the right mouse button while the cursor is on the Ter-
minal window. The pop-up menu provides functions to communicate with
the controller such as enabling or disabling servo power, status reporting,
and logging features.

When the terminal window pop-up menu is active, the following menu will
appear:

Figure 10: The Communication Pop-up Menu.

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The pop-up menu has the following options:

• Select Execute to start the current program in the controller.

• Select Stop to stop any running motors. If no motors are running,
Stop will stop the current program in the controller.
• Select Logging to access the sub-menu used to control the capture
file (SMCLOG.LOG) of events in the terminal window.
• Select sub-command Start Logging to start writing all the events
to the SMCLOG.LOG file
• Select sub-command Stop Logging to stop writing to the
SMCLOG.LOG file.
• Select sub-command View Log File to load the SMCLOG.LOG
file in Microsoft Write and view it.
• Select Abort to stop the execution of the current program in the
controller.
• Select Enable all Servos to energize (enable) all servos.
• Select Disable all Servos to de-energize (disable) all servos.
• Select Tell Error to display the current position error of all servo
motors.
• Select Tell Position to display the current position of all the con-
nected servo motors.
• Select Program Status to observe program execution. See Pro-
gram Monitoring.
• Select Reset Communication to reset the communication chan-
nel between the PC and the SMC. This clears any existing commu-
nications by closing the serial port, restarting it again, and verifying
that Y Term can communicate with the SMC.

Notes: If the log file is started and not stopped, it will continue to log the
events in the Terminal window.
The file size will continue to increase until you turn it off or when you
exit Y Term.

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Program Monitoring

Once a program has been created and sent to the controller, you can now
execute the program and monitor its progress with this function. The Pro-
gram Status window, shown in Figure 11, is accessed through the pop-up
menu on the Terminal window.

Figure 11: The Program Status Screen.

It is possible execute the controller's program from the Terminal window or

the Pop-up menu of the Terminal window, and then view the Program Status.

Programs are executed by clicking on the left mouse button. When a pro-
gram is executing, the button text will say “Stop Program”, and when the
program is halted it will indicate “Execute Program.”

Select Cancel to stop monitoring and return to the Programming screen.

Once the program is running, the current status of each of the four possible
programs is displayed at the top of the screen. This includes the state of the
program (Running, At Trippoint and Not Running) and the current line being
executed.

The lower portion of the screen will indicate the state of the axes. Select the
axes to monitor.
A status bar at the bottom of the screen indicates the SMC status byte.
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In the event of a program error, the SMC stops the execution of the program.
Y Term will display the reported error and the line on which it occurred.
This will replace the top portion of the window (which displayed the pro-
grams status) with the Error Report as shown below in Figure 12.

You can restart the programs by selecting Execute Program.

Figure 12: Error reporting in the Program Monitoring Screen.

The Next Button

To switch to the Tuning Screen, click the Next button. The Next button is
used to advance to the next screen in Y Term. The Next button icon will
appear on each screen located in the lower right corner.

Figure 13: The "Next" Button

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The Tuning Screen

Figure 14: Tuning Screen

Figure 14A: Tuning Screen (Linear Servo Motor)

The Tuning screens (Figures 14 and 14A), are used to set up the gains of the
servo motors connected to the SMC. See the SMC User's Manual for
detailed explanation about tuning a servo system.
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The Terminal screen is not resizable.

Note: Use the Axis Selection Panel to select the motor to tune. You are
able to tune only one motor at a time.

Manual Tuning

See the SMC User's Manual for proper tuning technique.

In order to manually tune a servo system connected to the SMC Controller:

1. Select the axis by clicking on the appropriate radio button on the
axis selection panel.
2.Use the terminal window to send the SH* (where * = X, Y, Z, W,
E, F, G, H) command to enable the servo motor.
3. Set default values for the gains.
4. Increase KP, KD, KI gains accordingly, by moving the horizontal
scroll bars above each gain label. Moving the bar to the right
increases the value of the gain, moving it to the left decreases it.
5. For KI and KP, click inside the bar to change the value by 1.
Click the arrow on the bar to change the value by 0.1.
6. For KD, click inside the bar to change value by 10. Click the
arrow on the bar to change value by 1.

