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- Page 1 EHTHERFOX Quickstart Guide V1.0.0 Etherfox – QUICKSTART GUIDE sales@granitedevices.com...
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Page 2: Item Description
Setup Item Description Connector Ethercat LEDs EtherFox status LEDs Ethercat Port 0 Ethercat Port 1 Rotary switch Micro USB connector (Enabled only when Rotary is set to 0) Simplemotion bus port Power supply connector (24VDC) Connect Ethercat Connect Ehernet cable from Ethercat Master to Etherfox Ethercat Port 0 –connector (X1). Ethercat master is typically PC or PLC with Ethercat master software. - Page 3 Configure drives using USB-connector 1. Connect USB cable between EtherFox USB port (X3) and PC USB host port 2. Select position 0 form rotary switch 3. Power up the device and drives 4. Start Granity software and select USB-COM port 5.
- Page 4 Create new project. Scan devices. ETHERFOX – QUICKSTART GUIDE...
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Page 5: Select Operation Mode
Append NC- configuration to Twincat Project. Select Operation mode Set drive operation mode from Drive settings Set operation mode value from DC page to DC-Synchron ETHERFOX – QUICKSTART GUIDE... - Page 6 Configuring number of drives Set number of drives from Slots page. Select axis from slot and select csv – axis from right panel. Use middle buttons to select module to a slot. Configure Encoder settings Select Encoder settings from Axis menu. ETHERFOX –...
- Page 7 Set following values to Encoder parameters: Encoder Scaling Factor value 0.0140625 Encoder Mask (maximum encoder value) 0x3FFFFFFF Encoder Sub Mask (absolute range maximum value) 0x00006400 ETHERFOX – QUICKSTART GUIDE...
- Page 8 Axis Type should be CANopen DS402. Link to PLC is appended only if a PLC item is appended to project and is not necessary for testing ETHERFOX – QUICKSTART GUIDE...
- Page 9 Configure Axis parameters Configure axis limits and motion parameters to match your drive configuration values. Set limit values to less or equal to drive configuration parameters to avoid drive faults. ETHERFOX – QUICKSTART GUIDE...
- Page 10 Activate current configuration Activate current configuration and set Run mode ETHERFOX – QUICKSTART GUIDE...
- Page 11 Check that InputToggle variable chages states between 0 and 1. Select Axis menu item from MOTION and select Online page ETHERFOX – QUICKSTART GUIDE...
- Page 12 Make sure that motor can run safely before enabling drive. Make sure that there nothing connected to Axis on test phase. Axis torque can be enabled using Enable sections Set - button. Axis status should be Ready and Not moving. Use F1 / F2 buttons to Jog axis.
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Page 13: Actual Position
Drive Inputs Actual Position CiA402 Specific actual position. Status Word CiA402 Specific status word bits. No vendor specific values. Error Codes - 0x603 Drive and Etherfox error codes can be read from Error Code input. Etherfox bridge error codes listed below: Error Code (HEX) Description 0xEC01... -
Page 14: Troubleshooting
If drive fault is active, drive specific error codes are shown directly on error code input. Drive specific error codes are listed on the following web page: https://granitedevices.com/wiki/Fault_location Troubleshooting Descption Blin Blin When LED1 & LED2 blinks at startup constantly the number of drives found does not mismatch the drives configured with rotary switch.
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