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A-2 Document ID: rel5536 ESCON Servo Controller
Edition: November 2015 ESCON 50/5 Hardware Reference
© 2015 maxon motor. Subject to change without prior notice.
1 About 3
1.1 About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 About the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 About the Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Specifications 7
2.1 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 Setup 11
3.1 Generally applicable Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2 Determination of Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.3 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.4 Potentiometers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.5 Status Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4 Wiring 29
4.1 DC Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.2 EC Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5Spare Parts 35
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These instructions are intended for qualified technical personnel. Prior commencing with any activities …
• you must carefully read and understand this manual and
• you must follow the instructions given therein.
The ESCON 50/5 is considered as partly completed machinery according to EU Directive 2006/42/EC, Article 2, Clause (g)
and is intended to be incorporated into or assembled with other machinery or other partly completed machinery or
equipment.
Therefore, you must not put the device into service, …
• unless you have made completely sure that the other machinery fully complies with the EU directive’s requirements!
• unless the other machinery fulfills all relevant health and safety aspects!
• unless all respective interfaces have been established and fulfill the herein stated requirements!