Cable Test Machine Start-Up Procedure from full power-down  -- Semi-Automatic
10/14/04 Rev 1.0
11/02/04 Rev 2.0
06/09/05 Rev 3.0  Modified for Use with Test7Files

All files referenced below are in C:\CableTestMachine\Test7Files

0) Start with HPU off.

1) Power Control Box

2) Connect Ethernet Cable and start RMCWin, the software should find the controller.

3) In RMCWin, open “CTMSetup-7.bd1” file, this contains scale and offset, gains, etc.  

4) Download Event Step Table using event step editor under the “Tools” Menu:   Open the file “A60P10s0.00-Tmax6000Ts12000-mod3.st1” and download using tool under the “Online” menu.

5) Download Cradle Motion profile using the “Curve Tool” under the main “Tools” Menu in RMCWin.  Open the file “A60P10s0.00.crv” and download using the tool under the “Online” menu.

6) On the CylPos Axis, enter “1” in the Command Value Field and “E” in the Command Field.  No motion will occur but the controller will configure itself.

7)  The “Status” for the four axes should be:	0x004A	       0x004A	      0x8040	0x0040
and the Drive outputs should be set to the null values (650 for Cradle Axis, -200 for CylPos Axis).

8) Apply Power to HPU and enable flow (rocker switch in forward direction).  Parts may start to move at this point, so stand clear and be ready to execute next step immediately.

9) On the CylPos Axis, enter “12” in the Command Value Field and “E” in the Command Field.  

10) The cradle should center, and then the upper cylinder should regulate tension to 200lbs.  Once the cable is at 200lbs, the cradle should move to +60 degrees.

11) The “Status” for the three axes should be:	0x004A		0x004A	        0x8040	0x0062

12) On the CylPos Axis, enter “18” in the Command Value Field and “E” in the Command Field.  The test should begin, with the cradle rocking and the tension peaking around 5200lbs.

To Stop.  Enter “H” in the Command Field of the “CradlePos” axis, motion should stop.  Hit the “Kill” Icon and remove HPU pressure (rocker switch).  Power down HPU.

Extras: 
- If you'd like a graph of recent motions, set the “Plot time” variable to the number of seconds you'd like (upper right in RMCWin), then execute a “y” command on the axis of interest.  Clicking the plot icon on the icon list in RMCWin will show the plot.
- The number of cycles executed is counted in the controller but is a bit tricky to read.  To see it, go to the “event step editor” and “upload” the current event table.  The command value of event step one will show the number of cycles completed since starting.  This rolls over after 16bits, the most significant word of a 32bit number is shown in the “speed” field of event step zero.  Don't save this uploaded file, but feel free to record the current cycle count in the log-book.  

 In case of trouble, any kill switch will work, but ideally the HPU flow should be removed first by opening the rocker switch.

Other:
- Support Files at:
X:\600027.MOOS.Mooring\Project.Documents\CableTestMachine\Test7Files

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