Figure 31: engineering unit setup screen, Select the desired axis, Select set units – Yaskawa YTerm User Manual

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Note: Be certain that the Min. and Max. values include the actual range
of values that the controller is reporting. This can be verified through
the listing mode (see below).

Figure 31: Engineering Unit Setup Screen

The Engineering Unit Setup Screen enables the user to enter pre-determined
motions (engineering units) into the controller to be able to retrieve data in
the units of measure related to the particular application.

To enter the engineering units for a program:

Select the desired Axis.

Enter name in the parameter (position, pos. error, speed,
torque).

Enter the engineering unit factor (counts, counts/s., volts).

Select Set Units.

Click on Reset axis to encoder counts to restore to default values and
continue monitoring with the default (1) engineering units.