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Drv-80100
Created Date: December 02,2013
Created By: andremholmes
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Could I use 2 of DRV-80100 stepper drives on one Click PLC using the RS485 port and use 2 RS485 to RS232 converters to each drive?
Created Date: December 02,2013
Created by: Do-more PE
No. The drives do not have a way to set a station number so each drive would receive all of the commands that are sent.
You could put one drive on the RS-232 port and one drive with the convertor on the RS-485 port however.
Created Date: December 02,2013
Created by: andremholmes
Thanks for the response.
Created Date: December 03,2013
Created by: Adisharr
I haven't used these myself but they look to have addressable ports.
http://www.kksystems.com/english/html_files/product_pages/kd485.htm
Created Date: December 03,2013
Created by: andremholmes
The reason why I asked if the drives are addressable is I noticed when using the software to program the drive it shows address 1 on one occasion and address 0 on another.
Thanks Adisharr.
Created Date: December 03,2013
Created by: Adisharr
The reason why I asked if the drives are addressable is I noticed when using the software to program the drive it shows address 1 on one occasion and address 0 on another.
Thanks Adisharr.
I always thought it was odd that they didn't just incorporate addressing into the firmware.
Created Date: December 02,2013
Created by: andremholmes
Could I use 2 of DRV-80100 stepper drives on one Click PLC using the RS485 port and use 2 RS485 to RS232 converters to each drive?