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Feasible? 9651 (SOM) - EtherCAT and SoftMotion

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Feasible? 9651 (SOM) - EtherCAT and SoftMotion

‎05-18-2017 11:53 AM

I know that the SOM can run the EtherCAT using the second port and thus enable it to connect to 3rd party EtherCAT hardware.

 

What I am wonder is if I can leverage SoftMotion on the 9651 with Elmo SDI plug-ins for running the Elmo Gold drives over the EtherCAT.  I could find no mention of SoftMotion running on a SOM.

 

Thank you.

Ryan Vallieu CLA, CLED
Senior Systems Analyst II
NASA Ames Research Center
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Re: Feasible? 9651 (SOM) - EtherCAT and SoftMotion

‎05-18-2017 12:15 PM

Yes, you should be able to as long as you use the secondary Ethernet port and follow our best practices guidelines for the Ethernet circuitry.

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