Control a SmartMotor with Horner OCS Over CANopen

In many motion control applications, a Horner OCS and a SmartMotor provide an unbeatable combination – especially in those applications where space is at a premium. For the OCS connection to the SmartMotor – there are a variety of options including old school step & direction and Modbus TCP. But this week we’ll make the connection using CANopen – one of the best fieldbuses available in terms of price and performance.

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Table of Contents:

00:00 - Intro
02:34 - Agenda
02:57 - Other Horner CANopen Livestream Content
03:29 - Quick Review of CANopen
04:00 - Comparing CsCAN & CANopen
04:31 - Why Use CANopen with OCS?
05:08 - Why Use a SmartMotor with OCS?
05:59 - Why Use a CANopen SmartMotor?
06:52 - Horner Support for CANopen
07:55 - CANopen Basics
11:42 - CANopen Configuration Hints
14:04 - Key PDO Data for SmartMotors
14:55 - CANopen SmartMotor Demo - Cscape
39:13 - CANopen SmartMotor Demo - Bench
42:19 - Closing