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26105

Siemens 840D 26105 - Drive of axis not found

Drive of axis not found

Siemens SINUMERIK alarm 26105: Drive of axis not found. This alarm indicates a fault or error condition on the SINUMERIK 840D control. Refer to the Siemens SINUMERIK alarm documentation for the complete description and remedy.

Root Cause Summary

Alarm 26105 fires when the NCK cannot locate a configured drive interface during axis initialization. This typically occurs due to mismatched Profibus slave configurations between the NC parameter set and the SDB (System Data Block) Type-2000, or missing drive entries in the axis-to-drive assignment structure.

Safety

  • Refer to Siemens documentation
  • Ensure qualified technician performs repairs

Causes and Fixes

  1. 1

    Access Diagnostics > System Information > Drives on the HMI to display all recognized Profibus slaves. Cross-reference the axis name from alarm parameter %1 with the expected slave address.

    If the drive does not appear in this list, the SDB Type-2000 is out of sync with the actual Profibus topology.

  2. 2

    In NCK > Machine Data > Axis-specific parameters, locate MD32100 (AXIS_DRIVE_NR) for the affected axis. Verify the slave address matches a valid entry in the Profibus configuration and SDB Type-2000.

  3. 3

    Regenerate the SDB Type-2000 via the PLC program or OEM commissioning tool. Ensure all configured drives in the Profibus master are included in the SDB before restarting the NCK.

    Do not manually edit SDB Type-2000 without regeneration; use SIMATIC tools (e.g., STEP 7 or TIA Portal) to maintain consistency.

  4. 4

    Power-cycle the control or trigger a 'Cold Start' (DFS > Restart > Cold Start) to reload the SDB Type-2000 and re-initialize axis drive discovery.

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