How to use the ClearPath Motor Setup Program (MSP)

Watch this TekTips video to learn how to use the ClearPath Motor Setup Program. Find out more below:

To download ClearPath's Motor Setup Program (MSP), visit our website's download section at: https://www.teknic.com/downloads/

The ClearPath Motor Setup Program (MSP) is multi-faceted software that works with ClearPath MC and SD series servo motors. If you’re using the ClearPath SC or ClearPath EC series motors, please follow this link to the ClearView Setup Software overview video:    • ClearPath Software Control - How to U...  

MSP communicates with your ClearPath motor to auto-tune and optimize its performance. From there, you can save and load motor configuration files, and go on to set and adjust operational modes.

Using MSP, you can set all of the associated variables such as positions, velocities, accelerations and more. Once a mode and parameters are determined, you can run your motor.

If your control signals are not yet wired to ClearPath, you can use MSP to control the motor's actions in the meantime.

Lastly, you can use the built-in digital oscilloscope and strip chart to evaluate performance and troubleshoot any mechanical or electrical problems. Using the scope, you can view motor data such as commanded velocity, actual velocity, accelerations, jerk and torque usage. Using the oscilloscope's cursors, trace storage, trigger commands and exception reporting, every detail can be analyzed.

This video is meant to be an overview, so it does not go into detail on everything, but it gives a ClearPath user a great start to taking advantage of what MSP can do. Future videos will go into more depth, but as always, feel free to suggest more video ideas if you have any.

Timestamps
What does MSP do? 0:00
MSP Menu Bar 3:00
MSP Controls/Inputs/Visual indicators 5:50
Digital Oscilloscope 10:20
Strip Chart 11:50
Auto-homing 12:50
Emulating external hardware with override inputs 14:20
Using motor on a simple axis 15:20
Using scope to view motion 17:20

To see the overview videos of the different ClearPath motor series, follow the links below:
ClearPath MC:    • ClearPath-MC (Motion Control) Series ...  
ClearPath SD:    • ClearPath-SD (Step and Direction) Ser...  
ClearPath SC:    • ClearPath-SC (Software Control) Serie...  
ClearPath EC:    • ClearPath-EC (EtherCAT) Series Overview  

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