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Autotuning
• Y Term includes a routine that autotunes a connected servo sys-
tem. This function is able to tune most systems. Systems can be
tuned to any one of five levels of rigidity.
• See the appendix for details on the theory of Autotuing.

In order to Autotune a servo system connected to the SMC:

1. Select the axis to be tuned, by clicking on the appropriate icon

button in the axis selection panel.
2. Use the terminal window to send the SH* (where * = X, Y, Z, W,
E, F, G, H) command to enable the servo motor.
3. Click on the Autotune button. The dialog screens shown in Fig-
ures 15 and 15A will appear. If Autotuning was previously per-
formed on this axis, previous values used will be loaded.

Figure 15: Autotuning Dialog Screen

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Figure 15A. Autotuning Dialog Screen

4. Select the level of rigidity that you want to tune the system from
the Rigidity Setting panel.
5. Select the desired machine configuration (appearing in the
Advanced Configuration panel) from the available options list.
6. Enter the motor to load gear ratio.
7. Check the Use Integrator (KI) box to include the integration
constant of the PID loop in the autotune calculations.
8. Select the correct number of Pulse per rev (revolution) pre-
quadrature for your specific motor or the linear scale resolution if
a linear encoder is to be turned.
9. Click on Tune to execute the Autotune program. Click Cancel to
close the dialog screen and cancel the Autotune operation.

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Testing the Tuning

Once a servo system is tuned, you can test the results of the tuning and
observe the performance of the system. The test will execute a program
based on a user-defined motion profile.

In order to run the test program:

1.Select the axis (to which it is connected) by clicking on the

appropriate icon button in the axis selection panel.
2.Use the terminal window to send the SH* (where * = X, Y, Z, W,
E, F, G, H) command to enable the servo motors
3.Click on Test. One of the dialog boxes shown below will appear.

Figure 16: Tune Test Dialog Screen - Servo

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Figure 16A: Tune Test Dialog Screen - Linear

4.Define the motion profile by entering the motion parameter fields

in the screen's appropriate boxes. Be sure to select the direction
of motion and the correct Encoder pulses per rev.
5.Click on Execute to execute the test program.

Viewing the Tune Test Results

After the controller completes sampling the data, the information is trans-
ferred to the PC and displayed as follows:

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Printing The Tuning Test Graphs
The graphs of the tuning test with all of the test parameters can be printed by
clicking on the Print button. Yterm will print out the three graphs on the
default printer. To change the printer, use Window’s Printer Manager Pro-
gram to change the default printer.

Storage Scope
The storage scope is used to store data. This allows the user to choose the
parameters observed and duration. The storage scope has the capability to
store up to four parameters (dependent on the type of graph selected).

To run the Storage Scope:

1. Click on Scope on the Tuning Screen to display the screen

shown below:

Figure 17: Storage Scope Parameters Screen

2. Determine and select Sample Time (in milliseconds) so the Con-

troller will sample the selected data at the appropriate intervals.
3. Determine number of points to sample and display on the graph.
4. The time frame in which the controller samples the data is a
function of: Sample Time x Points to Graph. This number is dis-
played in Scope Time frame box on the Storage Scope Graph.
5. Enter an optional command to be executed before starting to
store the data. Example: Enter the command XQ to execute the
program on the controller.
6. Choose the type of graph.
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Three graph types are available:
• Time Graph - displays up to four (4) channels of data as a function
of time.
• Two Dimensional Data Graph - displays a plotted line as a func-
tion of two (2) channels of data.
• Three Dimensional Data Graph - displays a plotted line as a func-
tion of three (3) channels of data.

7.Define the data to be sampled. Click on the desired channel tab.

