SICK MPS-G

7 Commissioning
7.1 Overview of commissioning steps
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Connect the voltage supply.
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Commission the sensor using the factory settings.
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Configure the sensor.
7.2 Positioning on drive
To achieve the best possible performance, the sensor should be positioned centrally to
the travel range of the magnet.
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Figure 18: Positioning on drive
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Zero point
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Same distance in both directions
7.3 Put the sensor into operation for the first time
The sensor can optionally be operated with or without IO-Link.
IODD
If the sensor is operated via IO-Link, an associated IODD file with the appropriate
version must be used. The IODD file can be downloaded at www.sick.com/mps-g. The
production date in the IODD file name must match the production date on the sensor or
packaging.
Teach-in process
For optimal sensor performance, move the drive through the entire range of movement
of the drive roughly 5x. Not until teach-in is complete is the complete accuracy (minimal
linearity error, correct display of measuring range) achieved. If switching points are
taught before teach-in is complete, these change their position during the teach-in
process. The teach-in process can be accelerated by running an Application Reset via
IO-Link after mounting of the sensor. The sensor then only needs about two strokes to
teach in the drive with sufficient accuracy. A detailed description of the Application Reset
can be found in section 8.4.3.3.
Application measuring range
Monotonicity violations can occur in the edge region of drives, which in turn lead to
pseudo-position detections in the edge region. To prevent this, the maximum possible
measuring range of the application (drive) is determined by the sensor. The criterion
for the limits of the application measuring range is the repeatability determined by the
sensor.
The application measuring range can be read via IO-Link using index 16512 (0x4080)
MDC Descr, subindex 1 (0x01) Lower Limit and subindex 2 (0x02) Upper Limit. The appli‐
cation measuring range can be influenced via the index 265 Position noise limit for
application range [mm]:
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O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S | MPS-G with 2/3 switching points and IO-Link (up to 8 switching points) 8028195/2022-11-30 | SICK
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