Hi all , we recently have a project which requires the use off ethercat veichi servo drives, the manuals indicate the drives work with ds402 standard protocols but when installing the xml files for ethercat i dont see any ds402 options but the standard PDO messages are available to io map ie.control and status word.
Is there any method on how to setup 3rd party Ethercat servo drives preferably with ds402 standard
Hello Austin,
the DS402 option on a B&R controller only works with the Powerlink field bus. You can use a purely virtual axis and program the DS402 operation yourself.
Regards
Stephan
hey Stephan thank you for the reply, but I did see some information on the innovations leaflet 2024 on doing this with Ethercat
Hello Austin,
the DS402 for Ethercat only comes with the Motion Version V6.2.
Regards
Stephan
any idea when this will release?
Hi Austin,
when mappMotion 6.2 will be released has not yet been announced. I will post it in this chat as soon as the date is known.
Regards
Stephan
Hello Austin,
mapp Motion Version 6.2.0 ā Version to be released on March 1, 2025
Regards
Stephan
thanks Stephan for the feedback
Hi,
Iām developing a new project, and I need to use ethercat to communicate with ethercat drivers.
Any news about DS402 support with ethercat?
The AS6.3 software version has been released. Mapp Motion is also version 6.3. But it seems that the support for EtherCAT axis motion has not been seen yet? Is there any news or plan?
Hello,
The Support was not implemented in to the DS402 Library. Instead the McPureVAx Library was extended in its functionality of the General Purpose Axis Interface. This interface can now be used to Support DS402 compatible 3ten Party Devices.
AS-Help Version Information Mapp Motion 6.2
AS-Help Documentation McPuveVAx
As far as i understood, you have to use a normal DeviceDescription File for your EtherCAT Drive. Then you have to create a Task with the nessesary Variables and they can then be coupled to the mapp Axis via the Configuration of the Gerneral Purpose Axis Interface.
Please have a look at the Help Pages.
Greetings
Michael
