Stepnet STX is a compact, AC powered microstepping drive for control of hybrid stepping motors. It operates as a stand-alone driver taking Pulse/Direction or CW/CCW inputs from an external controller or as a distributed drive on a CANopen control network. In Servo mode a stepper with encoder operates as a brushless servo motor in position, velocity, or torque modes. CAN bus operation supports Profile Position, Profile Velocity, Profile Torque, Interpolated Position, and Homing. Up to 127 Stepnet AC drives can operate on a single CAN bus and groups of drives can be linked via the CAN so that they execute motion profiles together. Input command signals include ±10 Vdc (torque, velocity, in Servo Mode), PWM/Polarity (torque, velocity in Servo Mode),or Step/Direction and CU/CD (microstepping).
Specifications
CONTINUOUS CURRENT
5A
PEAK CURRENT
7A
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
100-120 VAC
DIMENSIONS
146 x 119 x 55 mm
DIGITAL INPUTS
12
DIGITAL OUTPUTS
4
FEEDBACK
Incremental
COMMAND INTERFACE
Step/Direction, Analog, PWM
ENVIRONMENT
Commercial
Control Modes
• Stand-alone: Pulse/Direction, CU/CD
• Indexer, Point-to-Point, PVT
• Master encoder (Gearing/Camming)
• Distributed driver (CANopen)
• Position, velocity, torque (Servo Mode)
Command Interface
• Step/Direction or CW/CCW inputs
• CANopen
• ASCII and discrete I/O
• ±10 Vdc velocity/torque (Servo Mode)
• PWM velocity/torque (Servo Mode)
• Digital inputs for indexer control
Communications
• CANopen
• RS232
Feedback
• Digital Quad A/B encoder
Differential or single-ended
• Secondary encoder / buffered encoder out
I/O - Digital
• 12 inputs, 4 outputs
Two high-speed inputs configurable as
differential or single-ended
Regen
• Internal