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1. OFF ON OFF ON OFF 10 OFF ON OFF ON ON 11 OFF ON ON OFF OFF 12 OFF ON ON OFF ON 13 OFF ON ON ON OFF 14 OFF ON ON ON ON 15 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 16 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 17 ON OFF OFF ON OFF 18 ON OFF OFF ON ON 19 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 20 ON OFF ON OFF ON 21 ON OFF ON ON OFF 22 ON OFF ON ON ON 23 ON ON OFF OFF OFF 24 ON ON OFF OFF ON 25 ON ON OFF ON OFF 26 ON ON OFF ON ON 27 ON ON ON OFF OFF 28 ON ON ON OFF ON 29 ON ON ON ON OFF 30 ON ON ON ON ON 31 Note Others Axis ID values 32 255 can be set by software with AX SID instruction Technosoft 2002 APN 011 9 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication TM a a SS SS R Appendix E IPM Motion Studio software settings for RS 485 communication Select command Tools Options and click the tab Serial port Select from Serial type RS 485 Select the desired baud rate from Baud Rate Set the Axis ID of the PC different from any drive address The easiest way is to leave it as 255 default and make sure that all the drives have a different address Select from COM Port Number the serial port of your PC where you have connected the serial cable By default COM2 is selected 6 Leave the other parameters on their default settings Open COM Port Exclusive not checked Read interval timeout 1000 ms Timeout multiplier 700 ms Timeout constant 400 ms2. Host Address 255 RS 232 RS 485 Adapter IDMx40 120R AXISID 254 5 0 25W 1K2 Figure 2 RS 485 connections PC and multiple drives If cable length is over 150 m apply polarity bias circuits at both network ends as shown in this figure If cable length is under 150m you may apply a polarity bias circuit only at one network end as shown in Figure 1 Technosoft 2002 APN 011 3 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication See SS SS eS y Step 5 Setup IPM Motion Studio for communication via RS 485 with the drives 1 Create in your IPM Motion Studio project an application for each drive It is not necessary to perform also the setup and tuning for each drive This operation may be done later using RS 485 communication 2 Select command Projects Settings and click the tab General Set for each application an Axis Number equal with the drive address value axis ID The address is set from the drive s address switch SW1 see the table D 1 in appendix D For example if you use 3 drives and you have set their axis ID as 1 2 and 3 you should also have 3 applications in your IPM Motion Studio project with the Axis Number values 1 2 and 3 Close dialogue with OK 3 Power on the drives 4 Perform the IPM Motion Studio software settings for RS 485 communication see Appendix E Step 6 Develop and te
3. drives check the drive address This is set after power on by reading the drive s address switches Set the Axis ID of the drive connected to PC at the same value 5 Select from COM Port Number the serial port of your PC where you have connected the serial cable By default COM2 is selected 6 Leave the other parameters on their default settings Open COM Port Exclusive not checked Read interval timeout 1000 ms Timeout multiplier 700 ms Timeout constant 400 ms Wait after RUN 2000 ms Enable Idle Board Checking not checked Show firmware in status bar instead of product ID not checked Enable serial communication logging to the output window not checked 7 Press the OK button If the communication works properly you ll see displayed on the bottom line of the IPM Motion Studio the product ID of the drive for example P051 001 E002 FO00B which is read from the EEPROM memory of the drive Remark Instead of the product ID you may also see the message Board Present This message occurs when the product ID is not recognized or is missing being by mistake erased from the drive EEPROM memory For this situation Technosoft provides a specific tool called IPMSN exe IPM Serial Number Editor which allows you to restore the product ID This tool is installed in the main folder of the IPM Motion Studio Appendix C RS 232 communication troubleshoots If the RS 232 communication does not
4. from time to time check the following e If your PC has an earth connection e f your drive is linked to earth e Try to increase the Read interval timeout Timeout multiplier and Timeout constant parameters Note that these parameters are related to PC serial operation and usually the default values for these parameters do not need to be modified Appendix D IDMx40 xEI hardware settings for RS 485 communication 1 Power Off the IDMx40 xEI drive 2 Set on position ON the switch 485 232 from SW1 DIP Switch 3 Configure the Axis ID of the drive using the switches see table below The drive address must be different for each drive of the network and also different from the axis ID of PC which is set by default 255 E p S z 5 u D Bit0 Auto Ext Figure D 1 SW1 DIP Switch Technosoft 2002 APN 011 8 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication SSeS SS SS eS T Table D 1 Axis ID Address configuration DIP Switch position 3 4 5 6 7 Axis ID ID Bit4 ID Bit3 ID Bit2 ID Bit1 ID BitO OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 255 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 1 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF 2 OFF OFF OFF ON ON 3 OFF OFF ON OFF OFF 4 OFF OFF ON OFF ON 5 OFF OFF ON ON OFF 6 OFF OFF ON ON ON 7 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF 8 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 9
