SinCos encoder / TTL encoder: The 'AngleDriftNotValid' status bit is not set correctly in the event of an encoder error. (corrected from V01.06.04)

Corrected from:
Servo Inverter i950 FW: from V01.06.04.2154
 
Response of the new version:
The status bit 'AngleDriftNotValid' in Lenze status word 2 (bit 7) is now set correctly, even in the event of an encoder error, e.g. wire breakage of the encoder tracks (A, B).

 
What happens?
The status bit 'AngleDriftNotValid' in Lenze status word 2 (bit 7) is not set correctly.
The determined angle drift is always displayed as valid, even in the case of an incorrect determination. 

Background:
The i950 servo inverter has so-called angle drift monitoring to detect faulty actual values.
For this purpose, two actual positions based on different "information sources" are compared. One actual position is formed on the basis of incremental signals. The second actual position is formed in the case of an absolute encoder via its digitally scannable encoder position and in the case of an incremental encoder on the basis of the zero pulse. 
Both "information sources" are monitored and only if both signals are plausible, the determined angular drift is marked as valid (status word 2 bit 7). If, for example, there is a wire break on tracks A or B (radius monitoring fails), then the angle drift cannot be calculated meaningfully. 
For encoders with zero pulse track, the edges of track A and track B are counted between two zero pulses and the difference to the set line count is displayed in the object "angle drift" (0x2C42:3 0x2C52:3). This can be used to determine whether erroneous pulses, e.g. caused by interference, have falsified the counter value.

When does the behaviour occur?

  • Use of a simple encoder with zero pulse track (SinCos encoder or TTL encoder) and 
  • an encoder error has been detected, e.g. by a wire breakage.


Which products are affected?
Servo Inverter i950 FW
 
Short-term measures / Evaluation / recommendations: 
Use the status bit Lenze status word 1 (bit 13) "wire breakage" as an indicator instead of Lenze status word 2 (bit 7).
There is no such short-term measure for the load transmitter.

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