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My drives outputs close when faulted. So far this is not working.. In the Acorn Wizard I have assigned the input as Axis 1 OK. I made the input NC. If the drive is going to close the input only when the drive is faulted, then when you assign the input as Axis1DriveOk, you also have to toggle it to ...

Supposing this is regarding your DM45, A900204; and that it was previously running "A900204.src"; then you can use WinMerge to compare "A900204.src" with the old "allin1dc-basic.src". Doing that suggests that your program has only a few relevant differences compared wit...

I use WinMerge. Of course, if you are comparing a 10-year-old PLC program with a current one, the number of differences will be overwhelming. If you are trying to identify custom features in the old program, so you can merge them into the new program, then it is very helpful to have an unmodified co...

... if a diagram that shows one thing, but says another, can be considered helpful. Their text says to use L1 and L2 with single-phase power. Their picture shows only L1 and L3 wired between the main breaker and the E-stop contactor. You can probably conclude that it does not matter which two of the...

... and yet, the Intercon program header has a "Units" field that can be toggled between Inches and Millimeters. As far as I can tell (and I have not invested the time to test it comprehensively) this was a good idea that was never fully implemented. I advise users to ignore it, and to ens...

Are your PLC program and parameter settings all exactly the same as they were when it was last running without error?

Or did you perhaps install an updated PLC program, which might take a different approach to inverting a normally-open spindle drive fault signal?

If you are getting a spindle drive fault (e.g. "9028 SPINDLE FAULT!"), then it is likely that your spindle drive fault input is open. The spindle drive fault input is INP10. It must be closed in order to clear the faults and enable servos, spindle, etc.. Use the Alt-i PLC Diagnostic screen...

In the report you posted, you have P292=6611, so your Aux13 key would run M66.

Do your Aux10, Aux11 and Aux12 functions -- which you have assigned to M56, M57 and M72 -- work as expected?

Finally I connected my volt meter between the black output wire and the positive side of the battery and I finally saw a result. With my volt meter red lead on the positive post and the black lead on the black output wire, in the NC (non triggered) state I read 9v. When I trigger the sensor it goes...

Clicking to change "NC" to "NO" should cause the Wizard to set inversion for whichever input you are using. On the Alt-i screen then, that input should appear with a line above it, and it should be green when the actual input circuit is open; and red when the actual input circuit...