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Quad Box Quick Start Guide

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Quad Box Quick Start Guide

Quad Box

Quick Start Guide

Appendix

 

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Connecting Stepper Motors to 

Quad box

Connecting any other stepper motor to Quad box

For a Stepper motor requiring 24V input, connect the V- to Pin 1 and V+ 
to Pin 2 on the Stepper connector. For a Stepper motor that requires more 
than 24V use a Y cable, as follows. In this case, Pin 2 is not connected. 

Also, if the motor driver requires 5V of Power, Pin3 in the stepper 
connector can be used.

Stepper drive pulse/direction

The signal input of Step and Direction from the Quad box can be used for 
interfacing the pulse/direction input clock type. Note that the CW/CCW 
clock type is not supported by the Quad box.

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Страница 1: ...Quad Box Quick Start Guide QSG Product Code MRMC 2020 00 Product Covered MRMC 1120 02 ...

Страница 2: ...e information in this document is accurate and up to date Mark Roberts Motion Control continuously strives to improve their products and may make changes to the hardware firmware and software described in this document Mark Roberts Motion Control therefore cannot be held responsible for any error or omission in this document All product names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trade...

Страница 3: ...y 2 Quad box connector pin out information 4 Stepper motor connector 4 Power 18 36 Volts connector 4 Serial RS232 connector 4 Trigger connector trigger out and in 5 Adding a Quad box in Flair 5 Troubleshooting Finding Boards in Flair 7 Changing IP Addresses 8 Network Status 8 Appendix 1 Connecting Stepper Motors to Quad box 11 Connecting any other stepper motor to Quad box 11 Stepper drive pulse d...

Страница 4: ...Quad Box Quick Start Guide iv ...

Страница 5: ...ead and controller are in common use in MRMC equipment Ethernet This is the most modern preferred method and uses standard Ethernet plugs cables hubs and protocols DataLink This is an MRMC proprietary connection type based on a modified form of Serial RS232 You can connect several DataLink devices together in a daisy chain DataLink is robust and dependable and is still the preferred connection met...

Страница 6: ...r power input for the head When the power is on the LED next to the POWER connector lights up For pin out information see Power 18 36 Volts connector on page 4 6 DATA connector This is a Serial RS232 connector for connection to a controller using a Serial RS232 connection as an alternative to an Ethernet connection and for updating the firmware in the Quad box For pin out information see Serial RS...

Страница 7: ... activated the LED next to the TRIGGER connector lights up For pin out information see Trigger connector trigger out and in on page 5 8 ETHERNET RJ45 connector for controlling the head using an Ethernet network connection This Ethernet port is rated at 100 Mbits sec but can operate at lower speeds of 10 Mbits sec or less Trigger LED ...

Страница 8: ...and Tilt plus two for auxiliary devices such as a track motor or Lens Control Motor LCM 1 GND 2 24V 3 5V 4 Homing Datum 5 Step 6 Direction Power 18 36 Volts connector Two pin DC input for powering the head 1 GND 2 24V Serial RS232 connector This is a 5 pin Serial RS232 connector For usage see page 2 1 Boot select 2 Tx out 3 Rx in 4 5V 5 GND 5 6 1 3 2 4 2 1 4 5 3 2 1 ...

Страница 9: ... nature of the item into Flair so the network can detect it and load it on bootup Devices are added to the network as nodes identified by their IP address and it is possible that there may be duplicated IP addresses which will need to be handled before this is possible The additional Quad box will need to have an Ethernet cable connected to the Ethernet hub of the Flair system and be powered 1 Edi...

Страница 10: ...l file will be added to NodeProgram3 Remember to save the file after you have edited it When this Flair is booted Flair will attempt to load all the boards it has been informed about in Flair ini It may fail to do so until correct connections are made and correct IP addresses are set 2 In the Flair menu click on Setups Network Setup The first screen is the Connection tab 3 In the pop up click on t...

Страница 11: ...nable it to work next time you boot Flair Troubleshooting Finding Boards in Flair Once you have physically connected with an Ethernet cable and powered on the added board and Network setups is open if you click on Find it will broadcast a signal to see all the boards on the system and will tell you their IP address settings If they do not appear then they are not connected or not powered Or there ...

Страница 12: ...l on it for future reference and you should then be able to plug back in any boards that were unplugged before making the change The list of IP addresses and boards loaded in sequence will be found in the Network ini file Because you now have the new board written into your Flair ini it will try to load every time you load Flair and will give you a warning saying it did not load if it is not plugg...

Страница 13: ...t Guide 9 Once you have added the board to Flair you may still need to set up the axes Refer to Flair manual for further details or the video Flair Axis Setup in the Tutorial Videos section of Resources on www mrmoco com ...

Страница 14: ...Quad Box Quick Start Guide 10 Notes ...

Страница 15: ...V to Pin 2 on the Stepper connector For a Stepper motor that requires more than 24V use a Y cable as follows In this case Pin 2 is not connected Also if the motor driver requires 5V of Power Pin3 in the stepper connector can be used Stepper drive pulse direction The signal input of Step and Direction from the Quad box can be used for interfacing the pulse direction input clock type Note that the C...

Страница 16: ... depending on what voltage you use and on your stepper driver electronics diagram only shows an example you may need to add some resistance R on the cable It is possible to use higher voltage as long as the current is kept within the limit but it is highly recommend to use 5V output from MRMC Quad board pin3 Absolute maximum is 24V and should never be exceeded Signal Signalvalue Meaning STEP Risin...

Страница 17: ...Quad Box Quick Start Guide 13 There is no enable line therefore the enable input on the driver needs to be wired permanently enabled ...

Страница 18: ...Quad Box Quick Start Guide 14 Notes ...

Страница 19: ...Quad Box Quick Start Guide 15 Notes ...

Страница 20: ...Mark Roberts Motion Control Ltd Unit 3 South East Studios Blindley Heath Surrey RH7 6JP United Kingdom Telephone 44 0 1342 838000 info mrmoco com www mrmoco com ...

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