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Electric Drives and Controls - Product Catalog
NYCe 4000 - Tools
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The tools that are available for the NYCe4000 are described in this section:
NYCe Configurator
The NYCe 4000 system is a very flexible system giving much freedom to the user. This means that much in the system is user configurable. Some examples of configuration date are:
- On node level: axis names, emergency and safety inputs
- On drive level: digital input/outputs, error inputs
- On axis level: motor type, encoder type, response to error conditions, safety
The NYCe Configurator guides you through this configuration process. The result of the configuration process is a configuration data that can be stored in Flash on the NYCe 4000 system or that can be stored on the disk of the PC. When identical configuration is to be build you therefore need to configure once and reuse the configuration date on the other systems. Next to using the NYCe 4000 configurator for configuring the system it is also possible to do the full configuration on the application software using the configuration library functions.
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NYCe Tuner
The NYCe Tuner is used to setup and tune an axis in the NYCe 4000 system. This is done by setting various parameters that influence the behavior if an axis. These parameters include:
- Current control parameters
- PID and feed forward parameters
- Control filters
- Enhanced parameters
- Stepper control parameters
- And many more
Furthermore the NYCe Tuner can generate movement profiles to test the latest parameter sets. This enables the user to tune his axes exactly the way he wants them to behave. Tuning can be done in time domain as well as in frequency domain. NYCe Tuner supports 2 levels of tuning, the Wizard level and the Expert level. The Wizard level guides the user step-by-step in setting the right parameters in the right order. This includes many advises to the user to support him. In Expert mode it is assumed that the user is very familiar with the system and he is given direct access to all related parameters in one screen to enable him to have a quick overview and fast parameter access. When the tuning process has ended, the new parameters can be stored in the controllers flash memory or on the hard disk of the PC.
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NYCe Scope
Almost any variable of a NYCe 4000 node / drive combination can be traced with the NYCeScope, making the scope a useful tool for:
- Current loop tuning
- Position loop tuning
- Performance monitoring
- IO monitoring
- Error monitoring
The NYCeScope has been designed to resemble a real life oscilloscope. Using the dialog screen you can select the variables to show on the scope screen, the trigger you would like to use on the type of picture to be displayed. This picture can be (like on a normal scope) a time domain picture showing all selected channels. Alternatively you can also select to see a FFT frequency plot or Bode/Nyquist diagrams. All signals that are captured and displayed are time synchronously. Even if they originate from different control systems within the same configuration. Not only motion related data can be captured but all variable in the system like I/O’s but also axis state diagrams or drive temperature. When there is a need for further offline analysis of the captured data, the scope supports the feature to store all captured data in a file on a PC where it can be further processed by other software packages.
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NYCe Command
NYCe Command is a dialog tool that enables the user to perform motion and IO commands in a short time, without use of a C-programming environment. However, the commands do have the same names and input arguments as in C and all commands that are supported in C are supported in this tool as well. The user is also able to enter a single command in the command line. This command is immediately executed when entered. It is also possible to create script files holding many commands, which enable the user to build e.g. small test or demo applications. NYCe Command has an extensive online-help function describing all command and the command parameters.
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NYCe Simulation software
Simulation software Application software needs to be tested extensively before it can be implemented in a machine. Even
more importantly the response to a wide range of exceptional situations needs to be tested and verified. Testing consumes significant development time. This is mainly influenced by two factors:
- availability of a fully functional test machine
- complexity of generating exceptional situations on the machine.
Using the NYCe 4000 simulation environment, testing time can be
significantly reduced. Application testing on a machine can be reduced, so machine availability is no longer an issue.
Secondly, the simulation environment has a programming interface
that allows the user to feed inputs,axes related data, and error situations into the simulation system. This allows for testing of all application responses to exceptional situations
without abusing or damaging a physical machine.
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