5. operate properly you ll get an error message 1 If the error message is Cannot open the serial port the serial port selected from COM Port Number is used by another device of your PC mouse modem etc Click Cancel select another serial port and try again 2 If the error message is Cannot synchronize computer and drive baud rates click Work Offline then check e Serial cable connections e Serial cable type You need a standard male female 9 wire non inverting one to one cable If your PC serial port is DB25 use also a standard 25 to 9 pin serial adapter e Select command Project Settings and press General tab Check if Axis Number of your active application is the same with your drive address and the value of the Axis ID of the drive connected to PC Technosoft 2002 APN 011 7 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication For the IDMx40 xEl drives check the drive address This is set after power on by reading the drive s address switches Set the Axis Number and the Axis ID of the drive connected to PC at the same value with the drive address e Drive hardware settings for RS 232 communication see Appendix A After you fix the problem press Refresh Serial Settings button to restore communication 3 If the communication operates usually but gives communication errors
6. APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication i Description Explains how to use the IDM240 5EI and IDM640 8EI drives with RS 485 serial communication including how to setup the drives for RS 485 communication recommended connections for an RS 485 network with one or more drives linked to a PC and how to use the IPM MotionStudio V2 0 1 1 with an RS 485 network of drives Steps to follow Setup the drives for RS 485 communication Mount on your PC an RS 485 interface board or an RS 232 RS 485 converter Install on your PC an RS 485 software driver Build the RS 485 network Setup IPM Motion Studio for communication via RS 485 with the drives Develop and test your motion application Set the drives in standalone operation NOaORWN gt Step 1 Setup the drives for RS 485 communication Perform the hardware settings presented in Appendix D to setup the IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI drive for RS485 communication Step 2 Mount on your PC an RS 485 interface board or an RS 232 RS 485 converter Usually the standard PCs do not provide an RS 485 interface In order to use the IPM Motion Studio to communicate with your drives via RS 485 you need to mount on your PC an RS 485 interface This interface can be an add in board or an RS 232 to RS485 RS 422 converter connectable to the standard serial ports of the PC Technosoft provides if needed RS 232 to RS 485 converters
7. Wait after RUN 2000 ms Enable Idle Board Checking not checked Show firmware in status bar instead of product ID not checked Enable serial communication logging to the output window not checked 7 Press the OK button If the communication works properly you ll see displayed on the bottom line of the IPM Motion Studio the product ID of the drive for example P051 001 E002 FO00B which is read from the EEPROM memory of the drive Select one by one all the applications to check that the communication works properly with all the drives EOD a Remark Instead of the product ID you may also see the messages RS 485 Mode or Board Present First message is displayed after you have opened IPM Motion Studio but before opening a project In this stage the software doesn t know with which drive axis ID it should try to communicate The message Board Present occurs when the product ID is not recognized or is missing being by mistake erased from the drive EEPROM memory For this situation Technosoft provides a specific tool called IPMSN exe IPM Serial Number Editor which allows you to restore the product ID This tool is installed in the main folder of the IPM Motion Studio WARNING On some PC configurations and operating systems you may encounter communication problems in RS 485 mode when running your application In such cases try to reduce the communication speed progressively starting with 115200 u
8. as well as other accessories for RS 485 networking If you intend to use your own RS 232 to RS 485 RS 422 converter please note that this should use the RTS line for transmission control with the RTS signal active high 5 to 12V to enable the PC transmission and disable reception These conditions are usually met by most of the RS 232 to RS 485 RS 422 converters A typical example is the model IC 485SI from ATEN www aten usa com that can be used either as RS 232 to RS 485 converter or as RS 232 to RS 422 converter To use this model as an RS 232 to RS 485 converter you need to e set the switch DCE DTE on position DCE e set the switch T ON R ON T RTS R RTS T RTS R ON on position T RTS R RTS e connect the RS 485 signal A to converter inputs T and R the RS 485 signal B to converter inputs T and R and the RS 485 ground to the converter shield Remark the converter should free the RS 485 line immediately after the last stop bit is transmitted without other delays If you use a non isolated converter like model IC 485S from ATEN connect the RS 485 ground to the PC serial connector ground Technosoft 2002 APN 011 1 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication SSS OIl OMMO Step 3 Install on your PC an RS 485 software driver In order to use an RS 232 to RS 485 converter with RTS control of the PC transmissions you need to install on
