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Connecting maxon MiniMACS to ctrlX CORE

ariamalikh
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Introdruction

Maxon MiniMACS is a low-cost multi axis controller from maxon. With maxon MiniMACS you can control stepper motors, DC motors, BLDC motors with or without encoders. Using the EtherCAT interface you can connect this with ctrlX CORE and implement low-priced aumotion solution. This How-To demonstrates how to use MiniMACS with one stepper motor.

Prerequisites
Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Connect the electric cables according to hardware reference document. In this case see following picture:

Connection diagramConnection diagram

 

Step 2: Download and open the attached .zip data using ApossIDE. Then upload this program to maxon MiniMACS hardware.

ApossIDEApossIDE

Step 3: Upload maxon MiniMACS device description (see link) to ctrlX I/O Engineering (Tools -> Device Repository -> Install).

Add maxon to ctrlX I/O Engineering device repositoryAdd maxon to ctrlX I/O Engineering device repository

Step 4: Right click on "ethercatmaster" and click on "scan for devices..." and download the EtherCAT configuration to ctrlX CORE (Online -> Download).

ctrlX IO EngineeringctrlX IO Engineering

Step 5: Create axis profile in Motion app.

Setting axis profile 1Setting axis profile 1

Setting axis profile 2Setting axis profile 2

Step 6: Change the scaling information of the axis profile in Data Layer. See description for more information.

Setting up scaling informationSetting up scaling information

Step 7: Add the axis profile to an axis in Motion app and you can now commission the axis.

Commissioning Motion appCommissioning Motion app

Have fun and good luck 😉

ariamalikh
ariamalikh
Hi, I am Aria from DCEM (Application Germany). Feel free to contact me regarding any topics related to ctrlX AUTOMATION :)
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