A system and method is provided for conserving electrical power in a telecommunications facility containing a plurality of like electrically powered hardware resources for transporting call traffic through the facility. An actuator system controls the position in the axial direction and two limitation bearings, determine the axial end positions of the rotor. The number of edge transitions on the data signal is counted while the clock signal is held at the high logic state. In addition, the information generated by this reduced-variable calculation can further be used as a starting point for calculations of equations of state.