9. ation Port COM2 if you want to communicate on COM2 then select Action Properties command Select the tab Driver press the Update Driver button and then the Next button Select Display a list of the known drivers for this device so than can choose a specific driver radio button and press Next button Select Show all hardware of this device class radio button In the Manufacturers list select the Sealevel System Inc and in the Models list select COMM 2 EX 2 Port RS 232 422 485 Port1 Press the Next button Respond Yes to the question Do you want to continue installing this driver Press Next button and then the Finish button In the Control Panel double click on the System icon select the tab Hardware and press the Device Manager button At Ports select as Communication Port COMx the same as that selected at step 5 then select the command Action Properties Select the tab Advanced and at RS 422 485 Control Options check Auto RTS RS 485 Appendix H RS 485 driver installation on Windows NT 1 Download from http www sealevel com catalog asyncsw htm the SeaCOM Windows driver package and install it On your Windows NT system click on the Start button from the task bar and choose Setting Control Panel Double click on the Advanced Ports icon and select the tab Advanced Se
10. d with the drives from the network is correctly set The Axis Number values should be the same as those programmed in the drives Each drive must have a different axis number e g address No drive can have the same address value as that set as axis ID of PC e Drive settings for RS 485 communication see Appendix D 3 If the communication operates usually but gives communication errors from time to time check the following e Check the network ground connection This link is mandatory if the drives don t have the same ground e Try to increase the Read interval timeout Timeout multiplier and Timeout constant parameters Note that these parameters are related to PC serial operation and usually the default values for these parameters do not need to be modified Technosoft 2002 APN 011 11 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication Appendix G RS 485 driver installation on Windows 2000 1 aR Download from http www sealevel com catalog asyncsw htm the SeaCOM Windows driver package and install it On your Windows 2000 system click on the Start button from the task bar and choose Setting Control Panel Double click on the System icon and select the tab Hardware Press the Device Manager button At Ports select Communication Port COMT1 if you want to communicate on COM1 or select Communic
11. lect the COM port and at RS 485 Options check Auto RTS 485 Technosoft 2002 APN 011 12
12. paragraph How to reprogram the drives set in standalone operation lf the Run button is used you download the new program on the same memory locations from where the old program is executing This operation may lead to a corrupted program in the drive E2ROM with unpredictable results Appendix A IDMx40 xEl hardware settings for RS 232 communication 1 Power Off the IDMx40 xEI drive Connect an RS232 serial cable between your PC and J4 connector of the IDMx40 xEI 9 pin DB9 Use a 9 wire standard serial cable non inverting one to one or do connections as in Figure A 1 3 Set on position OFF the switch 485 232 from the SW1 DIP Switch see the figure D 1 in appendix D 4 Power On the IDMx40 xEl drive IDMx40 xxl J4 RS 232 RS 485 Connector RS 232 Connection DSP Controller SW1 on 2 12346678 Figure A 1 RS 232 serial connections for IDMx40 xEI with J4 Technosoft 2002 APN 011 6 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication M Appendix B IPM Motion Studio software settings for RS 232 communication 1 Select command Tools Options and click the tab Serial port 2 Select from Serial type RS 232 default 3 Select the desired baud rate from Baud Rate Default value is 9600 4 Set the Axis ID of the drive connected to PC equal with the drive address For the IDMx40 xEI
13. roject window click Motion then select the first line 2 Click MISC Miscellaneous button from group Assignment amp data transfer At Serial Communication select Set SCI Baudrate to and select the desired baud rate 3 Close dialogue with OK Click button Move Up to set this instruction as the first one in order to execute as soon as possible after power on Close Motion dialogue with OK 4 You need to recompile and download the program This operation means a Select command Build Generate Code b Select command Build Rebuild All c Select command View If on the menu items Command Interpreter is not checked select it else go to command Windows and select the Command Interpreter window to bring it in front d Type on the command interpreter prompter the following commands i TML gt axisoff lt Enter gt ii TML gt end lt Enter gt e Select command Application Download Program On the bottom line of the IPM Motion Studio you ll see the progress of drive programming Wait until the message Entry Point 0x4000 occurs An alternate way is to get out the drives from the standalone operation see below then press the Run button which compiles downloads and starts the new program and if the test is successful set back the drive in standalone mode see Step 7 5 Power off then power on the drive to activate the new program 2 How to reprogram the drives
14. se the Tools Options menu Technosoft 2002 APN 011 10 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication SSeS SSS SS SS eS SS SS Appendix F RS 485 communication troubleshoots If the communication does not operate properly you ll get an error message 1 If the error message is Cannot open the serial port the serial port selected from COM Port Number is used by another device of your PC Click Cancel select the PC serial port used for RS 485 operation and try again 2 If the error message is Cannot synchronize computer and drive baud rates click Work Offline then check e RS 485 cable connections presence of the 120 ohms terminal resistors at the two ends of the network and the presence of the bias circuit s to keep the line level in idle mode e f you use an RS 232 RS 485 converter with automatic control of transmission check the specifications Usually these devices free the RS 485 lines when a transmission ends only after a time equivalent with transmission of another byte You can t use these devices as the Technosoft drives respond to a data request faster For correct operation you should use a device that frees the RS 485 lines immediately after the last stop bit transmitted e Select command Project Settings and press General tab Check if the Axis Number for all the applications associate
