Animatics Class6 Smart Motor Code

[KEVH1234]

Anyone have some suggestions on the correct way to create a Labview program with Class6 Ethernet smart motors. Maybe some example projects. In the Animatic manual it mentions to add thru SMI and ActiveX but there is no further guidance. Thanks

[RIObotics]

Hi,

I've worked with some Animatics motors in the past, a long time ago.  I'm under the impression that you can just send commands to the motor via RS-485.  You'll need a RS-485 interface for your PC, if you don't have one already.  Other option is to use Ethernet/IP.  However, Ethernet/IP over LabVIEW is a little more complex ... I don't know the details, but you can check out this thread: 

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Ethernet-IP-Communication-Using-NI-Industrial-Communications-for/td... 

I'm basing my assumptions for available communication interfaces from page 5 of this datasheet.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.motionusa.com/animatics/Class_6_Industrial_Ethernet.pdf 

Command list here (it has examples too):

https://www.animatics.com/content/dam/acquisitions/animatics/literature/manuals/programming-informat... 

[KEVH1234]

This is a Ethernet smart motor. I was hoping someone had figured this out in more detail with maybe some examples but Im getting into it now.