https://forge.codesys.com/forge/talk/Motion/thread/180a897ae1/2026-07-07T20:20:09.303000ZRecent posts to Getting SMC_ERROR 34 SMC_AXIS_NOT_READY_FOR_MOTION, while the axis should be ready for motion2026-07-07T20:20:09.303000Z2026-07-07T20:20:09.303000Zshivsrikakolumhttps://forge.codesys.com/u/shivsrikakolum/https://forge.codesys.come61bbc5ad33a798592280838ef5f62ebb604de0c

<div class="markdown_content"><p>how did you manage to get rid of the error. i have set the cycle time to 2000 microsecond <br/> but my softaxis is still amber warning</p></div>

2023-02-27T13:22:34.336000Z2023-02-27T13:22:34.336000Zmagnehttps://forge.codesys.com/u/magne/https://forge.codesys.com98d03e2b016ae2aec709717d6b5b084412d4feac

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Its working!</p> <p>Thank you very much eschwellinger,</p> <p>I had set the task cycle time to 50ms, i dont know exactly why but that seemed to be the problem, it is working after i set it back to 20ms.</p> <p>is it a hard limit to how long cycle time you can have for motion FBs to work? or is it possible to use a longer cycle time?</p></div>

2023-02-27T12:07:51.602000Z2023-02-27T12:07:51.602000Zmagnehttps://forge.codesys.com/u/magne/https://forge.codesys.comebdbbe8b2cf032ae058e392ecca9f12b0277d7ee

<div class="markdown_content"><p>I know i am doing something wrong, i just dont know what. Nothing is appearing in Watch 1 window.</p></div>

2023-02-27T10:41:43.709000Z2023-02-27T10:41:43.709000Zeschwellingerhttps://forge.codesys.com/u/eschwellinger/https://forge.codesys.com36dd1f140cbc6ad108abe4a8920e54bd961f7835

<div class="markdown_content"><p>here</p></div>

2023-02-27T08:44:31.470000Z2023-02-27T08:44:31.470000Zmagnehttps://forge.codesys.com/u/magne/https://forge.codesys.com63d0d7b5a6005244c8248a80fa1a87b22e2d0361

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Ok,<br/> I have done some searching through Codesys help and i am not sure if i found the watch window you are talking about, I found in the View tab Watch 1-4 and "Watch all forces", is this correct? there are no errors appearing in these windows under simulation</p></div>

2023-02-27T06:42:45.540000Z2023-02-27T06:42:45.540000Zeschwellingerhttps://forge.codesys.com/u/eschwellinger/https://forge.codesys.com0c430461b046d75897f2d41f286cd05c1a0240c0

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Check Drive.fbeFBError in the watch window for the error history.</p></div>

2023-02-26T10:51:44.379000Z2023-02-26T10:51:44.379000Zmagnehttps://forge.codesys.com/u/magne/https://forge.codesys.comceb682f610fd22f5564afac85b4225dd7b144f42

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hello Everyone!</p> <p>I am a student and pretty new to Codesys and Motion control systems in general.<br/> I am having a problem in my Codesys project where i keep getting the SMC_ERROR 34 SMC_AXIS_NOT_READY_FOR_MOTION. What i find strange is that i am getting this error while the status output on my MC_POWER functionblock is true.</p> <p>I am using the WARP Device (CODESYS SoftMotionRTE V3 x64) and the SM_Drive_Virtual device.</p> <p>What am i doing wrong? any help would be greatly appreaciated!</p></div>