The Motor Status screen furnishes a range of information concerning the motion status on each axis. It presents details such as position, speed, motion status, and specific limits and alarms. For additional settings, click to expand the Advanced Motor Status Screen.


How to access

Status

Display

Description

Related commands

Step Position

The current pulse counter value[*]

P, PP

Speed

The current operating speed of the motor

PS

SSPDM

The current setting of the speed range

SSPDM[axis]

Status

 The current motion status[*]

MST[axis]

MST

Complete status of motion (Hex value).

MST[axis]

Error

Clears errors related to the specific axis

CLR[axis]

Count

Resets the current pulse count for the specific axis

P[axis]=0

+L

Positive end of travel limit switch status:

( physical limit is triggered, soft-limit triggered, 

soft-limit active but not triggered, limit not triggered)

MST[axis], Bit 4

SFL[axis]

SFLSO[axis]

SFLP[axis]

H

Home switch status:

( input is triggered, input is not triggered)

MST[axis], Bit 6

-L

Negative end of travel limit switch status:

( physical limit is triggered, soft-limit triggered, 

soft-limit active but not triggered, limit not triggered)

MST[axis], Bit 5

SFL[axis]

SFLSO[axis]

SFLN[axis]

Alarm

Current alarm status:

( input is triggered, input is not triggered)

MST[axis], Bit 3

SD

Slow down limit status, when enabled:

( input is triggered, input is not triggered)

MST[axis], Bit 7

INP

In-position enable status:

( In-position signal is active, In-position signal is waiting for activation)

MST[axis], Bit 11

ERC

Error clear pulse status:

( input is triggered, input is not triggered)

MST[axis], Bit 12

TBD µStep

(CMD-4EX-SA-TBD only) - Sets the µStep rate for the stepper motor drivers.

MSR

External Start

External start switch status:

( input is triggered, input is not triggered)

MST[axis], Bit 14

Emergency Stop

Emergency stop switch status:

( input is triggered, input is not triggered)

MST[axis], Bit 15

X

The display of this row is related to the X-axis


Y

The display of this row is related to the Y-axis


Z

The display of this row is related to the Z-axis


U

The display of this row is related to the U-axis


Show/hide the Advanced Motor Status Screen


Notes:

  • Clear pulse counter values – Click the button makes a value of the command pulse counter “0” for that axis. There is no other condition. 
  • Clear error status – Click the button clears the error status of the axis.There is no other condition.
  • The Status window displays text related to the value returned from the MST[axis] command, as shown in the chart below


Bit active

Description

 Status display

None

Motor not in motion

Idle

0

Motor accelerating

Accelerating

1

Motor decelerating

Decelerating

2

Motor running at speed

Constant

8

Positive end of travel limit activated

+LIM ERR

9

Negative end of travel limit activated

-LIM ERR

10

Alarm input activated

ALARM ERR

16

Emergency stop initiated

EMG ERR

17

Indication the axis stopped via a slow down switch trigger

SD STOP

18

Waiting for In-position signal to finish move

Wait INP

19

Waiting for External Start signal to start move

Wait Ext Start