Installation manual

Application note Getting started with e100 AN00187-002
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Note that the code sample assumes that there are 3 EPL nodes and dimensions the nEthernetNodes and nEthernetAxes arrays
accordingly. In our example if two drives were setup as nodes then these arrays should have dimension 2. The nodes and axis
numbers should also both be changed to match the Device Configuration File we set up earlier on the controller.
Dim nEthernetNode(2) As Integer = {3,4}
Dim nEthernetAxes(2) As Integer = {3,4}
Congratulations ! You now have a program which will perform the initial checks on the EPL network before executing the main
code. Download and Run this program (Click on the green triangle button or select Program>Compile, Download and Run)….if
you’ve not made any mistakes the program should run and the Workbench terminal window should report that EPL is initialized.
The test moves performed in the previous section can also be written as lines of code in a Mint program. Describing how to
program in Mint is beyond the scope of this application note. To find out more about Mint programming in general see the Help file
section:
Contents->Mint basic programming.
Homing e100 series drives and controllers
Homing e100 series drives and controllersHoming e100 series drives and controllers
Homing e100 series drives and controllers
The MicroFlex e100 and MotiFlex e100 drives control homing locally on the drive. Therefor all home related parameters (home input,
home speed, home accel etc…) must be configured on the drive.
Go online to the MicroFlex e100
Go online to the MicroFlex e100Go online to the MicroFlex e100
Go online to the MicroFlex e100
Select Digital I/O in the tools bar on the left hand side.
Drag IN0 onto Home to make digital input 0 the home sensor input on the drive (or use whichever input you’d like for the
application).