January 2012 6.19 Configuring the Controller Unit and Drive Motors 1071
Definition of the 
field angle
The following applies to the determined field angle, which is entered in 
MP_motPhiRef:
The motor is moved with external power in the positive direction (when 
viewing the shaft, the shaft rotates clockwise). The voltages U
1-Y
 (phase 1 to 
star point) and U
2-Y
 (phase 2 to star point) are measured. The positive peak 
value of U
1-Y
 corresponds to a field angle of 90°.
The field angle at the reference mark is saved in increments in MP_motPhiRef. 
An increment is formed from <line count> · <interpolation factor>.
Therefore:
MP_motPhiRef = (<field angle at reference mark> · <line count> · 1024) / 
360°
In the example below, the reference mark is at the field angle 90°, i.e. 
MP_motPhiRef = (90° · 2048 · 1024) / 360° = 524288.
On a "standard" synchronous motor (with aligned speed encoder), the 
reference mark is at the field angle 0°. If the field angle were to be determined 
for this motor, the result would be MP_motPhiRef = approx. 2097152.
 U
1-Y
: Motor voltage between phase 1 and star point
 U
2-Y
: Motor voltage between phase 2 and star point
 FA: Field angle in degrees
 FA
2048
: Field angle in increments for an encoder with 2048 lines and 
1024-fold interpolation (2048 · 1024 = 2 097 152)
Reference mark
524 288 1 048 576 1 572 864 2 097 152
FA
2048
FA