Clear Faults

NI-Motion VI

Clear Faults

Clears all modal errors and drive faults on all axes.

Details

Device Compatibility

DeviceCompatibility
7330
Y
7340
Y
7344
N
7350
Y
7390
Y
NI SoftMotion Controller for CANopen—Accelnet
N
NI SoftMotion Controller for CANopen—Xenus
N
board in is a unique number assigned by Measurement & Automation Explorer used to send and receive commands and data to or from a specific NI motion controller.
error in (no error) describes error conditions that occur before this VI runs. The default input of this cluster is no error. If an error already occurred, this VI returns the value of error in in error out. The VI runs normally only if no incoming error exists. Otherwise, the VI passes the error in value to error out. The error in cluster contains the following parameters:
status is TRUE if an error occurred before this VI was called, or FALSE if not. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code.
code is a number identifying an error or warning. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code. Use the error handler VIs to look up the meaning of this code and display the corresponding error message.
source is a string that indicates the origin of the error, if any. Typically, source is the name of the VI in which the error occurred.
board out is provided for flow control. You can string together NI-Motion VIs by wiring the board out terminal of one VI to the board in terminal of the next VI.
error out contains error information. If error in indicates an error, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI produces.
status is TRUE if an error occurred, or FALSE if not. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code.
code is a number identifying an error or warning. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code. Use the error handler VIs to look up the meaning of this code and display the corresponding error message.
source is a string that indicates the origin of the error, if any. Typically, source is the name of the VI in which the error occurred.

Using This VI

Use this VI to clear all modal errors and drive faults on all axes. This VI pulses the alarm clear line on all axes that have mapped the alarm clear signal using Configure Motion I/O Map.

Note  Refer to Write Motion I/O Data for more information about the alarm clear signal and to change the alarm clear pulse width.

The inhibit-in signal is connected to the Alarm signal of the drive. Monitor the status of the inhibit-in signal to determine if there are any drive faults. Correct the faults, then use this VI to clear the alarm state of the drive.

The Initialize Controller VI automatically calls this VI if the controller is in a power-up state. If you call Initialize Controller and the controller is not in a power-up state, this VI is not called.