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Xenus Plus User Guide  Connecting XPL/XP2 for Serial Control XPL/XP2 For Serial Control 
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E.1: Single-Axis and Multi-Drop 
An XPL/XP2 drive’s RS-232 serial bus can be used by CME 2 for drive commissioning. The serial 
bus can also be used by an external control application (HMI, PLC, PC, etc.) for setup and direct 
serial control of the drive. The control application can issue commands in ASCII format. 
For experimentation and simple setup and control, a telnet device such as the standard Microsoft 
Windows HyperTerminal can also be used to send commands in ASCII format. For more 
information, see Copley Controls ASCII RS-232 User Guide. 
The serially connected drive can also be used as a multi-drop gateway for access to other drives 
linked in a series of CAN bus connections. 
Instructions for hooking up a single-axis connection and a multi-drop network appear below. 
E.1.2: Single-Axis Connections 
For RS-232 serial bus control of a single axis, set the CAN node address of that axis drive to zero 
(0). Note that if the CAN node address is switched to zero after power-up, the drive must be reset 
or power cycled to make the new address setting take effect. 
E.1.3: Multi-Drop Network Connections 
A serially connected XPL/XP2 drive can be used as a multi-drop gateway for access to other 
XPL/XP2 drives linked in a series of CAN bus connections. Set the CAN node address of the 
serially connected drive (gateway) to zero (0). Assign each additional drive in the chain a unique 
CAN node address value between 1 and 127. If the XP2 is used as the master, axis B is 
sequentially addressed automatically. Also, when using XP2 as a master, axis A will not be 
available for CAN controls. Use 120 Ohms termination on the first and last drive. 
PC, PLC, or HMI
for ASCII Control
Serial
COM port
for
RS-232
9pin D-sub RJ11
Copley Amplifier
with ASCII
RS-232
SER-CK "Serial Cable Kit"
ADDRESS MUST BE SET
TO ZERO BEFORE
POWER-UP OR RESET.
CAN
ADDR
0
PC, PLC, or HMI
for ASCII Control
Serial
COM port
for RS-232
9pin D-sub RJ11
Copley Amplifier
with ASCII RS-232
SER-CK "Serial Cable Kit"
ADDRESSES MUST BE
SET BEFORE POWER-UP
OR RESET.
CAN
ADDR
0
CAN Port
120 Ohm
Terminator
CAN
ADDR
CAN Port
CAN
ADDR
CAN Port
120 Ohm
Terminator
RJ45
CAN Network Cable UTP CAT.5E Gigabit Ethernet
CAN
ADDR
1
CAN Port
RJ45 RJ45
RJ45
RJ45
RJ45
2
TERMINATION MUST BE
USED ON FIRST AND LAST
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