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5.2
Setting up a connection to the encoder
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Connect the encoder to the test unit with an adapter cable.
8
Double-click "Connect encoder" in the ATS main menu.
The "Encoder selection" window offers two possibilities of powering the encoder and setting the
encoder interface:
Note
Adapter cables: See User's Manual "PWM 20 Cable and Connection Technology".
This User's Manual can be downloaded from the HEIDENHAIN website, see:
www.heidenhain.de/Documentation and Information/Software/Download Area/Diagnostic
Set/PWM/Documentation.
1
Automatic encoder identification by entering the ID of the encoder (mandatory for absolute
encoders)
2
The manual settings are only used, if no encoder ID is available (ID plate missing or illegible;
encoder not in the ATS encoder database).