Technosoft 2018
III
iPOS4808 VX Technical Reference
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About This Manual
This book is a technical reference manual for the
iPOS4808 VX
family of intelligent servo drives,
including the following product:
iPOS4808 VX-CAN
(p/n P027.014.E001)
In order to operate the
iPOS4808
drives, you need to pass through 3 steps:
Step 1
Hardware installation
Step 2
Drive setup
using Technosoft
EasySetUp
software for drive commissioning
Step 3
Motion programming
using one of the options:
A
CANopen master
The drive’s
built-in motion controller
executing a Technosoft Motion Language (
TML
)
program developed using Technosoft
EasyMotion Studio
software
A
TML_LIB motion library for PCs
(Windows or Linux)
A
TML_LIB motion library for PLCs
A
distributed control
approach which combines the above options, like for example a host
calling motion functions programmed on the drives in TML
This manual covers
Step 1
in detail. It describes the
iPOS4808
hardware including the technical data,
the connectors and the wiring diagrams needed for installation. The manual also presents an overview
of the following steps, and includes the scaling factors between the real SI units and the drive internal
units. For detailed information regarding the next steps, refer to the related documentation.
Notational Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
•
iPOS4808
– all products described in this manual
•
IU units
–
Internal units of the drive
•
SI units
–
International standard units (meter for length, seconds for time, etc.)
•
TML
– Technosoft Motion Language
•
TMLCAN
– Technosoft protocol for exchanging TML commands via CAN-bus
Related Documentation
Help of the EasySetUp software –
describes how to use
EasySetUp
to quickly setup any
Technosoft drive for your application using only 2 dialogues. The output of EasySetUp is
1
when iPOS480x is set in CANopen mode