Motion controller gives birth to Ethernet daughter
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Trio Motion Technology product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Mar 25, 2002
A new Ethernet board from Trio Motion Technology features "plug and play" simplicity and provides remote web-based monitoring and control for the company's MC206 and MC224 motion co-ordinators.
Expanding its novel daughterboard concept, a new Ethernet board from Trio Motion Technology features "plug and play" installation simplicity and provides remote web-based monitoring and control for the company's MC206 and MC224 motion co-ordinators.
Trio's comprehensive MotionPerfect Windows integrated development environment (IDE) and ActiveX communications control now includes TCP/IP network protocol support.
This enables remote debugging and development of Trio Basic programs using MotionPerfect, and the ActiveX component will assist end-user development of bespoke PC based interface applications.
Network-enabled motion controllers run an industry standard TCP/IP protocol stack, including a web server.
Controllers can serve webpages with dynamically updated real-time information to anyone on a local area factory or office network (LAN) or across the Internet using a standard HTML web browser.
The webpages provide read and write access to a number of variables and table data on the selected controller.
Software also supports a TCP socket which enables users to open a telnet session and access the controller command-line interface - freeing the user from the limitations of an RS232 serial lead.
Trio's ActiveX component removes the complexity of developing bespoke PC based machine interface applications.
These can be developed using a high-level Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool, such as Microsoft's Visual Basic, with the network communications handled by simple method calls to the ActiveX control.
Ethernet daughterboards use the 10Base-T physical layer designed to connect to other stations with simple twisted pair copper wires and RJ45 connectors.
There is an industry standard RFC compliant TCP/IP stack and protocol support for HTTP server, TCP, UDP, DHCP, ARP, ICMP and IP, providing fast, easy connection with wide ranging compatibility in modern network systems.
Trio recognised the benefits a TCP/IP interface can provide now that Ethernet networks are increasingly found on the shop floor.
The Ethernet daughterboard brings internet connectivity to the MC206 and MC224 motion co-ordinators, enabling remote performance monitoring, Trio BASIC program up/download, maintenance, diagnostics, and program development.
Motion controllers may be connected to the factory Ethernet network, enabling communications with any PC or other node on the network.
In addition, if an Internet gateway is available anyone with access to the network can communicate with individual controllers via the web.
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