State Machine#
The drive implements the CiA 402 state machine. It decides whether the power stage is energised and whether setpoints are acted on. It is driven entirely by the Controlword 0x6040 and observed through the Statusword 0x6041.
This is separate from network management. NMT decides whether the drive talks; the CiA 402 state machine decides whether it moves.
States#
State |
Statusword |
Power stage |
Setpoints followed |
|---|---|---|---|
Not ready to switch on |
0x0000 |
off |
no |
Switch on disabled |
0x0040 |
off |
no |
Ready to switch on |
0x0021 |
off |
no |
Switched on |
0x0023 |
on |
no |
Operation enabled |
0x0027 |
on |
yes |
Quick stop active |
0x0007 |
on |
no, decelerating |
Fault reaction active |
0x000F |
stopping |
no |
Fault |
0x0008 |
off |
no |
Important
The statusword carries the state bits and nothing else. Voltage enabled, remote, target reached and internal limit active are not implemented, so the values above are exact and can be compared directly rather than masked.
For target reached, use bit 15 of Quick Status 0x2022:1, which is mapped into TPDO1 by default. It is set when a Profile Position or Position PID move has arrived inside the Position Window 0x6067, or when a Profile Velocity or Velocity PID move has settled inside the Velocity Window 0x606D.
Not ready to switch on is transient. The drive leaves it for Switch on disabled on its own as soon as the state machine runs, so in practice the first state a master observes is 0x0040.
Controlword commands#
Each command is recognised by masking the controlword and comparing it to a fixed value, so bits outside the mask are ignored.
Command |
Mask |
Value |
Common controlword |
|---|---|---|---|
Shutdown |
0x0087 |
0x0006 |
0x0006 |
Switch on |
0x0087 |
0x0007 |
0x0007 |
Switch on and enable operation |
0x008F |
0x000F |
0x000F |
Disable voltage |
0x0082 |
0x0000 |
0x0000 |
Quick stop |
0x0086 |
0x0002 |
0x0002 |
Disable operation |
0x008F |
0x0007 |
0x0007 |
Enable operation |
0x008F |
0x000F |
0x000F |
Fault reset |
0x0080 |
0x0080 |
0x0080 |
Transitions#
From |
Controlword |
To |
|---|---|---|
Not ready to switch on |
automatic |
Switch on disabled |
Switch on disabled |
Shutdown |
Ready to switch on |
Ready to switch on |
Switch on |
Switched on |
Ready to switch on |
Switch on and enable operation |
Operation enabled |
Ready to switch on |
Disable voltage or Quick stop |
Switch on disabled |
Switched on |
Enable operation |
Operation enabled |
Switched on |
Shutdown |
Ready to switch on |
Switched on |
Disable voltage |
Switch on disabled |
Operation enabled |
Disable operation |
Switched on |
Operation enabled |
Shutdown |
Ready to switch on |
Operation enabled |
Disable voltage |
Switch on disabled |
Operation enabled |
Quick stop |
Quick stop active |
Quick stop active |
Disable voltage |
Switch on disabled |
Fault reaction active |
automatic |
Fault |
Fault |
Fault reset |
Switch on disabled |
Enabling the drive#
From a freshly powered drive the sequence is two writes to 0x6040:
Write 0x0006. The drive moves to Ready to switch on, statusword 0x0021.
Write 0x000F. The drive moves through Switched on to Operation enabled, statusword 0x0027.
Writing 0x000F on its own does nothing, because Switch on disabled only responds to Shutdown. Always read the statusword back and confirm 0x0027 before sending setpoints.
Note
Select the mode of operation and write a sensible setpoint before enabling. The drive starts following whatever is already in the target objects the moment it reaches Operation enabled.
Quick stop#
Quick stop brings the shaft to rest at the rate in Quick Stop Deceleration 0x6085 while the power stage stays energised. Enter it by writing 0x0002 from Operation enabled.
The drive stays in Quick stop active until you write Disable voltage, 0x0000, which returns it to Switch on disabled. It does not release on its own once the shaft has stopped. From there, re-enable with the ordinary 0x0006 then 0x000F sequence.
The heartbeat consumer triggers the same quick stop automatically when a monitored master falls silent.
Faults#
An internal fault, meaning any error bit in the status registers, forces the state machine to Fault reaction active regardless of the controlword. The drive stops the motor, then moves to Fault on its own and de-energises.
Recovery takes two steps, and the order matters:
Clear the underlying condition, then clear the error bits by writing 1 to Clear Errors 0x2023:10.
Write Fault reset, 0x0080, to 0x6040 to move from Fault back to Switch on disabled.
Resetting the state machine while the error bit is still set puts the drive straight back into Fault. Read 0x2022 to find out what actually failed before attempting recovery.