The Step-By-Step Tool

Description

The Step-by-Step wizard allows you to easily perform initial controller setup.

The first screen shows all detected controllers.

Connection setup is intended to work smoothly with all controllers. On supported controllers, you can proceed to axis setup after a connection has been established. Currently supported controllers are:

  • DMC4000
  • DMC4103
  • DMC30000
Note that motors should be uncoupled from any mechanics for setup.

Step-By-Step Home page

After selecting an axis, choose the encoder and motor types to set up, then perform encoder setup, motor setup, and motor tuning as desired.

Selecting Axis A and configuring for a brushless motor
Performing quadrature encoder setup
Performing brushless motor setup
Performing motor tuning

The IO Setup screen allows configuring the polarity of limit and home switches, to ensure that motion will be permitted.

Motor setup tutorial

The Info screen shows various information about the connected hardware, as well as helpful links specific to your controller model.

Info page

The Save screen shows your controller's parameters in three columns: Default, Saved, and New.

  • Default parameters are the factory settings
  • Saved parameters will show any previously burned settings (only applicable if re-running Step-by-Step)
  • New will show the parameters determined by Step-by-Step
Upon clicking Save, any Saved configuration that does not conflict with Step-by-Step will be preserved, and any New parameters will be burned to the controller. After saving, Step-by-Step setup is complete.

Save page

After Step-by-Step is finished, your controller will have been added to GDK and a Terminal will automatically be opened.

Controller setup finished