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EPOS Positioning Controller
EPOS 24/1 Getting Started
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Introduction
This documentation ‘Getting Started’ provides the first steps in using EPOS positioning controller. It
describes the standard procedure when the amplifier is put into operation. The document facilitates
the installation and configuration of a basic EPOS 24/1 system.
maxon motor EPOS 24/1 is a small-sized full digital smart motion
controller. Due the flexible and high efficient power stage the
EPOS 24/1 drives brushed DC motors with digital encoder as
well as brushless EC motors with digital Hall sensors and
encoder.
The sinusoidal current commutation by space vector control
offers to drive brushless EC motors with minimal torque ripple
and low noise. The integrated position-, velocity- and current
control functionality allows sophisticated positioning applications.
It is specially designed being commanded and controlled as a
slave node in the CANopen network. In addition the unit can be
operated through any RS-232 communication port. The latest edition of these ‘Getting Started’,
additional documentation and software to the EPOS positioning controller may also be found in the
internet under
category <Service & Downloads>.
Figure 1: EPOS 24/1 photo
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How to use this guide
Setup
Getting Started
Installation Configuration
Programming Application
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Cable Starting Set
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Hardware
Reference
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Graphical User
Interface
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Windows DLL
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IEC1131 libraries
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Firmware
Specification
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Communication
Guide
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Application Notes
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Application
Samples
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Edition July 2007 / Subject to change
