CODESYS SoftMotion Light CODESYS SoftMotionLight is a functionally restricted motion solution for single-axis motion. It allows you to control a large number of axes with one controller. As motion is

Requirements of the Drive A drive has to fulfill the following requirements for use with CODESYS SoftMotionLight : EtherCAT or CAN support CiA 402 support, especially in the following operating modes:

Drive Configuration Configuration of the CODESYS SoftMotionLight drive When using CODESYS SoftMotionLight , the following configuration settings are recommended for a drive: The position units of the

Configuration and Commissioning CODESYS SoftMotionLight configuration in CODESYS Add a drive device to the device tree, for example your own EtherCAT Slave or CAN Slave device. Below that, insert a CO

Compatibility check The project SML_CompatibilityCheck_DS402.project can help you check whether your drive is suitable for use with 0_Global: Product SoftMotionLight . The project is located in the st

Subsection: Device The Device subsection defines devices to be added by the device generator. There are several types of generated devices that are defined with the different subsections Identificatio

Subsection: Connect This subsection of the section IOMapping serves to connect module IOs with specified device IOs. This mapping is done without knowing the exact IO structure of the device. For dire

Subsection: Demand This subsection of IOMapping allows the module IOs to specify properties (example: 24V and not 230V), which should be offered by the device IOs for proper connection. The demanded p

Subsection: Wildcards The Wildcard subsection is used to create wildcard devices for modules that are not yet known when the module is created. The devices should then be flexible to be specified by t

Subsection: Parameter The section Parameter with the subsections SetParameter and AddParameter serves to add or modify parameters of devices. This allows to generate specific settings of devices (exam