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Elements, Establishing communication with a drive, Chapter 2:elements – ElmoMC SimplIQ Digital Servo Drives-Bell Getting Started User Manual

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The SimplIQ for Steppers Getting Started & Tuning and Commissioning Guide

MAN-BELGS (Ver. 1.1)

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Chapter 2: Elements

This section deals with the most basic concepts of drive commissioning:

Communication
Application programming
Firmware
The Conductor Wizard

2.1 Establishing Communication with a Drive

When you open the Composer it tries to communicate with the drive. The
communication may be one of the following:

RS-232
CANopen

The Composer application can be connected simultaneously to more than one
drive. In this manual we focus on single drive connections.

The Composer can communicate with multiple drives and define a network

setup. For further details, refer to the Composer online help.

When you open the Composer, the following window opens:

Figure 1: Starting the Composer

Click Open Communication Directly. The following window opens: