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General Category => ECOMs and ECOM100s => Topic started by: pereeder on August 01, 2012, 06:10:10 PM

Title: Parker Aries Controller
Post by: pereeder on August 01, 2012, 06:10:10 PM

Hello All-
Anybody ever use a HO-ECOM100 with a Parker Aries Servo drive? The drive uses
"ETHERNET Powerlink motionbus technology".

Title: Re: Parker Aries Controller
Post by: Greg on August 06, 2012, 11:43:54 AM

pereeder, the ECOM100 doesn't support the Ethernet Powerlink protocol. If the drive slave modules supported Modbus TCP, it would be possible for the ECOM100 to talk to them.

Title: Re: Parker Aries Controller
Post by: pereeder on August 09, 2012, 10:41:11 PM

Thanks Greg. You're right, it doesn't. Turns out, though, that if you use their XPR power stations HMI, you can control the Aries Servo drives with
the ECOM100 (I used a DL06). All with ethernet, via a switch. The driver is already built into the HMI. It was demonstrated to me here in our shop.
Pretty cool stuff. Bye Bye breakout boards.