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.

Select this value when the motor is a linear brushless motor. Use the CommutationInitializationSetup Parameter to specify how the drive initializes the motor commutation The action of steering currents to the proper motor phases to produce optimum motor torque/force. In brush-type motors, commutation is done electromechanically via the brushes and commutator. A brushless motor is electronically commutated using a position feedback device such as an encoder or Hall effect devices. Stepping motors are electronically commutated without feedback in an open-loop fashion. for this type of motor.

Select this value when the motor is a rotary brushless motor. Use the CommutationInitializationSetup Parameter to specify how the drive initializes the motor commutation The action of steering currents to the proper motor phases to produce optimum motor torque/force. In brush-type motors, commutation is done electromechanically via the brushes and commutator. A brushless motor is electronically commutated using a position feedback device such as an encoder or Hall effect devices. Stepping motors are electronically commutated without feedback in an open-loop fashion. for this type of motor.

Select this value when the motor is a DC brushed motor.

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 The action of steering currents to the proper motor phases to produce optimum motor torque/force. In brush-type motors, commutation is done electromechanically via the brushes and commutator. A brushless motor is electronically commutated using a position feedback device such as an encoder or Hall effect devices. Stepping motors are electronically commutated without feedback in an open-loop fashion..
Select this value when the motor is a stepper motor.

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 The action of steering currents to the proper motor phases to produce optimum motor torque/force. In brush-type motors, commutation is done electromechanically via the brushes and commutator. A brushless motor is electronically commutated using a position feedback device such as an encoder or Hall effect devices. Stepping motors are electronically commutated without feedback in an open-loop fashion..
Select this value when the motor is a three phase stepper motor.

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 The action of steering currents to the proper motor phases to produce optimum motor torque/force. In brush-type motors, commutation is done electromechanically via the brushes and commutator. A brushless motor is electronically commutated using a position feedback device such as an encoder or Hall effect devices. Stepping motors are electronically commutated without feedback in an open-loop fashion. 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
The action of steering currents to the proper motor phases to produce optimum motor torque/force. In brush-type motors, commutation is done electromechanically via the brushes and commutator. A brushless motor is electronically commutated using a position feedback device such as an encoder or Hall effect devices. Stepping motors are electronically commutated without feedback in an open-loop fashion. angle. Each time that you enable the axis to which the motor is connected, the drive does this process again.

Select this value to configure a piezo axis to control a piezo actuator.

HARDWARE:
This setting applies only when used with the GI4 or GL4.
Select this value when the motor is a galvo scanner.