PI C-863 - Analog Input Signals - see detailed user manual; Joystick control - see detailed user manual; Controller Macros - see detailed user manual

7 Start-Up
62 Version: 2.0.0 MS205Equ C-863 Mercury Controller
3. Configure the data recorder.
a) In the Data Recorder window, adapt, if required, the settings like the
amplitude of the step to be executed, the record table rate and for the
graph, the number of data points to be read.
b) Click on the Configure… button and make sure that "Commanded
Position of Axis" and "Actual Position of Axis" are selected as quantities to
be recorded.
Details see PIMikroMove user manual (SM148E).
4. Start the step in positive direction, as well as the recording, by clicking on the
button.
The axis executes the step and the step response is recorded and displayed
graphically.
5. Check the displayed step response on the basis of the following figures.
a) If the result is satisfactory (i.e. minimum overshoot, settling time not too
long), you already have optimal parameter settings. In this case, no
further action is necessary.
b) If the result is not satisfactory, change the settings of the P-I-D controller
(p. 64).