Setting up Encoders

[CATCH22]

I am wondering how I am going to set up my viper 200 drives with E6 us digital encoders,Im wondering because I plan on putting the encoders on the ballscrews instead of the motors. The timing gears on x and y axis are 2 to 1 ratio,and the z axis it will be 1 to 1 so I will set it up on the motor. Any ideas as to how to go about this. I want to set them up on the bench not on the machine.

Thanks Mike

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[Larken]

It should't matter as long as there is no back lash.
You couldn't do that on an AC servo (since it needs commutation from the encoder) but on a DC servo, armature position doesn't matter.

[CATCH22]

Ok so I can set up the drives with the encoder on the motor for bench testing then move them to the ball screws for final hookup?

Thanks Mike

[jeep534]

is there a burning reason to do things that way it would seem to me that encoder on motor is always the preferred way to do things.

archie =) =) =)