Packaging & Converting
The field-installable Digital MMC Control card resides in a MMC Smart Drive and controls up to 16 axes. In addition to the control’s on-board I/O and the I/O on each drive, the Digital MMC provides:
- Support for a distributed Block I/O network.
- An Ethernet 10/100 BaseT port is provided for plant network communication, remote programming, and diagnostic information.
- A serial port is provided for HMI connections for complete machine control.
- A tag-name database scheme is used for communication to the IEC solution set’s Cimrex and Exter HMI terminals.
The Digital MMC resides inside the first drive in the system. Additional drives are daisy-chained together with a simple RJ-45 connection. The network has been optimized for fast transfer of real-time drive data and I/O status which makes it ideal for high performance multi-axis applications.
A single-point connection from the first drive to PiCPro provides access to all of the drives on the network for commissioning and tuning as well as application programming and maintenance. Configuration parameters can be sent to all the drives on the network at once with a single click of the mouse.
The MMC Smart Drive servo amplifiers provide 0.5kW to 24kW continuous output power in a compact, easy-to-apply package. Available in both 230VAC and 460VAC systems, MMC Smart Drives operate over a wide line voltage range.