Lamboom
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After great help on the forum getting a Red Lion G3 HMI to control & communicate with Advantech's ADAM-4055 D/IO modules, the next step was to simply connect the D/IO's between the LinMot linear motor drive and the ADAM Modules:
It turns out I may have screwed up using a Sinking output on the ADAM while the LinMot drive requires a load limited voltage "source" for it's inputs. DUH!
If there are any D/IO wizards out there, please check out the ADAM and LinMot specs for D/IO's .. There is a problem with getting the ADAM OUTPUTS to communicate with the LinMot inputs.
Who woulda thought you couldn't modify a remote D/IO module to accommodate options in DO requirements. ADAM made it possible to use sink or source with it's inputs... but the outputs seem frozen as a "sink" system...
The pictures show two connectors on the LinMot drive that use D/IO's for control and monitoring. X4 and x6 each one has it's own ADAM-4055 to communicate with. At the moment, the ADAM inputs seem to be working... it's the ADAM outputs vs. the LinMot inputs that need looking at.
One 24 VDC power supply for all elements in the system. This suggests that same voltage is connected negative to Dgnd and positive to DOcom. on the ADAM's outputs to power that isolated circuit. but, all the switching is being done at the negative end. "Sink"? No way to send a positive voltage to the LinMot without using a Solid state relay? Sigh, so many ways to screw something up...
Thanks. Regards, Michael
D_IO Wiring_001.bmp
It turns out I may have screwed up using a Sinking output on the ADAM while the LinMot drive requires a load limited voltage "source" for it's inputs. DUH!
If there are any D/IO wizards out there, please check out the ADAM and LinMot specs for D/IO's .. There is a problem with getting the ADAM OUTPUTS to communicate with the LinMot inputs.
Who woulda thought you couldn't modify a remote D/IO module to accommodate options in DO requirements. ADAM made it possible to use sink or source with it's inputs... but the outputs seem frozen as a "sink" system...
The pictures show two connectors on the LinMot drive that use D/IO's for control and monitoring. X4 and x6 each one has it's own ADAM-4055 to communicate with. At the moment, the ADAM inputs seem to be working... it's the ADAM outputs vs. the LinMot inputs that need looking at.
One 24 VDC power supply for all elements in the system. This suggests that same voltage is connected negative to Dgnd and positive to DOcom. on the ADAM's outputs to power that isolated circuit. but, all the switching is being done at the negative end. "Sink"? No way to send a positive voltage to the LinMot without using a Solid state relay? Sigh, so many ways to screw something up...
Thanks. Regards, Michael
D_IO Wiring_001.bmp