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Communication to a Galil Controller with Beckhoff’s TwinCAT PLC software

Posted on May 14th, 2012 by Andy Herum at Galil
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Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC software allows the user to open TCP/IP sockets directly to a Galil Controller using their TwinCAT TCP/IP Server Communication Supplement. This post provides a simple function block example that opens a connection to the Galil Controller, then sends ...
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New Drive Options for DMC-40×0 and DMC-41×3 Multi-axis Controllers

Posted on April 6th, 2012 by Mark Middleton at Galil
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Galil’s DMC-40x0 Accelera and DMC-41x3 Econo Ethernet motion controllers are now available with additional multi-axis servo and stepper drive options. The AMP-43540 4-axis 600W brushless sine drive is now available in a 2-axis model as the AMP-43520, and the SDM-44040 ...
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DMC-30000 Motion Controller Now Available with Microstep Drive, 16-bit ADC and Sinusoidal Encoder

Posted on April 6th, 2012 by Mark Middleton at Galil
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Galil’s recently released DMC-30000 Pocket Motion Controller Series offers higher performance, better power efficiency, smaller size, and a lower price than prior generation, single-axis controllers. A popular product in the series is the DMC-30012 which combines a single-axis motion controller ...
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Wiring a brushless motor for Galil’s Sine amplifier

Posted on March 12th, 2012 by Stephen Otis at Galil
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Galil's sine commutated amplifiers interface with our DMC motion controllers to create a flexible option for hooking up a motor. In most cases, using the sine drive is easier than setting up commutation with a trap amplifier, and has the ...
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Serial Port Command Interpreter

Posted on March 9th, 2012 by John Hayes at Galil
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Occasionally, it is beneficial to create a user-defined command set that can be received over the serial port and interpreted at an application program (.dmc) level. The code below uses the "Communication Interrupt" feature of the Galil controller to accept ...
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“Infinite” Array Record over Ethernet

Posted on February 27th, 2012 by DJ Roberts at Galil
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This article provides a sample project demonstrating a method to record indefinitely from a controller by uploading subsets of data from a free running circular array record using the RC/RD/RA commands. With this method, only the host PC's hard drive is ...
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Dual TCP Message Channels on Ethernet

Posted on February 23rd, 2012 by DJ Roberts at Galil
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This article provides a sample project using the GalilTools COM library for setting up two TCP message handles. Using such an approach, Embedded DMC code can send data to two channels (for example a data storage channel and a user ...
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Using GalilTools COM library to receive messages with read()

Posted on February 15th, 2012 by DJ Roberts at Galil
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The GalilTools COM library provides event-driven functions for asynchronous controller data. One of the more popular events is the onMessage() function which runs automatically whenever a message is received from the controller. This data usually comes from controller embedded code ...
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Example- Communicating with OPTO-22 SNAP-B3000-ENET

Posted on February 10th, 2012 by Andy Herum at Galil
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This is a section of commonly found in the controller user manuals. Controller is connected to OPTO-22 via handle F. The OPTO-22’s IP address is 131.29.50.30. The Rack has the following configuration: Digital Inputs Module 1 Digital Outputs Module 2 Analog ...
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Using socket TCP/IP or UDP communication with Galil controllers

Posted on January 19th, 2012 by John Hayes at Galil
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For most applications, the standard GalilTools communication libray or API (Application Programming Interface) provides the best method of communicating from either a Windows or Linux computer to a Galil controller. The GalilTools communication library provides calls such as "Command()" and ...
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