Installation and Commissioning

Installation and CommissioningExternal Axes5 External Axes5.1 GeneralExternal axes are controlled by internal or external (equals to non ABB) drive units.Internal drive units are mounted either inside the robot cabinet or in a separate externalcabinet. External drive units are mounted in a user designed cabinet.A maximum number of 6 external axes can be controlled by S4C. Internal drive unitsmounted in a separate cabinet cannot be combined with external drive units.The drive and measurement systems each consist of two systems. Each system isconnected to the CPU boards via a serial communication link.A number of template configuration files are supplied with the system. The configurationfiles are optimum designed concerning system behaviour and performance of theaxes. When installing external axes it is important to design installations, so a combinationof standard files can be used.Axes connected to Measurement System 1 can use Drive System 2 and vice versa.Allowed combinations - see configuration files section 5.3.5.Product Manual IRB 1400 91