This is pretty standard way to home industrial servo systems. We use Panasonic and that is one way they home as well. Of course the homing method you choose is machine dependent. On some machines we use home to switch just due to the design of the machine.
John On 10/28/2011 8:37 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > If I understand correctly, Your intended homing procedure is allowing > servo drives move joints with considerably decreased torque in motors > machine hits the end of travel. Is that correct? I am sure that even > with greatly reduced torque in motors this is totally wrong approach, > because You still are breaking Your machine. I still think that > inductive proximity switch (or any other type of limit switch) for > each joint is the way to go. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users