What does Bad personality Module mean

[travis]

What does Bad Personality Module mean?

Hello,
What is a "Bad Personality Module" in layman's terms? Can someone provide a basic explanation or definition of a Bad Personality Module message and its possible causes. I'm looking for tips on troubleshooting this type of fault. Thank you!

• Bad Personality Module Fault
• Bad Personality Module Error
• Bad Personality Module Alarm
• Bad Personality Module Message

[3rdshiftguy]

What does Bad Personality Module mean?

Relating to motion control systems, a personality module more or less gets the drive settings close so they can be tweaked for optimum tuning in a specific application.

It is almost like a pre-tune module that can be inserted into a drive or interchanged between drives. It prepares a motion control system for a particular situation by doing the major tuning or programming, yet it leaves the drive open to fine tuning or more detailed programming.

Servo drive personality modules can be interchanged depending on the application. This is an advantage when interchanging drives in the event of a failure and limiting down-time is critical.

What to do if you've got a bad personality module alarm or message?

• If the module is a circuit board, check to see if it is seated properly. Sometimes that can vibrate loose or connections can become corroded.


• If the module is in the form of an integrated circuit (IC chip), once again check to see that the pins are seated properly in the socket. If the module has been removed from the socket for any reason, check to see that no pins are folded over and missing the socket completely.


• Unfortunately, there's not much else you can do except replace faulty personality modules if connections are not to blame.