Assembly and Commissioning Instructions Servo amplifier D1-N
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mega-ulink protocol
The D1-N servo drive amplifier supports the proprietary mega-ulink protocol via
both USB and the EtherCAT interface.
The MPI library handles communication and control between the PC and drive
controller.
A detailed description of this library and how to use it can be found in a separate
document called mpi.pdf and can be downloaded from
. Alternative-
ly, contact the technical support team at HIWIN (see section
This library can run on Microsoft Visual C++, Visual Basic and LabView applications
and can be installed with the following operating systems: Windows
95/98/2000/XP/Win7.
The MPI library consists of 4 files:
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mpi.lib
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mpi.dll
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canlib32.dll
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mpint.h.
Additional software called WinPcap must be installed for devices which are to be
controlled via EtherCAT. This is open-source software that can be downloaded
from
10.1
Features of the MPI library
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Communication settings (port number baud rate, USB/EtherCAT) .
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Simultaneous exchange of data with several communication ports , each of
which is connected to a D1-N.
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Multitasking support
Several tasks can be undertaken via the DLL interface with a minimum la-
tency period.
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Troubleshooting
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Read / write any variable / array in D1-N with 64-bit support
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Run PDL functions / PDL programs