Specifications

Adept SmartController User’s Guide, Rev. H 15
Introduction 1
1.1 Product Description
The Adept SmartController is a member of Adept’s family of high-performance
distributed motion and vision controllers. The Adept SmartController is designed for use
with Adept Python Linear Modules, Adept Cobra s-series robots, the Adept Viper line of
six-axis robots, the Adept sMI6 Module for the SmartMotion product, Adept SmartServo
kits, and Adept Quattros. All Adept SmartControllers offer known scalability and support
for IEEE 1394-based digital I/O and general motion expansion modules.
Adept SmartController CS
The Adept SmartController CS is designed for applications that do not require vision or
conveyor belt tracking. The controller features several high-speed communication
interfaces, including Fast Ethernet, IEEE 1394, and DeviceNet. The SmartController offers
scalability and support for Adept’s IEEE 1394-based digital I/O and general motion
expansion modules.
Adept SmartController CX
The Adept SmartController CX is a high-performance motion and vision controller. It has
the same capability as the SmartController CS, plus support for an integrated vision
option, a conveyor tracking option, a more powerful processor, an additional pair of serial
ports, and a second pair of IEEE 1394 network ports.
NOTE: The information in this manual applies to both the CS and CX
models, except where differences are specifically noted.
Figure 1-1. Adept SmartController CX
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