A-M-C A12A100 Servo Drive with SouthWestern Ind ProtoTrak Plus

FF1 is the main tuning value for velocity mode servos
but is typically not appropriate for torque mode servos

Can you set P and D to about 1/2 their current values
to get rid of the Oscillation and then try adjusting I again?

PCW, Many thanks for your help! Attached are pics of adjustment as per your suggestions, many thanks.

The next step is to dial in FF2

PCW Thank you for your help! Attached is just 1 pic, this is best yet using the 50 unit scale. The feed rate is slow, but if you increase the f error will appear.

many thanks!

Edit: Additional pics with higher FF2. It seems to matter if I "save to file" the settings that are changed (even the few FF2 changes made recently), it will f-error if not careful.

many thanks!

Many thanks for all the help!! Attached are several pic of the FF2 only changed. I have many others not posted here, if you want another setting I may have it. Starting with FF2 at .255 going to .290 . next .395 stop at .445.

many thanks

.25 is too much FF2, You had about the best FF2 results around .2-.21.

I do think you may need to try to do something about the steady state error, In a velocity mode drive FF1 fixes that, but in torque or current mode, it is not going to behave the same way. I think some FF1 may help, but its results will probably be very speed dependent, in other words the setting that works well at one speed will likely be very wrong at another speed. I'm not sure what the answer is to that. I wonder if setting a value for "pid.N.maxcmdD" could help by limiting the amount of FF1 used at a certain point?

Todd & PCW many thanks for your help!! I will try FF2 at the .2-.21 range, monitoring the spike at the beginning & end of trace, as to reduce the value of the error in the trace. Adjust FF1 for the following error in the "cruse", the short time between the start & stop of trace as to reduce it as well. Keeping in mind that feed rate will suffer somewhere in the range, so try to sacrifice at the faster end of feed rate.

many thanks!

Todd & PCW many thanks for your help! This attachment has the FF1 & FF2 adjusted, in addition to the gain is in the 20unit/div range, feed still 18.5. many thanks!

Look like still not enough FF1
You should be able to just about zero the error during constant velocity.
If you have too much the error will be below zero

Note: zero for the following error is the straight white line.

Once FF1 is dialed in, I would add I until you get oscillations
and then use about 1/2 the value where oscillations started

Many, many thanks! Attached are some current pics of the tuning. The FF1 shows before and after crossing the "0" or other side of 0.0, I think. Feed rate suffered 15"/min, the last pic has the "I" at 1/2 of the value that oscillation started. Will error out if feed rate is faster than 18.5"/min. Welcome your thoughts.