Siemens Servo Drive Programming: Custom Telegrams, Synchronizing 2 Axes, and MORE

Today is an S120 type of day! Hopefully you are trying to survive the last day at work before the weekend in the US. Sit down early for your lunch to learn a few things about how to use Siemens Drives. I bring out the "Siemens S120 Certified" shirt to talk about the following:

Topics included:
BICO Connections: Drive to Drive communication
Custom Telegrams: Best Practices and Limitations
Synchronizing 2 Axes using Technology Object (MC_ GearIn, MC_GearinAbs)

0:00 Start of Stream
7:38 Setting up a S120 System
19:57 Organizing Telegrams for Custom Data
25:37 Cleaning Up My Cluttered Project
27:16 Sending Custom Data from S120 System
37:48 PLC Setup to Use Custom Data
54:15 Setting up TOs for Synchronization (Gearing)
1:10:00 Programming the TOs
1:17:57 MC_GearIn Input Explanation, Use, Thoughts
1:27:10 MC_GearInPos Input Explanation, Use, Thoughts
1:45:45 DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH MC_GearInPos and How to Avoid It
1:57:00 Outro, what we will be talking about next time.

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