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4. Step 2. Drive Setup
4.1. Installing EasySetUp
EasySetUp is a PC software platform for the setup of the Technosoft drives. It can be
downloaded free of charge from Technosoft web page. EasySetUp comes with an Update via
Internet tool through which you can check if your software version is up-to-date, and when
necessary download and install the latest updates. EasySetUp includes a firmware programmer
through which you can update your drive firmware to the latest revision.
EasySetUp can be installed independently or together with EasyMotion Studio platform for
motion programming using TML. You will need EasyMotion Studio only if you plan to use the
advance features presented in Section 5.3 Combining CANopen /or other host with TML. A demo
v
ersion of EasyMotion Studio including the fully functional version of EasySetUp can be
downloaded free of charge from Technosoft web page.
On request, EasySetUp can be provided on a CD too. In this case, after installation, use the
update via internet tool to check for the latest updates. Once you have started the installation
package, follow its indications.
4.2. Getting Started with EasySetUp
Using EasySetUp you can quickly setup a drive for your application. The drive can be:
directly connected with your PC via a serial RS 232 link
any drive from a CANbus network where the PC is serially linked with one of the other
drives.
The output of EasySetUp is a set of setup data, which can be downloaded into the drive
EEPROM or saved on your PC for later use.
EasySetUp includes a set of evaluation tools like the Data Logger, the Control Panel and the
Command Interpreter which help you to quickly measure, check and analyze your drive
commissioning.
EasySetUp works with setup data. A setup contains all the information needed to configure and
parameterize a Technosoft drive. This information is preserved in the drive EEPROM in the setup
table. The setup table is copied at power-on into the RAM memory of the drive and is used during
runtime. With EasySetUp it is also possible to retrieve the complete setup information from a drive
previously programmed.
Note that with EasySetUp you do only your drive/motor commissioning. For motion programming
you have the following options:
Use a CANopen master (for IBL2403 CANopen)
Use EasyMotion Studio to create and download a TML program into the drive/motor
memory
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