My motor receives data via a serial connection, but it won't move. What am I doing wrong?

[MrKSE]

Maybe I will put this specific question in another thread as it does not have specifically to do with the motor. I will report tomorrow if that worked (provided I am able to build the right string ;)).

[MrKSE]

So, after another session with the motor, I came to this conclusion.

You are right, the motor moves indeed really slow (approx. 48 min for 1 mm). Other commands like setting the origin or getting the position work. Even the "Change Velocity" command seems to work. If I query the status of the motor, the velocity value conicides with the value I set.

The "only" problem is, that the motor moves really slowly regardless of the set velocity. I assume that there is another problem, which cannot be solved using LabView. That is the reason why I contacted the manufacturer again.

Nevertheless, thank you for your advice! 🙂

[Highland_Controls]

Glad to hear you have figured out part of it at least.  Are you sending the velocity command before you send the move command?

[MrKSE]

Yes and I am checking if the velocity is set via the status report!

[MrKSE · Accepted solution]

The problem seems to be solved now.

I got some Vis frome the supplier and compared the code to my code. Every string I sent was correct, but the velocity values were too big! I am pretty sure that I tried out lower velocities as well, but maybe the motor was moving while I was sending these new values. The highest velocity which can be set has a value of 1300 instead of 50000, which the reference manual implies.

Now everything works even with my VIs and the motor moves! Thank you again for your suggestions 🙂