MotionLinx Family Complete Guide
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Table of Contents
MotionLinx Family Complete Guide
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MotionLinx Family Complete Guide — 1
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About This Manual
2.
Glossary of Terms
3.
Getting Started
4.
Module Hardware
4.1.
Identifying Module Components
4.1.1.
MotionLinx-Ai
4.1.2.
MotionLinx-IO
4.2.
Mounting Dimensions
4.3.
Module Power Connections
4.4.
Motor and Logic Power
4.5.
Power Supply Sizing
4.6.
Motor Ports (MotionLinx-Ai Only)
4.6.1.
Proper Motor Grounding Practice
4.7.
Sensor Ports (MotionLinx-Ai Only)
4.7.1.
Electrical Connections for Sensor Port Aux I/O
4.8.
IO Ports (MotionLinx-IO Only)
4.8.1.
Left & Right Female Ports
4.8.2.
Left & Right Male Ports
4.9.
EtherCAT Ports
4.10.
LED Status Indicators
4.11.
Technical Specifications
4.11.1.
MotionLinx-Ai
4.11.2.
MotionLinx-IO
5.
Integrating MotionLinx with TwinCAT
5.1.
EtherCAT Slave Information (ESI) Files
5.2.
Adding Modules to TwinCAT Project
5.3.
MotionLinx Data Objects
5.3.1.
MotionLinx-Ai Transmit PDOs
5.3.2.
MotionLinx-Ai Receive PDOs
5.3.3.
MotionLinx-IO Transmit PDO
5.3.4.
MotionLinx-IO Receive PDO
5.3.5.
Using PDO Data
5.3.6.
MotionLinx-Ai SDOs
5.3.6.1.
Configuration
5.3.6.2.
Service Read Object
5.3.6.3.
Motor Data Left and Motor Data Right
5.3.7.
MotionLinx-IO SDO
5.4.
MotionLinx File over EtherCAT (FoE)
5.5.
Customizing MotionLinx-Ai PDOs
5.5.1.
Object Dictionary Items Available for Custom PDOs
5.5.2.
How to Customize PDOs in TwinCAT
6.
IOX Interface Module
6.1.
Pin 2 Output on Aux I/O M8
6.2.
Pin 2 Output on Wired Terminals
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4.1.
Identifying Module Components
4.
Module Hardware
4.1.1.
MotionLinx-Ai
The MotionLinx Family of controllers have very similar module components, but there are small differences between the different models, so each module has its own page for component identification.
MotionLinx-Ai
MotionLinx-IO
4.
Module Hardware
4.1.1.
MotionLinx-Ai
