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iPOS360x MX Technical Reference
5.2.3.2
Step 2 Establish communication
If you have a drive/motor connected with your PC, now its time to check the communication. Use
menu command
Communication | Setup
to check/change your PC communication settings. Press
the
Help
button of the dialogue opened. Here you can find detailed information about how to setup
your drive/motor and the connections. Power on the drive, then close the Communication | Setup
dialogue with OK. If the communication is established, EasyMotion Studio displays in the status bar
(the bottom line) the text “
Online
” plus the axis ID of your drive/motor and its firmware version.
Otherwise the text displayed i
s “
Offline
” and a communication error message tells you the error
type. In this case, return to the Communication | Setup dialogue, press the Help button and check
troubleshoots.
Remark:
When first started, EasyMotion Studio tries to communicate via RS-232 and COM1 with
a drive having axis ID=255 (default communication settings). ). If the drive has a different axis ID
and you don’t know it, select in the Communication | Setup dialogue at “Axis ID of drive/motor
connected to PC” the option
Autodetected.
If this drive is part of a CANbus network and the PC is
serially connected with another drive, use the menu command
Communication | Scan Network
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