The dialog box appears as follows:

Figure 18: Storage Scope Parameters Channel Screen

8. Select Axis (or I/O) to sample. Select none if nothing is to be

stored on this channel).
9. Select the Data to be stored.
10. Select the Color of the line to be plotted.
11. Select the Thickness of the line to be plotted.

Note: Two Dimensional and Three Dimension graphs' line color and
thickness is determined by the linecolor and thickness selected in Chan-
nel #1.

12. Enter Engineering Units value.

Note: One (1) is the minimum engineering unit conversion. Use the
engineering units field to convert stored data from encoder counts to the
desired unit.

13.Repeat Steps 7 through 11 for other data parameters to be stored.

14.Click Start to begin storing data.

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Viewing the Scope Results
After the controller completes sampling the data, the information is trans-
ferred to the computer and displayed as folows:

Figure 19: Example of Storage Scope Graph Screen

Saving the Gains on the SMC Controller

To write the gains to the motion controller, click on Burn Gains button.
After verifying this, the gains are burned onto the SMC's EPROM (This is
the equivalent to typing BN in the Terminal window). The gains will now be
saved and not be lost after the power disconnected.

Notes: If the gains are not burned, they will be lost after a software or
hardware reset of the SMC.
The motor state at power up on the SMC (enabled or disabled) is saved
at this time.

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SMC Parameter Utility

Figure 20: Parameter Setup Screen

The SMC Parameter Setup screen allows you to upload, download, save-to-
file, and load-from-file parameter sets for the SMC. You can use it for quick
setup of SMC Controllers, backup of setups, debugging of applications, etc.

Parameters are grouped according to function. By clicking on the desired

function's tab, the current parameters of that group are displayed:

• Select Receive to download the SMC parameters into Y Term.

• Select Open to open a parameter set from a file.
• Select Send to send the current parameters set to the SMC.
• Select Save to save the current parameter set into a file.
• Select Print to print the current parameter set on the default
printer. To change the printer, use Window's Printer Manager Pro-
gram to change the default printer.

Note: Open will open the parameters into Y Term, but will not send
them to the SMC.

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Sigma Servo Amplifier Setup

The Sigma servo amplifier setup program is designed for configuring the
amplifier to work with the SMC 2000 Controller only.

Disconnect the serial communications cable from the SMC and connect the
Yaskawa YS-11 Serial Communication Cable to the servopack.
Once this is done, you can run the setup program from Y Term using the Ser-
vopack button.

Connection will be established with the Servo amplifier, the result is a return
of the servo amplifier's present settings, and should look similar to Figure
21.

Figure 21: SMC/SIGMA Setup

1. Click on Cancel to cancel the current servo amplifier setup.

2. Click on Change present settings to required button to change
the servo amplifier settings to match the required ones After this
is done, you will be asked if you want to install an absolute
encoder. If yes, you will be asked to select the desired pulse gain
dividing ratio.

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Now your servo amplifier is configured for work with the SMC. The result
should now look like Figure 22.

Figure 22: SMC/SIGMA Setup screen (after setup is complete).

Click on Exit to return to Y Term. Disconnect the Yaskawa YS-11 Serial

communications cable. Reconnect the standard serial communications cable.
You can now resume connection to the SMC via Y Term.

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Emergency Stop Button

In the event that you need to stop the motion of the attached servo system,
click on the Stop button. This will issue Abort (AB) and Motor Off (MO)
commands to the SMC for the selected axis. While executing Autotune and
Tune Test, the stop button will stop the selected axis, and cancel the func-
tion, otherwise all axes will be stopped.

Note: The Abort command will stop all program execution. The Motor
Off command will turn off the command functions to the selected motor.

The Monitoring Screen

Figure 23: The Monitoring Section Screen.

The Monitoring Section screen, shown in Figure 23, provides you with the
ability to observe the status of selected axes. This screen can be used to track
motion parameters, inputs, and outputs.

