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UCC AI introduction

The UCC AI is required for large higher voltage CMM systems which may require motor voltages in excess of 80 V or motor currents in excess of 10 A. These voltages and currents are not supported by current Renishaw SPA products. The UCC AI provides the interface between the CMM controller and a third party servo power analogue amplifier (which provides power to the CMM motors).

UCC AI - front panel
UCC AI rear panel - labelled

Key

Description

Key

Description

1

Scale 0 interface (15W HDD socket)

7

PICS (9W D socket)

2

Scale 1 interface (15W HDD socket)

8

UCC - SPA (RJ45 socket)

3

Scale 2 interface (15W HDD socket)

9

MCU (9W D plug)

4

Scale 3 interface (15W HDD socket)

10

Servo power amplifier / E-STOP (25W D socket)

5

Machine I/O (44W HDD socket)

11

Earth terminal

6

RS232 (9W D plug)

12

UCC AI power jack (6.3 mm socket)


NOTE: Please see 'Troubleshooting' section for assistance in diagnosing system faults.

WARNING: The capability to connect the UCC AI to a third party analogue amplifier requires UCCsuite v5.3 or newer.

Features

  • Supports third party servo power analogue interface amplifiers
  • ± 10 V differential analogue SPA command
  • SPA control I/O
  • The UCC AI can automatically adjust the supply voltage to encoder readheads (to compensate for long scale cables)
  • Up to four CMM axes can be handled by the UCC AI
  • Up to five CMM axes can be handled by a dual UCC AI setup
  • Some 3rd party temperature compensation boxes can be interfaced to the UCC AI using the RS232 interface
  • Probe interface (PICS)
  • MCU interface
  • Supporting incremental and absolute encoders
  • CMM machine input / output, including:

• Air solenoid
• Brakes (for each axis)
• Z-axis crash status
• Travel limit warnings (both inner and outer limits for each axis)
• Air status
• 13 un-committed I/O (6 input and 7 output) that can be customised by the user