Technical Data
7 Technical Data
7.1 Specifications
C-863.10
Function DC motor servo-controller, 1 channel
Drive type DC motor or voice coil
Channels 1
Motion and control
Controller type P-I-D servo-controller
Trajectory profile modes Trapezoidal, point-to-point
Encoder input A/B quadrature TTL level, differential as per RS-422; 20
MHz
Stall detection
utomatic motor stop when programmable position erro
is exceeded
Limit switch inputs 2 x TTL signals, programmable logic & hardware
interlock
Reference (origin) switch input 1 x TTL signal
Motor brake output 1 x TTL out, programmable
Electrical properties
Output power 3 A x supply voltage, or as limited by power supply (30
W with standard 15 V, 2 A C-890.PS)!
Output voltage 0 to ± supply voltage (15 V with standard C-890.PS);
motor used must be compatible with supply voltage
Interfaces and operation
Communication interfaces RS-232 (bus architecture), USB
Motor connector Sub-D 15 (f)
Controller network Up to 16 units on single interface
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I/O lines 4 analog/digital in, 4 digital out
Command set Mercury™ native command set, GCS (via DLL)
User operating software MMCRun, PIMikroMove™
Software drivers Mercury ™ GCS (PI General Command Set) DLL, GCS
LabVIEW™ drivers, native Mercury™ DLL, native
LabVIEW drivers
The RS-232 output stages of some PCs may not be capable of driving more than 6 units; if this is a
problem use USB to interface with the PC.
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