Basics
3.10 Drive and encoder connection
S7-1500 Motion Control V13 Update 3
32 Function Manual, 07/2014, A5E03879256-AC
The following technology object tags are relevant for the connection of drives and encoders:
<TO>.Actor.Interface.Telegram
<TO>.Actor.DriveParameter.Reference
Speed
Reference velocity / reference speed for the velocity /
speed (NSET), which is transmitted as a percentage
<TO>.Actor.DriveParameter.MaxSpeed Maximum value for the setpoint speed of the drive
(NSET)
(PROFIdrive: MaxSpeed ≤ 2 × ReferenceSpeed
Analog setpoint: MaxSpeed ≤ 1.17 × ReferenceSpeed)
<TO>.Sensor[n].Interface.Telegram
Encoder system linear or rotary
<TO>.Sensor[n].Type Encoder type, incremental, absolute or cyclically abso-
<TO>.Sensor[n].Parameter.StepsPer
Increments per revolution for rotary encoder
<TO>.Sensor[n].Parameter.Determinable
Revolutions
Number of differentiable encoder revolutions for a multi-
turn absolute value encoder
<TO>.Sensor[n].Parameter.Resolution Resolution for linear encoder
The grid spacing corresponds to the interval between
<TO>.Sensor[n].Parameter.FineResolution
Number of bits for fine resolution XIST1 (cyclic actual
<TO>.Sensor[n].Parameter.FineResolution
Number of bits for fine resolution XIST2 (absolute value