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EngJay · ‎01-03-2024

I'm running a demo program and using the motion interface to control my axes. They all follow a virtual master. I currently don't use any homing procedure. The axes run in synchronized_motion and the virtual master is running in discreet motion. When I go from state 'disabled' to motion I get the error "Error in axis command "Homing" - No support to check the homed status of the axis", but I'm not using any homing routine. I set the axis reference when setting up the drives. The error typically only pops up for about 4 to 6 axes, not all axes. My question is, where would the motion app think the axis command for homing is coming from? Should I change something in how I implement the motion interface in the PLC? It's confusing because my axes are all configured and commanded the same way, but this error only appears for a few axes, and it is somewhat random, which axes get the error. Here is a picture for reference:

EngJay · ‎12-12-2023

For version 2.02 of the X7, the Max for the sum of the inputs and outputs is 10 kb. See this post for additional reference: https://developer.community.boschrexroth.com/t5/ctrlX-I-O/EtherCAT-master-number-of-cyclic-data/m-p/86481

EngJay · ‎11-13-2023

Yes, we can close the topic, thanks. Unless you want to give a hint, when the same functionality will come to ctrlX IO Engineering software.

EngJay · ‎09-25-2023

Is there a guide on how to functionaly use station alias 0x0012 for XB-EC-12 with FW v1.4.0? Simply activating identification and downloading the configuration is not the proper method, from my testing, because the device shows as not connected.

EngJay · ‎09-11-2023

I had a similar experience one time where I crashed a core by reading a bit in the PLC app with the IDE app through the datalayer without proper delay. Now in my case it did not actually crash the whole core, just the apps managed by the automation core. And I was able to recover after a power cycle by uploading functional code into the IDE app, which still ran even with the automation core in service mode. Now if a customer is using a third party solution and is connecting different systems through another data broker, they would be just as capable of crashing part of the system. So I prefer to look at it as a matter of risk versus reward of having connected systems. If you are going to have connected systems, then an all-in-one-device is quite advantageous in providing a uniform architecture.

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No Support to Check the Homed Status

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