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Hardware and Software Setup
2.1 Hardware
2.1.1 Power/signal/communication connectors
Figure 2.1 shows the VLC-2-EIP, consisting of a mother- and daughter- boards. The motherboard is
essentially a VLC-25-07 (2-axis integrated controller/servo drive), whereas the daughterboard
contains all the Ethernet/IP-related components. Pinout details of the connectors J1-J8, ETH1-2 and
status LEDs in Fig. 2.1 are presented in the following pages.
Figure 2.1. VLC-2-EIP