Develop Motion Applications

The controllers support Integrated Motion on an
EtherNet/IP™
 network and digital drives interfaces that include connected drives. The controllers support any combination of
CIP™
, Virtual, and Consumed axes. You can add all axes to one Motion Group, and you can assign any combination of axes to different axis update schedules.
Supported Axes and Drives
Controller
Total Number of Supported Axes
Support Drive Types
ControlLogix®
 5590
512
  • Integrated Motion on an
    EtherNet/IP™
     network drives
  • EtherNet/IP™
     connected drives
  • Sercos interface connected drives.
  • Analog drives support ±10V analog output and can interface with various feedback devices, such as quadrature encoder, SSI, and LVDT feedback.
TIP:
Rockwell Automation®
 recommends using the built-in EtherNet/IP port for high-performance motion applications.
For more information, see these publications:
  • Integrated Motion on the EtherNet/IP Network Configuration and Startup User Manual, publication MOTION-UM003.
  • Integrated Motion on the EtherNet/IP Network Reference Manual, publication MOTION-RM003.
  • SERCOS and Analog Motion Configuration and Startup User Manual, publication MOTION-UM001.
You can associate Integrated Motion axes to any appropriate drive, regardless of whether the communications path to the drive is via the embedded Ethernet port, or over the 1756 backplane via an Ethernet bridge, such as a 1756-EN2T.
The configuration process varies, depending on your application and drive selection. The following are general steps to configure a motion application.
  1. Create a controller project.
  2. Select the type of drive.
  3. Create axis tags as needed.
  4. Configure the drive.
  5. Create axes as needed.
Provide Feedback
Have questions or feedback about this documentation? Please submit your feedback here.
Normal