Technosoft IBL2403-CAN - Getting Started with Easymotion Studio

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5.2.3. Getting Started with EasyMotion Studio
Using EasyMotion Studio you can quickly do the setup and the motion programming of a
Technosoft a drive according with your application needs. 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 the EasyMotion Studio is a set of setup data and a motion program, which can be
downloaded to the drive/motor EEPROM or saved on your PC for later use.
EasyMotion Studio includes a set of evaluation tools like the Data Logger, the Control Panel and
the Command Interpreter which help you to quickly develop, test, measure and analyze your
motion application.
EasyMotion Studio works with projects. A project contains one or several Applications.
Each application describes a motion system for one axis. It has 2 components: the Setup data
and the Motion program and an associated axis number: an integer value between 1 and 255. An
application may be used either to describe:
1. One axis in a multiple-axis system
2. An alternate configuration (set of parameters) for the same axis.
In the first case, each application has a different axis number corresponding to the axis ID of the
drives/motors from the network. All data exchanges are done with the drive/motor having the
same address as the selected application. In the second case, all the applications have the same
axis number.
The setup component contains all the information needed to configure and parameterize a
Technosoft drive. This information is preserved in the drive/motor EEPROM in the setup table.
The setup table is copied at power-on into the RAM memory of the drive/motor and is used during
runtime.
The motion component contains the motion sequences to do. These are described via a TML
(Technosoft Motion Language) program, which is executed by the drives/motors built-in motion
controller.
5.2.3.1 Create a new project
EasyMotion Studio starts with an empty window from
where you can create a new project or open
a previously created one.