Step 2. Drive Setup; Installing Easysetup; Getting Started With Easysetup - Technosoft IPS110 Technical Reference

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4. Step 2. Drive Setup

EasySetUp is a PC software platform for the setup of the Technosoft drives. It can be

downloaded free of charge from Technosoft web page. EasySetUp comes with an Update via

Internet tool through which you can check if your software version is up-to-date, and when

necessary download and install the latest updates. EasySetUp includes a firmware programmer

through which you can update your drive firmware to the latest revision.

EasySetUp can be installed independently or together with EasyMotion Studio platform for

motion programming using TML. You will need EasyMotion Studio only if you plan to use the

advance features presented in Section 5.3 Combining CANopen /or other host with TML. A demo

version of EasyMotion Studio including the fully functional version of EasySetUp can be

downloaded free of charge from Technosoft web page.

On request, EasySetUp can be provided on a CD too. In this case, after installation, use the

update via internet tool to check for the latest updates. Once you have started the installation

package, follow its indications.

Using EasySetUp you can quickly setup a drive for your application. The drive can be:

directly connected with your PC via a serial RS 232 link

any drive from a CANbus network where the PC is serially linked with one of the other drives.

The output of EasySetUp is a set of setup data, which can be downloaded into the drive

EEPROM or saved on your PC for later use.

EasySetUp includes a set of evaluation tools like the Data Logger, the Control Panel and the

Command Interpreter which help you to quickly measure, check and analyze your drive

commissioning.

EasySetUp works with setup data. A setup contains all the information needed to configure and

parameterize a Technosoft drive. This information is preserved in the drive EEPROM in the setup

table. The setup table is copied at power-on into the RAM memory of the drive and is used during

runtime. With EasySetUp it is also possible to retrieve the complete setup information from a drive

previously programmed.

Note that with EasySetUp you do only your drive/motor commissioning. For motion programming

you have the following options:

• Use a CANopen master

• Use EasyMotion Studio to create and download a TML program into the drive/motor memory

• Use one of the TML_LIB motion libraries to control the drives/motors from your host/master. If

your host is a PC, TML_LIB offers a collection of high level motion functions which can be

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