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Geo MACRO Drive User Manual
134 Geo Macro Drive MI-Variable Reference
MS{node},MI4 Geo MACRO drive Status Word (Read Only)
Range: $00000000 - $FFFFFFFF
Units: Bits
This variable, when queried, reports the value of the current status word bits for the Geo MACRO Station.
The value reported should be broken into bits. Each bit reports the presence or absence of a particular
fault on the Station. If the bit is 0, the fault has not occurred since Station faults were last cleared. If the
bit is 1, the fault has occurred since Station faults were last cleared.
Bit # Fault Notes
0 MTR 1 Over Current
Motor #1 Over current, display “
E2” or “AE2”
1 MTR 2 Over Current
Motor #2 Over current, display “
E7” or “AE7”
2 MTR 1 Output Short Circuit
Motor #1 Short Circuit, display “
E3” or “AE3”
3 MTR 2 Output Short Circuit
Motor #2 Short Circuit, display “
E8” or “AE8”
4 MTR 1 Over Temperature
Motor #1 Over Temperature, display “
E5” or “AE5”
5 MTR 2 Over Temperature
Motor #2 Over Temperature, display “
EA” or “AEA”
6 MTR 1 IGBT Over Temperature
IGBT #1 Over Temperature, display “
E4” or “AE4”
7 MTR 2 IGBT Over Temperature
IGBT #2 Over Temperature, display “
E9” or “AE9”
8 Encoder 1 Loss
Encoder #1 Loss, display “
Eh” or “AEh”, check
MS{node},MI100 and MS{node},MI107
9 Encoder 2 Loss
Encoder #2 Loss, display “
EH” or “AEH” check
MS{node},MI100 and MS{node},I108
10-16 (Reserved for future use)
17 Ring Fault – Taxi Error
Global Fault, Ring Break, display “
b”
18 Ring Fault – Synch Packet Global Fault, Node 15 Synch Packet Fault determined by
MI10 , display “
C”
19 Ring Fault – Ring Errors
Global Fault, Exceeded Ring Error in MI9, display “
d”
20 Bus Under Voltage Fault
Global Fault, display “
EC” or “AEC”
21 Bus Over Voltage Fault
Global Fault, display “
EB” or “AEB”
22 De-saturated Shunt Fault
Global Fault, display “
ED” or “AED”
23 DC to DC Power Supply Fault
Global Fault, display “
EF” or “AEF”
Any of the fault bits that are set can be cleared with the MSCLRF{node} (clear fault) command, or the
MS$$${node} (Station reset) command.
Also look MI6
MS{node},MI5 Ring Error Counter
Range: $000000 - $FFFFFF
Units: Error Count
This variable, when queried, reports the number of ring communications errors detected by the Geo
MACRO Station since the most recent power-up/reset.










