8 AX3500 Motor Controller User’s Manual Version 1.9b. June 1, 2007
Adding Safety Limit Switches 95
Using Current Limiting as Protection 97
Control Loop Description 97
PID tuning in Position Mode 98
SECTION 10 Closed Loop Speed Mode 101
Mode Description 101
Selecting the Speed Mode 101
Tachometer or Encoder Mounting 102
Tachometer wiring 102
Speed Sensor and Motor Polarity 103
Adjust Offset and Max Speed 104
Control Loop Description 104
PID tuning in Speed Mode 105
SECTION 11 Normal and
Fault Condition LED Messages 107
Use of the LED Display 107
Motor Direction Status 108
Fault Messages 109
No Control 109
Temporary Faults 110
Permanent Faults 110
Self-Test Display 110
SECTION 12 R/C Operation 113
Mode Description 113
Selecting the R/C Input Mode 114
Connector I/O Pin Assignment (R/C Mode) 114
R/C Input Circuit Description 115
Supplied Cable Description 115
Powering the Radio from the controller 116
Connecting to a Separately Powered Radio 118
Operating the Controller in R/C mode 118
Reception Watchdog 119
R/C Transmitter/Receiver Quality Considerations 120
Joystick Deadband Programming 121
Command Control Curves 122
Left/Right Tuning Adjustment 122
Joystick Calibration 122
Automatic Joystick Calibration 123
Data Logging in R/C Mode 124