Motion State Instructions 
 
32  Rockwell Automation Publication MOTION-RM002H-EN-P-February 2018 
Testing  5  When any one of the Run Test request services is sent 
to the motion axis while in the Stopped state, that is, 
services that require an active power structure to 
execute, the axis immediately transitions to the 
Starting state, that is, the Power Structure Enabled 
status bit is set. Then once the Starting state 
conditions are met, the axis transitions to the Testing 
state. Like the Running state, in the Testing state, 
the drive's power structure is active. 
The motion axis remains in this state for the duration 
of the requested test procedure and then returns to 
the Stopped state. The motion axis can also exit the 
Testing state by either a fault or an explicit Axis 
Control request. 
Stopping  6  When a Disable request is issued to an axis in the 
Running or Testing state, the axis immediately 
transitions to the Stopping state. In this state, the 
axis is in the process of stopping and no longer tracks 
command data from the motion planner, that is, the 
Tracking Command status bit is cleared. 
Once the selected Stopping Mode procedure has 
completed, the axis transitions to the Stopped state. 
Aborting  7  When a Major Fault occurs in the drive while the axis 
is in either the Running or Testing states, the motion 
axis immediately transitions to the Aborting state. In 
this state, the axis is in the process of stopping and 
no longer tracks command data from the motion 
planner, that is, the Tracking Command status bit is 
cleared. The Aborting state executes the appropriate 
stopping action as specified by the drive. As with the 
Stopping state, in the Aborting state the power 
structure remains active, that is, the Power Structure 
Enabled status bit is set, for as long as the stopping 
action takes to complete. Once the stopping 
procedure is complete the axis transitions to the 
Faulted state. 
When faults conditions are detected in the controller 
that are not visible to the drive, or when the drive 
reports a Minor Fault condition, the controller brings 
the axis to a stop, either directly via an Axis Control 
state change request or motion planner stop, or 
indirectly via a fault handler in the user program. If 
the Axis State reported by the driv e is Stopping, the 
controller sets the CIP Axis State to Aborting based 
on the presence of the fault condition.