SEW-Eurodrive MFE Series - Operation with the MOVITOOLS MotionStudio engineering software; MOVITOOLS MotionStudio Overview

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Operation with the MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio engineering software
About MOVITOOLS® MotionStudio
Manual – EtherCAT
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Interfaces, Field Distributors
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13 Operation with the MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio engineering
software
13.1 About MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio
About
MOVITOOL
S®
MotionStud
io
13.1.1 Tasks
The MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio engineering software enables you to perform the fol-
lowing tasks with consistency:
• Establishing communication with devices
• Executing functions with the devices
13.1.2 Functional principle
Overview
The following figure illustrates the functional principle of the
MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio software package.
Note that this illustration only shows the logical communication relationships and not
the hardware connections.
Machine control
Machine level
System control
System level
Units
Drives
Firmware Firmware Firmware
PLC
Unit control
Field level
Parameter setting
Startup
Visualization & diag.
Programming
Functions
Tools
SEW-Communication-Server
SBus
Serial
EthernetProfibus
S7-MPI
[2]
[1]
[4]
[3]
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[1] Communication channel for fieldbus or Industrial Ethernet
[2] MOVITOOLS
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MotionStudio software package with integrated SEW Communication Server
[3] Communication between fieldbus nodes or Industrial Ethernet
[4] Communication channel via interface adapter to SBus (CAN) or serial
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