You can choose specific axes to be monitored, and select which parameters
are to be returned. There are tabs to select from three screens of SMC status
information.

1.Axis Output - Position, Position Error, Speed and Torque.

2.General IO - Digital Inputs, Digital Outputs and Analog Inputs.
3.Dedicated IO - Forward, Backward Limit and Home switches.
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Axis Output

Selecting the Axis Output tab will display a screen to allow you to monitor
any servo system on the SMC's axes. The monitoring consists of returning
in real-time, the values of any of the following parameters:

• Position
• Position Error
• Speed
• Torque/Force

Select any combination of the available axes to monitor. This is done by

clicking on the button with the letter representing the desired axis in the data
monitoring panel. The buttons are labeled X, Y, Z, W, E, F, G, H.

To stop monitoring an axis, press again on the Axis Selection button for that
axis. To select a parameter for monitoring, click the check box located left of
the name label of the desired parameter.

The axis outputs can be displayed in listing or in graphical format as shown

in Figures 24-25.

To switch between the two modes of display screen, Press the Display List/
Display Graph button on the Axis Output Screen.

Figure 24: Axis Output Screen - List Display

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Figure 25: Axis Output Screen - Graphic Display

The Max. and Min. fields are used to enter the upper and lower range of val-
ues to be displayed. The points field will determine how many points of data
are displayed on the graph.

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Note: Be certain that the Min. and Max. values include the actual range
of values that the controller is reporting. This can be verified through
the listing mode (see below).

Figure 26: Engineering Unit Setup Screen

The Engineering Unit Setup Screen enables the user to enter pre-determined
motions (engineering units) into the controller to be able to retrieve data in
the units of measure related to the particular application.

To enter the engineering units for a program:

1.Select the desired Axis.

2.Enter name in the parameter (position, pos. error, speed, torque).
3.Enter the engineering unit factor (counts, counts/s., volts).
4.Select Set Units.

Click on Reset axis to encoder counts to restore to default values and con-
tinue monitoring with the default (1) engineering units.

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General I/O

Figure 27: General IO Monitoring Screen.

Selecting the General IO tab will allow you to monitor any I/O connected to
the SMC. The monitoring consists of returning in real-time, the values of
any of the following parameters:

• Digital Outputs
• Digital Inputs
• Analog Inputs

The digital inputs and outputs are banked. In groups of eight, click on the
check box located to the left of the bank to activate. The bank will update in
real time as the status on the SMC changes. Check boxes only appear for I/O
that exist on the connected SMC.

For digital outputs, green boxes indicate low (i.e. "ON"), dark gray indicate
high (i.e. "OFF"), and light gray indicates not available.

For digital inputs, yellow boxes indicate high (i.e. "ON"), dark gray indi-
cates low (i.e. "OFF"), and light gray are not available.

The analog inputs are activated in a similar way, each one with its own check
box. The analog value of the input is displayed next to it's check box.

You can "force" the status of a digital output by clicking the buttons. After
the output is clicked, the status will change from high to low, or low to high,
identified by a color change when YTerm reads the output status from the
controller.

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Dedicated I/O

Figure 28: Dedicated IO Monitoring Screen.

Selecting the Dedicated IO tab will allow you to monitor the limits and
home inputs on the SMC. The monitoring consists of returning, the values of
any of the following parameters in real-time:

• Forward Hardware Limits

• Reverse Hardware Limits
• Home Switches

The dedicated I/O are banked in goups of eight. To make a bank active,
click on the check box next to the bank. Check boxes only appear for I/Os
that are connected on the SMC.

Green boxes indicate inputs that are active, regardless of their on-state con-
figuration, dark gray indicates the inputs are not active, and light gray indi-
cates not available.

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Appendix
SMC to RS-232 Connection (SMCCBL7 cable)
The layout of the connection cable between the SMC and the PC serial port
(RS-232) is as follows:

SMC Side PC (RS232) Side

Pin # Pin #

1 1
6 6
2 2
7 7
3 3
8 8
4 4
9 9
5 5

Figure 29: SMC / Personal Computer Connection Cable Layout.

