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LTS Series Long Travel Stages
6.3 Homing Motors
Homing the motor moves the actuator to the home limit switch and resets the internal
position counter to zero. The limit switch provides a fixed datum that can be found
after the system has been powered up.
Fig. 6.2 Motor Controller Software GUI
1) Click the ‘Home’ button. Notice that the ‘Not Homed’ LED changes to ‘Homed’,
and that the LED flashes to indicate that homing is in progress. The displayed
position counts down to 0, i.e the home position.
2) When homing is complete, the ‘Homed’ LED is lit as shown above.
See Appendix C, Section C.2.2. for background information on the home position.
Note
Homing can also be performed at the unit, by holding down both front panel buttons
for around 2 seconds.
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