Installation guide

12 Overview
4.1 – Features and Functions
The controller is based on the Texas Instruments
TMS320C31 32 bit, 33MHZ Digital Signal Processor
(DSP). It can control from 2 to 8 stepper or servo drives,
plus 350 I/O points. Each pair of axes is supervised by a
powerful Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) that
is custom programmed for the controller. This state-of-the-
art computer hardware gives the controller plenty of
processing power to coordinate motion and simultaneously
execute multi-tasks up to seven complex motion and input-
output (I/O) user tasks. The basic two-axis system consists
of three major circuit cards that communicate via a passive
back plane and are housed in a rugged enclosure.
MX2 or MX6 system
! 90 to 265 VAC 50/60 Hz input.
! Built-in AC line filter and MOV’s.
! Power-on LED.
! Built in 24-volt dc @ 750 ma. supply for I/O.
! 50-pin header for interfacing to as many as 24 OPTO-
22 style I/O, or up to 4 BCD switch banks.
MX2A or MX6A system
! 90 to 265 VAC 50/60 Hz input.
! Built-in AC line filter and MOV’s.
! Power-on LED.
! Built in 24-volt dc @ 750 ma. supply for I/O..
! 16 optically isolated inputs.
! 8 optically isolated outputs.
MX8 system
! Dual Ac voltage range.
! 90 to 132 VAC 50/60 Hz input.
! 175 to 264 VAC 50/60 Hz input.
! Built-in AC line filter and MOV’ s
! Power-On LED
! Built in 24-volt dc @ 750 ma. supply for I/O.
DSP Controller Card
! 256 Kbytes of Flash memory available for user
program storage.
! Two serial ports configurable as an RS232 or RS485
device.
! 4 optically isolated inputs
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Dual Axis Card
! 2 analog outputs capable of a ±10 volt DC swing.
! 4 analog inputs capable of a ±10 volt DC swing.
! 8 dedicated optically isolated inputs for limits and
triggers.
! 2 servo or stepper drive interfaces.
! 2 encoder interfaces.
Digital I/O Card
! 24 optically isolated inputs.
! 16 optically isolated inputs.
! Removable connectors with screw terminals.
! 24 volt power supply access.
Expansion I/O Card
! 50-pin header for interface to as many as 48 OPTO-22
style I/O, or up to 8 BCD switch banks.
Programming Features
! English language, BASIC-like coding.
! Full math capability, including trig functions, logs, and
square root.
! Boolean logic functions (and, or, xor, not).
! Complex motions (arc, path, line).
! Simple Motions (move, jog).
! Trigger motions (movehome, movereg).
! Position Following.
! Changing Velocity during motion.
! Position Capture from a trigger.
! Subroutines , nested up to 16 levels.
! Multi-tasking of up to 7 concurrent tasks.
! String manipulation (for message handling).
! Program control functions (for-next, if-then-else if-
else, goto, do-while, etc).
! Macro substitution (#define) for user-friendly text
naming of I/O, etc.
! Complex expressions (using parentheses).
! Multi dimension Arrays.
! 2 Timers per task.
! Complete error handling and warning messages
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