RS-422/485 Serial
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RS-422/485 Serial Interface for Programming and Control
IMS serial products support RS-422 (4-wire) and RS-485 (2-wire) serial communications interfaces and may be connected in either single or multi-drop networking configurations (party mode). In multi-drop mode, each serial node address is configured as an ASCII character consisting of A-Z, a-z or 0-9 for a total of 62 possible nodes in a serial network.
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Serial communications methods to transfer data have been standardized for nearly half a century. RS-422 and RS-485 are balanced differential communications interface widely used in industrial networks for multi-drop and multi-point networks.
Liberty MDrive Pulse/direction and Motion Control units can be named using viewable ASCII characters. There my be up to 62 named nodes on a serial network.
Novanta IMS Motion Control products us the MCode programming language which uses 2-character mnemonic commands. Pulse/direction products use an intuitive GUI for configuration and setup. These are both available as open or closed loop with an internal magnetic encoder. Closed loop models feature hMTechnology.
Serial integrated motor products
Built on the Liberty MDrive platform with the addition of external linear mechanicals
Serial discrete driver products
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