Commissioning Manual
01/2017
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Shortening the service life of motor brake
The motor brake is used for holding the load in position only. Frequent emergency stops with the motor brake can
shorten its service life.
Unless absolutely necessary, do not apply the motor brake as an emergency stop or deceleration mechanism.
5. Set the Jog speed p1058 with a value between 0 and the rated speed of the connected motor. If you want to use the
default Jog speed (100 rpm), skip this step.
Note
For more information about the ra
ted speed of a motor, see sections "SIMOTICS S-1FL6 feed motors (Page 390)" and
SIMOTICS M-1PH1 main motors (Page 396)".
6. Save the parameter settings as follows. For a motor with an absolute encoder, you can skip this step if you use the
default Jog speed (100 rpm).