Difference between revisions of "Granity user guide/Connect"

Revision as of 20:46, 28 December 2012

This dialog serves following purposes:

• Connecting and disconnecting to drive
• Loading and saving settings
• Clear drive fault state

Connecting

Preparations

In order to establish a connection from PC to drive, ensure that drive is wired properly. Minimum requirements for connection:

• Argon drive
• 24VDC logic power applied to drive
• Drive connected to PC via RS485 interface (such as SimpleMotion V2 USB adapter)
• Drive address DIP switches configured to give an unique address for drive

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Establishing connection

Once all hardware has been connected and powered, use following procedure to connect:

1. Choose your Communication interface device from dropdown list
2. Choose Device address that equals to the drive's DIP switch setting
3. Click Apply to connect

Troubleshooting

• Check if [drive led blinking sequence] is indicating an error
• Check address matching
• Ensure correct interface device has been selected
• Ensure that bus termination DIP setting has been turned on only on the last drive in the bus