AMS DCB-274 User Manual Page 1

REVISION DATE: 07/05/06 DCB-274 USERS GUIDE www.stepcontrol.comNashua, NH 03063

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 4 Out of the Box – Quick Start The DCB-274 is supplied with mating motor, power supply and I/O connectors. T

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 5 After Sign-on Enter X<CR> The parameters are displayed. The last characters displayed will be

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 6 “Do’s, Don’ts and Important Notes” • NEVER connect or disconnect motor wires while power is supplied. •

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 7 Multi-axis Serial Interface Connection DCB-274 #1 DCB-274 #”N”SERIALINTERFACE ADAPTERSIN-8OR S

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 8 Pin 7 - VIO Reference Input This signal defines the input and output voltage range. A “default” voltage o

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 9 Typical User Input Circuit (Step, Direction, Ports 1, 2, 3, 4 (used as an input), Jog (3)

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 10 As an output (as shipped) the signal can be redefined as a stepping pulse output with the “l 2” (lower cas

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 11 Step and Direction Inputs (J1) A 10k pull-up resistor allows open-collector circuits to be used. The inp

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 12 Typical Wiring Diagrams for Step Motors Fig. A: Series winding for higher torque and lower curr

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 13 Specifications Electrical Output Current (maximum)………………. 4.0 Amps Chopping Frequency...

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 14 Physical Dimensions PWR / MTR7 PIN 1/O12 PIN I/OSERIALINSERIALOUTHeat sink

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 15 Overview This Application covers the serial communication design for ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 16 Single axis, RS-232 connection using AMS SIN-7 adapter The other method, called “daisy

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 17 RS-422 (Party Line) Hardware AMS “Party Line” communication is an RS-422 design that uses RS-485

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 18 AMS offers two adapters to facilitate party line connect; models SIN-8 and SIN-10. The SIN-10 cost

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 19 SIN-10 Intelligent Serial Adapter The SIN-10 is an intelligent serial line converter that simpli

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 20 4. Party Select (pin 8). Each axis tests this input after reset (power up or in response to a ^C c

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 21 Operating systems like Windows NT and Windows 2000 prevent programmers from direct access of the

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 22 3. Strike the SPACE BAR key. The controller should sign on with the software version number Vx.xx.

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 23 Axis Name Assignment Whenever the application is controlled via a “host” computer the proper pro

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ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 24 The initial input sequence MUST be a Line Feed (LF) character followed by a valid “name” character

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 25 Edit Program Example: It is desired to change instruction number 21 from 500 steps to 5,000 step

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 26 The party line sequence can be sent using the dumb terminal. Caution must be used because any typo

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 27 Anatomy of Instruction Execution This information is intended to familiarize the programmer wit

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 28 Interrupt Commands Interrupt commands are single character commands that will interrupt the operat

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 29 Queued Index Cycle Resulting From +, -, R Commands Constant Velocity Cycle Resulting

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SERIAL INTERFACE 30

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 31 Non-Volatile Memory Details The SMC-27X2 uses the X24C16, a 2048 byte EEPROM. A worst case of

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 32 Default Table The following default values are written to NV memory after the ‘Clear’(C 1) comman

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 33 Command Format Description Function Type NV Bytes Command Mnemonic Data 1 (Range)

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 34 An example of this command within a program in conjunction with the Loop on Port command as expla

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 35 The PLC option flag 8 has no affect on the output behavior. Port 4 as an output (as shipped):

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 36 Function Type NV Bytes Set Jog Speeds Default, Immediate, Program 3 Command B Mnemonic (N

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 37 Multiple variables that interact include: • Operating step speed range • Step resolution •

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 38 Function Type NV Bytes Find Home Immediate, Program 3 Command F Mnemonic (Name) F (n, d)

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 39 If “t” is a one, the TRACE mode is turned on. A display of the current step being executed is p

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 40 Function Type NV Bytes Set Step Size Resolution Default, Immediate, Program 2 Command H Mn

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 41 Function Type NV Bytes Restart Special Trip Default, Program 5 Command i Mnemonic (Name

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 42 The following two examples are of ramped indexes, each 2000 steps with I=400, V=5000, but differ

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 43 128 k 400 0 Set new trip at 400 and turn ports off. 133 k 600 16 Set new trip at 6

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. DCB-274 USERS MANUAL i Table of Contents Hardware Introduction...

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 44 Function Type NV Bytes Loop on Port Program 3 Command L Mnemonic (Name) L (a, c) Data 1

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 45 Two or more flags can be specified for multiple options, i.e., flag 1 + flag 8= 9. So, command

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 46 Port 4 Input (Flag 16) This flag informs the controller that Port 4 is to be used as an input. Ju

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 47 Function Type NV Bytes Set Origin Immediate, Program 4 Command O Mnemonic (Name) O Data

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 48 Function Type NV Bytes List Program Immediate N/A Command Q Mnemonic (Name) Q (a) Data 1

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 49 Function Type NV Bytes Save Parameters to NV Memory Immediate 1 Command S Mnemonic (Na

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 50 2. Write program to location 100. P100 Enter program mode at address 100. 100 A129 R

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 51 Function Type NV Bytes Wait (n) Milliseconds Immediate, Program 3 Command W Mnemonic (N

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 52 The controller will remain in an idle state for the specified time. The Wait command, if issued w

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 53 The following procedure is used to access the independently programmable "Hold" and &

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. DCB-274 USERS MANUAL ii T (Trip Point)...

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 54 Function Type NV Bytes Read NV Memory Immediate N/A Command [ Mnemonic (Name) [ Data 1 A

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 55 Function Type NV Bytes Index in Plus Direction Immediate, Program 4 Command + Mnemonic

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 56 Function Type NV Bytes Read Moving Status Immediate, Program 1 Command ^ Mnemonic (Name)

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 57 Function Type NV Bytes Terminate Program Immediate 2 Command Mnemonic (Name) Data 1 D

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. SMC-27X2 SOFTWARE 58 Function Type NV Bytes Restart in Party Line Mode None N/A Command ^P Mnemonic ^P Data 1

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. ADDENDUM 59 Command Summary MNEMONIC / COMMAND DATA 1 RANGE 1 DATA 2 RANGE 2 NV D I P + INDEX IN "+&qu

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. ADDENDUM 60 ASCII Character Code Ctrl Char Dec Hex Code Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char ^@

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. ADDENDUM 61 About Step Motor Current There is much confusion regarding the operation of step motors. Depending on yo

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. ADDENDUM 62 A current sense circuit is used to switch off the current when it reaches the set value; hence the motor p

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. ADDENDUM 63 AMPS and Wire Count and Power The rated current is specified based on the rated power input (watts) of a

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 1 Introduction Thank you for using a DCB-274 Stepper Motor Driver/Controller from ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS,

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. ADDENDUM 64 C: Adapting Available 6 Wire Motors A 6-wire motor is equivalent to the 4-wire series motor. In practic

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. ADDENDUM 65 Application Notes V1.10 Double Speed Characteristics The X2 speed (Version 1.10) introduces several new

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. ADDENDUM 66 Serial Adapter Summary AMS offers several serial adapters. These are used to connect a standard computer R

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 2 Product Overview The DCB-274 combines efficient bi-polar chopper Driver circuitry with AMS’ new, powerful

ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. HARDWARE 3 Required Hardware for Operation Qty Unit Model # Description 1 Axis DCB-274 Driver-Controller Boar