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  1. Q: Can a 1 kW servo drive be powered with single phase?
  2. Q: When the home is reached, the output "Home completed" stays on, no matter what I do.. what is wrong?
  3. Q: I need to move a load of 50 lb. What is the proper servo to utilize?
  4. Q: What are gear heads you can use with your Sureservos?
  5. Q: Can I use MODBUS instead of the real digital inputs?
  6. Can I use these on electric vehicles?
  7. What are the differences between steppers and servos.
  8. What are the fuses to be used with the servos?
  9. How do you program the servo for torque control?
  10. How do you program the servo for positioning?
  11. ALE06 overload; what is the cause?
  12. ALE02 undervoltage.what is the cause?
  13. How to jump from digit to digit when using P3-08 and setting FF03?
  14. The power terminals are difficult to wire. How this is done?
  15. How can I connect the encoder output of the SureServo to the inputs of a CTRIO module?


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