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Getting Started
The SiNet™ Hub444 can be used two different ways. You must choose based on
your application.
Stored Program Mode
Stored Program Mode
Stored Program Mode
Stored Program Mode
Stored Program Mode is easy. Just install our
SiNet Hub Programmer™
software
on your PC, and point and click your way to a completed program. Once you’re
done preparing and testing your program, it stays inside the hub and runs without
the PC. Your program not only controls up to 4 motion control axes, it can also
interact with an operator using our Man Machine Interface (MMI). The MMI lets
the operator make decisions, choose operations from a menu, visually position your
load, and enter part counts, move distances and speeds.
The
SiNet Hub Programmer™
software not only saves you time because it’s easy to
learn and easy to use, it also eliminates most of the things that can go wrong
during the set up and programming of a system.
We highly recommend that you try the
SiNet Hub Programmer™
software before
considering Router Mode.
TTTTTo use your SiNet™ Hub in Stored Program Mode, you will need:
o use your SiNet™ Hub in Stored Program Mode, you will need:
o use your SiNet™ Hub in Stored Program Mode, you will need:
o use your SiNet™ Hub in Stored Program Mode, you will need:
o use your SiNet™ Hub in Stored Program Mode, you will need:
✔
at least one
Si™
step motor or servo motor drive
✔
a motor for each drive
✔
a small flat blade screwdriver for tightening the connectors - an Applied Motion
Products screwdriver suitable for this purpose is included with your drive.
✔
a 5-24 volt DC power supply may be required to use the isolated I/O
✔
a Pentium or better PC running Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP or NT with an
unused 9 pin serial port. The
SiNet Hub Programmer™
software does not run with
Windows 3.1.
✔
a PC serial interface cable (it comes with your Si™ indexer/drive)
✔
a modular telephone line cord for each indexer/drive (the hub comes with one 7
foot cable, and each drive includes a 7 foot cord. You can get longer cords any-
where telephone cords are sold, such as your local supermarket, discount store or
Radio Shack)
Router Mode
Router Mode
Router Mode
Router Mode
Router Mode is for systems where you will be using your own software to control
multiple indexer-drives. The Hub routes commands to individual drives based on
address characters that your software sends along with the commands. It also
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Programmable Outputs
The Hub444 provides four programmable outputs that can be used to drive LEDs,
relays and the inputs of other electronic devices like PLCs and counters. The “+”
(collector) and “-” (emitter) terminals of each transistor are available at the connec-
tor. This allows you to configure each output for current sourcing or sinking.
Diagrams of each type of connection are shown below.
Do not connect the outputs to more than 30VDC.
The current through each output terminal must not exceed 100 mA.
330
+5V
OUT1–
OUT1+
Optoisolator
NEC PS2502
or equiv.
processor
inside Hub444
Schematic Diagram of Output Circuit
Sinking Output
PLC
COMMON
INPUT
Hub444
OUT-
OUT+
5-24 VDC
Power Supply
+
–
Sourcing Output
Hub444
OUT-
OUT+
5-24 VDC
Power Supply
+
–
Load
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