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REFERENCE 1
SMD17E2 SPECIFICATIONS
The SMD17E2 Family
The SMD17E2 units are part of a growing prod-
uct line from AMCI with a simple concept: a
stepper indexer, driver, and motor that can be
attached to any popular industrial network. Each
SMD17E2 attaches to your Ethernet network and
communicates using the EtherNet/IP, Modbus
TCP, or PROFINET protocols.
The SMD17E2 units are members of the growing
line of products from AMCI that incorporate our
E2 Technology. E2 Technology by AMCI is an
innovative new multi-protocol approach to Ether
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net distributed I/O.
E2 Technology products are simple and intuitive,
allowing easy transition between multiple com
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mon industrial Ethernet protocols without the
need to physically switch parts. An advanced
web server integrated into all AMCI E2 Technol
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ogy devices facilitates simple device configura-
tion and troubleshooting via web-browser.
Furthermore, an impressive array of advanced
features for each supported protocol has been
incorporated into the devices to meet many
unique application requirements.
Each unit has two Ethernet ports which are internally connected through an onboard, two port, 10/100 Mbps
ethernet switch. These ports allow you to wire your network in a “daisy-chain” fashion, which may lower net
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work wiring costs and complexities.
The two ports also allow the SMD17E2 products to function as members of a redundant Device Level Ring
(DLR) network when using the EtherNet/IP protocol or as clients in a Media Redundancy Protocol (MRP)
network when using PROFINET.
In DLR environments, the SMD17E2 units act as Beacon-Based Ring Nodes. All SMD17E2 units can pro-
cess beacon packets at the default rate of every 400 microseconds. Beacon-based nodes can respond faster to
network changes than nodes that only process Announce packets.
Each unit can be ordered with an optional incremental or absolute multi-turn encoder. This encoder gives you
the additional functionality of position verification and stall detection. The absolute multi-turn encoder allows
you to track machine position with power removed, eliminating the need to home the machine after cycling
power.
This manual is designed to get you up and running quickly with an SMD17E2
product from AMCI. As such, it assumes you have some basic knowledge of step
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per systems, such as the resolution you want run your motor at, and the reasons
why you’d want to use Idle Current Reduction and the reasons why you wouldn’t.
If these terms or ideas are new to you, we’re here to help. AMCI has a great deal
of information on our website and we are adding more all the time. If you can’t
find what you’re looking for at http://www.amci.com, send us an e-mail or call us.
We’re here to support you with all of our knowledge and experience.
Figure R1.1 IP50 Rated SMD17E2
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