NextMove BX-II

Product Description:

NextMove BX-II provides 2 to 4 axes of coordinated servo motion in a compact book style enclosure that conveniently connects to Baldor's range of servo and vector drives. Synchronization of axes is easily accomplished with the dedicated master encoder input.

On board I/O can be used to control many parts of the machine. This can be further expanded with either Baldor's range of CAN I/O modules operating over the NextMove BX CAN bus, or alternatively, CANopen devices conforming to the standard DS401 I/O profile.

NextMove BX-II utilises a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) providing floating point math capability. Versatile programming is provided by means of Mint - multitasking BASIC, embedded 'C' or the supplied ActiveX components.

With its two serial channels and two CAN channels, NextMove BXII easily interfaces to other equipment.

Product Features:

• Panel mount configuration with two part screen connectors and D-type connector for encoder connections
• 2 to 4 axes of servo control
• 32-bit 32MHz Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
• 512Kbyte battery backed SRAM for user programs and data
• 512Kbyte FLASH for firmware storage
• 16 uncommitted PNP/NPN opto-isolated digital inputs
  Programmable for hardware limits, home input, stop input and error input
• 8 uncommitted PNP opto-isolated digital outputs
  Programmable for drive enable and high speed position compare output
• 24V/150mA relay output to signal system error conditions
• 4 x 12-bit uncommitted differential analog inputs
• 4 position latch inputs
• Master encoder input for synchronization
• Two serial interface: RS232 - 57,600 Baud and RS485 - 19,200 Baud
• Two CAN interfaces for I/O expansion and HMIs. Can also be used to provide full peer-to-peer networking capabilities with other Mint based controllers
• Multi-tasking programming capability with Mint. Number of tasks limited only by available memory
• Comprehensive move types including: linear, circular and helical interpolation; software cams; flying shears; splines; synchronization with positional offsets and virtual axes
• Embedded 'C' programming capability (Note: requires purchase of appropriate Texas Instruments compiler)
• ActiveX libraries supplied free of charge
• Compatible with MintNC and HPGL