SEW-Eurodrive DH 41B Series - Project Planning and Startup with MOVITOOLS MotionStudio; About MOVITOOLS MotionStudio

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Project planning and startup with MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio
About MOVITOOLS® MotionStudio
Manual – DHE/DHF/DHR21B (standard) and DHE/DHF/DHR41B (advanced)
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7 Project planning and startup with MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio
7.1 About MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio
About
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MotionStud
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7.1.1 Tasks
The MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio engineering software enables you to perform the fol-
lowing tasks with consistency:
• Establishing communication with devices
• Executing functions with the devices
7.1.2 Communication channels
The SEW Communication Server is integrated into the engineering software
MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio for establishing communication with the devices.
The SEW Communication Server allows you to create communication channels. Once
the channels are established, the devices communicate via these communication
channels using their communication options. You can operate up to 4communication
channels at the same time.
MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio supports the following types of communication channels:
• Serial (RS485) via interface adapters
• System bus (SBus) via interface adapters
• Ethernet TCP/IP, PROFINET IO, EtherNet/IP™, Modbus/TCP
• EtherCAT
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• Fieldbus (PROFIBUS DP-V1)
• Non-proprietary software interface Tool Calling Interface
The available channels can vary depending on the device and its communication op-
tions.
7.1.3 Functions
The MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio engineering software enables you to perform the fol-
lowing tasks with consistency:
• Parameterization (e. g. in the parameter tree of the device)
• Startup
• Visualization and diagnostics
• Programming
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MotionStudio provides the right tools for every device type.
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