Setting the Guiding Direction for Center Positioning

If you use an actuator with position feedback, you have to check the guiding direction for the operating mode Center positioning.

Position display of the actuator

Checking the control direction

WARNING
Danger of death from actuator movements!

During function tests, parts of your body may be crushed, cut or hit.

  • ▶Make sure that no persons remain in the vicinity of the pivot / traversing area of machine components that are positioned by the actuator.
  1. Press the Manual mode key.
  • The LED of the key will illuminate.
  • The controller switches to manual mode.

  1. Press the left arrow key and observe the position display ① of the actuator in the display.
  • The bar indicator must move to the left.

  1. Press the right arrow key and observe the position display ① of the actuator in the display.
  • The bar indicator must move to the right.

If the position indicator in the display moves in the opposite direction then you have to reverse the guiding direction.

Reversing the guiding direction

  • ▶Change DIL switch S4.2 on the processor board of the controller (see Setting DIL Switch S4).