160 Rockwell Automation Publication 2080-UM002N-EN-E - November 2022
Chapter 9          Motion Control
 
Motion Wiring Input/Output Description
Motion Signals Input/Output Description Uniqueness
PTO pulse  OUTPUT
PTO pulse from the embedded fast output, to be 
connected to Drive PTO input. 
Not Shared
PTO direction OUTPUT
PTO pulse direction indication, to be connected to 
Drive Direction input.
Not Shared
Servo/Drive On  OUTPUT
The control signal used to activate/deactivate 
Servo/Drive.
This signal becomes Active when MC_Power (on) is 
commanded.
Can be shared 
with more than 
one drive
Lower (Negative) Limit 
switch
INPUT
The input for hardware negative limit switch, to be 
connected to mechanical/electrical negative limit 
sensor.
Not Shared
Upper (Positive) Limit 
switch
INPUT
The input for hardware positive limit switch, to be 
connected to mechanical/electrical positive limit 
sensor.
Not Shared
Absolute Home switch INPUT
The input for hardware home switch (sensor), to be 
connected to mechanical/electrical home sensor.
Not Shared
Touch Probe Input 
switch
INPUT
The input for hardware touch probe signal, to be 
used with Motion MC_TouchProbe and 
MC_AbortTrigger function blocks to capture axis 
commanded position during the motion path.
Not Shared
Servo/Drive Ready INPUT
The input signal that indicates Servo/Drive is ready 
to receive PTO pulse and direction signal from 
controller. 
No moving function blocks can be issued to an axis 
before the axis has this signal ready if this signal is 
Enabled in the motion axis configuration or axis 
properties page.
Can be shared 
with more than 
one drive
In-Position signal 
(from servo/motor)
INPUT
The input signal that indicates the moving part is in 
the commanded position. This signal has to be 
Active after the moving part reaches the 
commanded position for MoveAbsolute and 
MoveRelative function blocks. 
For MoveAbsolute and MoveRelative function blocks, 
when In_Position is enabled, the controller will 
report an error (EP_MC_MECHAN_ERR) if the signal is 
not active within 5 seconds when the last PTO pulse 
sent out.
Not Shared
Home Marker INPUT
This signal is the zero pulse signal from the motor 
encoder. This signal can be used for fine homing 
sequence to improve the homing accuracy.
Not Shared