MotorType Parameter
Default Value: 0
Minimum Value: 0
Maximum Value: 9
Units: None
Type: int
Use the MotorType parameter to specify the type of motor that is connected to this axis. The setting of this parameter is primarily used to determine how the motor is commutated. The sections that follow supply more detail regarding specific motor type settings.
ACBrushlessLinear
Select this value when the motor is a linear brushless motor. Use the CommutationInitializationSetup Parameter to specify how the drive initializes the motor commutation for this type of motor.
ACBrushlessRotary
Select this value when the motor is a rotary brushless motor. Use the CommutationInitializationSetup Parameter to specify how the drive initializes the motor commutation for this type of motor.
DCBrush
Select this value when the motor is a DC brushed motor.
StepperMotor
HARDWARE: The SI4, the iXI4, and the XI4 (when the XI4 Stepper Mode setting of the ServoLoopSetup Parameter is set to Clock/Direction Outputs) use clock and direction outputs to control an external stepper amplifier and do not do motor commutation.
Select this value when the motor is a stepper motor.
ThreePhaseStepper
HARDWARE: The SI4, the iXI4, and the XI4 (when the XI4 Stepper Mode setting of the ServoLoopSetup Parameter is set to Clock/Direction Outputs) use clock and direction outputs to control an external stepper amplifier and do not do motor commutation.
Select this value when the motor is a three phase stepper motor.
TwoPhaseACBrushless
HARDWARE: This type of motor applies only to drives that use an encoder multiplier for feedback.
Select this value when the motor is a 2-phase AC brushless motor. The drive commutates the motor by using the analog Hall-effect sensors that are connected to the feedback device specified by the FeedbackInput1 Parameter. The drive initializes the commutation angle by using the arctangent of the analog Hall-effect sensors. After the angle is initialized, the drive uses the feedback device to maintain the value of the commutation angle. Each time that you enable the axis to which the motor is connected, the drive does this process again.
PiezoActuator
Select this value to configure a piezo axis to control a piezo actuator.
Galvo
HARDWARE:
This setting applies only when used with the GI4 or GL4.
Select this value when the motor is a galvo scanner.
