OBLAC Drives Box 2
Note
The power supply has an output rating of 5 V , 4000 mA. OBLAC Box 2 can be supplied with 9-36 V ,
5-15 W.
2. Connect one or multiple drives to the EtherCAT port 1 on the box.
3. Establish a network connection to the box by Wi-Fi or per Network Cable (see
4. Open a browser (Google Chrome preferred) and connect to the box (see
).
5. The OBLAC drives dashboard will appear.
6. Update the box with the latest available firmware (see
).
7. All connected SOMANET drives should be visible. Select the Servo Drive you want to configure and tune.
Attention
Ensure that the LAN ports are used correctly: The servo drives have to be connected to the EtherCAT
LAN port. If the ports are mixed up, no communication to the drives and no connection to the box via
LAN is possible.
Note
The HDMI port is without function. You require a dedicated host PC to control OBLAC Box.
Multiple instances of a browser connection to a box can be established. A box can operate multiple
connected drives independently, but one browser tab can only operate one drive. You can even connect to
one drive on multiple browser instances (e.g. operate and get diagnostic information at the same time). But
the last action will override the previous. There is no interlock between the instances.
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