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iPOS4808 VX Technical Reference
4. Step 2. Drive Setup
4.1. Installing EasySetUp
EasySetUp
is a PC software platform for the setup of the Technosoft drives. It can be downloaded
free of charge
from Technosoft web page. EasySetUp comes with an
Update via Internet tool
through which you can check if your software version is up-to-date, and when necessary download
and install the latest updates.
EasySetUp can be installed independently or together with
EasyMotion Studio
platform for motion
programming using TML. You will need EasyMotion Studio only if you plan to use the advanced
features presented in Section 5.3. A
demo version of EasyMotion Studio
including the
fully
functional version of EasySetUp
can be downloaded free of charge from Technosoft web page.
On request, EasySetUp can be provided on a CD too. In this case, after installation, use the update
via internet tool to check for the latest updates. Once you have started the installation package,
follow its indications.
4.2. Getting Started with EasySetUp
Using EasySetUp you can quickly setup a drive for your application. The drive can be connected
with your PC in one of the following ways:
1. Via an RS232 link, directly connected to the PC, or via an USB to RS232 adapter or using
Technosoft Ethernet to RS232 adapter, function of your PC communication interfaces;
2. Via a CAN-bus link, directly connected to the PC through a PC-CAN interface, or using
Technosoft Ethernet to CAN adapter
3. Via another drive from the same CAN-bus network connected to the PC via one of the
above options from point 1.
The output of EasySetUp is a set of
setup data
, which can be downloaded into the drive EEPROM
or saved on your PC for later use.
EasySetUp includes a set of evaluation tools like the Data Logger, the Control Panel and the
Command Interpreter which help you to quickly measure, check and analyze your drive
commissioning.
EasySetUp works with
setup
data
.
A
setup
contains all the information needed to configure and
parameterize a Technosoft drive. This information is preserved in the drive EEPROM in the
setup
table
. The setup table is copied at power-on into the RAM memory of the drive and is used during
runtime. With EasySetUp it is also possible to retrieve the complete setup information from a drive
previously programmed.
Note that with EasySetUp you do only your drive/motor commissioning. For motion programming
you have the following options:
Use a
CANopen
master to control the iPOS4808 as a standard CANopen drive
Use
EasyMotion Studio
to create and download a
TML
program into the drive/motor
memory
Use one of the
TML_LIB
motion libraries to control the drives/motors from your
host/master. If your host is a
PC
, TML_LIB offers a collection of high level motion functions
which can be called from applications written in C/C++, Visual Basic, Delphi Pascal or
LabVIEW. If your host is a
PLC
, TML_LIB offers a collection of function blocks for motion
programming, which are
IEC61131-3 compatible
and can be integrated in your PLC
program.