Motion Coordinator Technical Reference Manual
Hardware Overview 2-41
Motion Coordinator MC224
Motion Coordinator MC224
Overview
The Motion Coordinator MC224 is Trio's most
powerful modular servo control positioner
with the ability to control servo or stepper
motors in any combination by the insertion
of “Axis Daughter Boards” to suit the appli-
cation. Up to 24 axes can be controlled by
means of Digital Bus links (e.g. SERCOS) or 16
axes via traditional analog command /
encoder feedback. It is housed in a rugged
metal chassis and incorporates all the isola-
tion circuitry necessary for direct connection
to external equipment in an industrial envi-
ronment. Filtered power supplies are
included so that it can be powered from the
24V d.c. logic supply present in most indus-
trial cabinets.
It is designed to be configured and pro-
grammed for the application using a PC run-
ning the Motion Perfect application
software, and then may be set to run “stan-
dalone” if an external computer is not
required for the final system.
The Multi-tasking version of Trio BASIC for
the MC224 allows up to 14 Trio BASIC pro-
grams to be run simultaneously on the con-
troller using pre-emptive multi-tasking.