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Axis status – Rockwell Automation GMLC Reference Manual User Manual

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Publication GMLC-5.2 - November1999

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All status variables—except Status_LEDs—are read-only.

Status_LEDs can also be used within an expression, and can be used to
display a code on the motion controller’s front panel Status LEDs.

Each of the variables in the table above is described in the following
pages.

Axis Status

Axis_status is an integer value representing the present status of a specific
axis.

In the Tag Explorer, select both Axis System Variables and the desired
physical axis, then select Axis_status in the Tag Window.

The present status of the specified axis appears as a value, according to
the following table. The table shows the corresponding message that
appears in an axis status field in the runtime display (if enabled).

Status
Code

Description

Runtime
Display

Se

rv

o

M

a

st

e

r On

ly

V

irtu

a

l

Imag

in

ar

y

14

AxisLink timeout

AXL FLT

13

AxisLinkFailed (axis not found)

AXL FLT

12

Virtual Axis Not Enabled

AXS OFF

11

Drive Fault

DRV FLT

10

Position Error Tolerance Fault

ERR FLT

9

Hardware Overtravel Fault

HRD LIM

8

Software Travel Limits Fault

SFT LIM

7

Encoder Noise or Loss Fault

ENC FLT

6

Feedback OFF or
Virtual Axis Enabled

SRV OFF
SRV OFF

5

Servo Output Limited

OUT LIM