Pi Raspberry Motion Control with BeckHoff AX5xxx series.

reimber
2017-06-23
2017-07-12
  • reimber - 2017-06-23

    Hi All,
    I have done various tests with ethercat on the raspberry Pi and codesys, including virtual drives etc.
    However I would like to ask how to use a Beckhoff Ax5000 series drive and Am8032 Motor.
    I have installed the Device repository and scanned the system and found the drive unit.
    But at this point I am stuck, the ethercat does't run on the servo drive and I am not sure how to tell codesys the motor type.

    Any pointers would be a great help thanks.

     
  • eschwellinger

    eschwellinger - 2017-06-24

    Hi,
    you need to do two things for this:
    1. Use a rt_preempt patched Linux Kernel/ SD Image on the PI
    2. You need to have/use Twincat to export the SDO startup parameter (which contains drive and motorconfiguration) set them up in twincat / Export them as XML file and import them in CODESYS
    see screenshot.
    BR
    Edwin

     
  • reimber - 2017-07-12

    Thanks Edwin However I didn't see a screen shot suggested in your post

     

Log in to post a comment.