Introduction
Transport System Software Overview
22 MagneMotion
Rockwell Automation Publication MMI-UM013B-EN-P - April 2020
Transport System Software Overview
Several software applications are used to configure, test, and administer a MagneMotion
transport system as shown in Figure 1-2 and described after the figure. See Related Documen-
tation on page 17 for the reference manuals for these applications.
Figure 1-2: Simplified View of Transport System Software Organization
• NC Web Interface – A web-based software application that is supplied by MagneMo-
tion, resident on the node controllers, for administration of the transport system com-
ponents.
• NC Console Interface – A serial communication software application that is supplied
by MagneMotion, resident on the node controllers, for administration of the node con-
troller.
• NCHost TCP Interface Utility – A Windows
®
software application that is supplied
by MagneMotion to move vehicles for test or demonstration purposes. This applica-
tion supports system testing without the host controller to verify that vehicles move
correctly before integrating a transport system into a production environment.
Motors
Host Controller
(EtherNet/IP or TCP/IP)
MagneMotion Configurator
NC Web Interface
NCHost TCP Interface Utility
Node Controller Software Image
(controller_image)
Motor ERF Image Files
(motor_image.erf)
Motor Type Files
(motor_type.xml)
Magnet Array Type Files
(magnet_array_type.xml)
Node Controller Configuration File
(node_configuration.xml)
Motor Info and Config Service
(MICS_motor_data.xml)
node_configuration.xml
Node Controller
Administration
System Control
System Testing
(NCHost.exe)
(MMConfigTool.exe)
track_file.mmtrk
demo_script.txt
track_layout.ndx
Virtual Scope Utility
Performance
Monitoring
NC Console Interface
Node Controller
Administration
(MMI_Virtual_Scope.exe)
(TCP/IP)
(RS-232)
Node Controller
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