Network Motion Controller Installation Guide
MAN-G-LION 100 PrelIG (Ver. 1.004)
|Drive Communication Bridge Support|
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Table of Contents
Cyclic buffer for 1,000 function blocks (a buffer for 1,000 motion segments). The
cyclical buffer removes any practical limit on the number of function blocks.
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Communication Protocols
Host
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Ethernet TCP-IP/UDP for operational modes
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Telnet communication for setup and configuration
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USB: Using binary protocol (maintenance)
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Application level: Ethernet-IP/Modbus
Device Network
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EtherCAT: CoE/EoE/FoE, supports distributed clock master
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CAN: CANopen device profiles, e.g., DS 301, DS 305, DS 402, DS 401 (I/O device
profile)
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Host and Internal Software Interface
TCP/IP interface from Host Computer. Software Library is provided for easy TCP/IP
communication interface.
Future version will also support Ethernet-IP and Modbus over the TCP-IP.
Internal Software libraries, for "C" user programs are provided, to write user code
running on the Gold Lion 100 target processor (native mode).
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Data Recording
4 MB data recording
Up to 32 vectors can be recorded simultaneously.
Supports more than 10 advanced triggering options and real-time scope capabilities
Very fast data upload using Ethernet
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Upload/Download Support
Firmware update support (Gold Lion 100 and drives)
System resource files
Axis parameter files
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Drive Communication Bridge Support
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The Gold Lion 100 supports full communication with any specific drive (EtherCAT and CAN),
for the purpose of simple tuning or configuration at the drive level, i.e. there is no need for
direct communication with the drive.
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Spatial Position-Based Pulse Generation
The Gold Lion 100 supports spatial (along the path) position-based pulse generation.
This is a unique feature, required for the generation of position-based events in 3D
scanning systems.
The Gold Lion 100 system, with Elmo’s intelligent Gold servo drives, can support single
axis and spatial enhanced position-based compare functions, resulting in trigger output
signals accurate to 1 encoder count along the trajectory path.