Installation manual

Application note Getting started with e100 AN00187-002
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The NextMove e100’s node address can be set for each of the networks it is connected to. The Ethernet address needs to be set
via the rotary hexadecimal switches on the front. The Ethernet address should be set to F0 (240 decimal) if the Nexmove e100 is to
be used as a Manager node on an EPL network (as in the case of this application note).
It is a good idea to set the USB address here to be different to the address on any of the MicroFlex e100 or MotiFlex e100 drives
being commissioned as explained earlier.
System Configuration
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System Configuration
Before we can control an e100 drive from the Nextmove e100 we need to configure the EPL network (i.e.
configure the Nextmove so it is aware of what devices may be present on the network). Select the System
Configuration icon on the Workbench tool bar on the left hand side. This will open up the wizard shown below.
This screen gives you a choice of uploading the current configuration from the controller, opening an existing configuration file or
starting a new configuration. We will start a new configuration in this example. Click on “Next”.
The devices and drives that are connected to the NextMove e100 via EPL are listed in a table. When setting up for the first time this
list will initially be blank. For now leave the Cycle Time set to 2ms (this is adequate for most applications). Click on “Add Device...”.