Note: Both connectors are 9 pin female.

Table 1: Pin Descriptions

Pin Number Pin Name Function
1 CTS output
2 Transmit Data output
3 Receive Data input
4 RTS input
5 GND ground
6 CTS output
7 RTS input
8 CTS output
9 No Connect / 5V not used

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Sigma servo amplifier to PC Connection (YS-11 cable)
The layout of the cable, between the PC serial port (RS-232) and the Sigma
Servo amplifier is as follows:

Sigma Servopack Side PC (RS232) Side

Pin # Pin #

1 1
6 6
2 2
7 7
3 3
8 8
4 4
9 9
5 5

Case Case

Figure 30: PC /Sigma Servo amplifier Communication Cable Layout.

Table 2: Pin Descriptions (PC Side- 9 PIN Female)

Pin Number Pin Name Function

1 n/c not used

2 Transmit Data output

3 Receive Data input

4 n/c not used

5 GND ground
6 n/c not used

7 n/c not used

8 n/c not used

9 n/c not used

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Table 3: Pin Description (Servo Amplifier Side - 9 Pin Male)
Pin Number Pin Name Function

2 TXD - Transmit Data output

4 RXD - Receive Data input

9 GND ground

Theory of Operation of the Autotuning Algorithm

The motor is jogged in a positive direction at 3.75 R.P.M. while 5000 torque
reference values are recorded and averaged. The purpose of this is to get an
idea of the torque required to overcome friction. This is done with minimal
gains settings of KD=10, KP=1, and KI=0.

The PID loop is shut off (KD=0, KP=0, and KI=0) and a voltage of 1.5 volts
is applied to the motor command output for 100 msec. The motor position is
recorded before and after this voltage is applied to determinate how far the
motor traveled in 100 msec. The farther it moved, the lower the inertia mis-
match.

Calculations are made to determinate KD, KP, and KI based on the inertia
and selected rigidity level.
The motor is moved backward and forward (approximately 11 degrees for an
1:1 gear ratio, more for higher ratios). The motion is repeated as the gains
are increased until an oscillation is detected at the end of the move. When
this happens, the gains are decreased. If the rigidity level is other then 1, the
process is repeated using less reduction in the gains after oscillation while
watching for smaller amounts of oscillation.

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INDEX
A
Abort 14, 29
Amplifier setup 27
Analog inputs 29, 33
Array mode 12
Autotuning 19, 20, 37
Axis Output Screen 30, 31
Axis output 29, 30
Axis selection 18, 19, 21, 30

B
Baud 5, 7
Burn 25

C
CD ROM 2, 3
Comment 10, 11, 12
Communication port 5

D
Dedicated IO 29, 34
Defaults 4, 23
Digital inputs 29, 33
Digital outputs 29, 33

E
Engineering units 24, 32
Execute 3, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23
Execute program 10, 15, 16

G
Gains 18, 19, 26, 38
General I/O 30, 34
Graph 1, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32

H
Hardware handshaking 6
Home switches 29, 34

I
Integrator 20

L
Limits 34
Linear scale resolution 20
Logging 1, 13, 14

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M
Machine configuration 20

N
Next button 16
19200 5, 7

O
Offline mode 7

P
Parameter setup 26
Print 10, 11, 23, 26
Printing 23
Programs 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16
Program status 14, 15
Pulse per rev 20, 22

R
Reset communication 14
Rigidity 19, 20, 37

S
Sampling 22, 25
Sample time 23
Save 1, 5, 10, 12, 25, 26
Search and replace 1, 10, 12
Send compressed 11, 12
Software requirements 2
Storage scope 23, 24, 25
View log file 14

T
Tell error 14
Tell position 14
Terminal window 1, 9, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 25
Three dimensional data 24
Two dimensional data 24

U
Units 7, 24, 32

Y
YS-11 1, 27, 36

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