MC_ClearFaults

 Function - Sends a request to the drive to clear any drive faults.

• See Function Blocks - General Rules about how inputs and outputs work.
• The condition causing the drive fault has to be corrected before calling this function.
• If the fault condition still exists when this function is called, this function sends a request to the drive but the drive faults remain.
• This function does not reset axis errors.
  • MC_ResetError is required to reset axis errors and possibly to re-enable or turn power on to the servo axis after the fault condition is cleared.

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• • This function or function block returns cached data.
  • See Program a Multi-Core Controller.

Usage

When there is a positive transition of the EN input, this function requests a Fault Reset of the Drive for the Axis defined in the axis input of this function.

Inputs

Input	Data Type See Data Types.	Range	Unit	Default	Description
En	BOOL	FALSE, TRUE	N/A	No default	When TRUE, requests to clear the drive faults.
Axis	AXIS_REF	1 to 256	N/A	No default	AXIS_REF.AXIS_NUM is the master axis number. See Axis Name and Number. See AXIS_REF Structure.

Outputs

Output	Data Type See Data Types.	Range	Unit	Description
OK	BOOL	FALSE, TRUE	N/A	Boolean output to indicate successful request. This output does not indicate the faults are cleared. It does indicate the request was made. See Pipe Network - General Rules.

FBD Language Example

FFLD Language Example

IL Language Example

Not available.

ST Language Example

(* MC_ClearFaults ST example *)
MC_ClearFaults( Axis1);    //clear drive faults for Axis 1

See Also

MC_ResetError