15. set in standalone operation In a more general way you can change the TML motion program of the drives that are set in standalone operation without removing the drives from this mode The procedure is 1 Modify the motion program 2 Select commands Build Generate Code then Build Rebuild All to recompile and link the program 3 Stop execution of the program running on the drive started when the drive was powered on For this operation you need to open the command interpreter and type on the prompter the following commands TML gt axisof lt Enter gt disable motor control TML gt end lt Enter gt stop program execution 4 Select command Application Download Program to download the new program into the drive 5 Power off then power on the drive to activate the new program Technosoft 2002 APN 011 5 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication 3 How to get out the drives from standalone operation If you want to stop the drive executing automatically after reset the program downloaded into the E2ROM memory you need to get out the drive from standalone operation Set the Auto Ext switch from SW1 DIP Switch to Ext position Warning When the drives are set in standalone operation do not use the IPM Motion Studio button Run to compile download and test a new motion program Use only the procedure presented in the above
16. st your motion application Once you have setup the RS 485 communication you can choose one by one the drives to work with by selecting the application which has the Axis Number identical with the axis ID of the drive Thus for each drive you can perform the same operations you usually do with one drive connected via RS 232 setup and tune the drive for the motor and load used develop and test the motion to be executed Step 7 Set the drives in standalone operation By default when you create a new application either by adding one to an existent IPM Motion Studio project or by starting a new project which automatically creates a first application the TML Technosoft Motion Language program of this application which includes all the drive settings and the motion to be performed is compiled for and downloaded into the E2ROM memory of the drive In order to set these drives for standalone operation you need to perform the following steps 1 Power Off the drive 2 Put the switch Auto Ext from SW1 DIP Switch on position ON This operation sets the drive in the AUTORUN mode where after power on the drive starts executing automatically the TML program from the EZROM memory 3 Power On the drive Remark After power on the default baud rate of the Technosoft drives is 9600 If you set a different baud rate in IPM Motion Studio each time you open IPM Motion Studio it will try to detect the drives baud rate then change them
17. to the value you have chosen The process is transparent for you as long as IPM Motion Studio is able to perform these operations successfully for all the drives However if with IPM Motion Studio open you set the drives for standalone operation you may temporary loose the communication if the IPM Motion Studio is set for a baud rate different from 9600 which is the drives value after reset In order to restore it you need to press the Refresh Serial Settings button or select the command Tools Refresh Serial Settings This command will start the automatic baud rate detection followed by the baud rate change to the value you have chosen for IPM Motion Studio Technosoft 2002 APN 011 4 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication SSS SS SS SS eS T Tips regarding standalone operation of the drives 1 How to change the baud rate of the drives set in standalone operation By default the drives set in standalone operation start after power on with a baud rate of 9600 In the absence of the IPM Motion Studio this value remains unchanged If your host uses a different baud rate it is possible to program the drives to automatically change after power on their baud rate to match that of the host You can do this by adding the instruction for baud rate change at the beginning of your motion program in the following way 1 In P
18. your PC an RS 485 serial driver This driver should automatically activate the RTS line during the PC transmissions If you don t have an RS 485 driver we recommend the following drivers e for Windows 95 and Windows 98 Integrity Instruments driver from http www integrityusa com download htm e for Windows NT and Windows 2000 Sealevel driver from http www sealevel com catalog asyncsw htm For the Integrity Instruments driver the installation instructions are presented in the readme txt file included in the zip file to be downloaded For the SeaCOM driver the installation instructions are presented in Appendices G and H Step 4 Build the RS 485 network Figure 1 shows how to do the network connections when working with one IDMx40 xEI drive linked via RS 485 with a PC equipped with an RS 232 to RS 485 RS 422 converter J4 RS 232 RS 485 Connector IDMx40 xxl RS 485 Connection RS 232 Transceiver DSP Controller RS 485 Transceiver 485 232 RS 232 RS 485 Adapter Figure 1 RS 485 connections PC to J4 connector of IDMx40 xEl Technosoft 2002 APN 011 2 APPLICATION NOTE 048 051 IDM 011 IDM240 5EI IDM640 8EI 12 19 02 Getting started with RS 485 serial communication Figure 2 presents how to do the network connections when working with more drives and a PC equipped with an RS 232 to RS 485 RS 422 converter IDMx40 120R AXISID 1 i 5 0 25W IDMx40 AXISID 2 PC
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