The servo resolver daughter board provides the interface hardware for a single analogue servo axis with absolute position feedback from a resolver. The board provides a +/-10Volt analogue output for controlling most servo drives, and an interface for direct connection to a resolver for position feedback.

Note: Most servo motors fitted with resolvers take the resolver signals into the servo drive. The drive then generates psuedo incremental encoder pulses and these signals are fed to the Motion Coordinator. The P210 is NOT required in these circumstances. Use a P200 or P201 servo encoder daughter board instead

The servo resolver daughter board provides the interface hardware for a single analogue servo axis with absolute position feedback from a resolver. The board provides a +/-10Volt analogue output for controlling most servo drives, and an interface for direct connection to a resolver for position feedback.

Note: Most servo motors fitted with resolvers take the resolver signals into the servo drive. The drive then generates psuedo incremental encoder pulses and these signals are fed to the Motion Coordinator. The P210 is NOT required in these circumstances. Use a P200 or P201 servo encoder daughter board instead

Trio, a pioneer in the use of modular option daughter boards, adds the P225 to the line up. The P225 provides (8) 16-bit analogue input channels for general-purpose use in the range of 0-10Vdc. analogue inputs are available using the CAN analogue Module (P326) via the CANbus link, or using the P225 for faster updates and more resolution.

With the P225, users can get all channels of analogue data synchronized to the servo loop at 250us. With the addition of a "remote axis" FEC, the P225 can be used to close the servo loop using an absolute voltage for feedback. For example, a two axis analogue / servo system would require a P225 and P702

. The P225 is ideal for applications requiring precision torque or force control from an analogue transducer. If an unused encoder input is available on the Motion Coordinator, incremental position feedback can also be fed back to the controller for verification of a torque-force axis.

The 16-bit resolution and high-speed servo-loop synchronization can give performance previously unattainable in low-cost motion controllers.

The stepper daughter board generates pulses to drive an external stepper motor amplifier. Single step, half step and micro-stepping drives can be used with the board. All four output signals are opto-isolated on the stepper daughter board and each features overcurrent protection.

The stepper daughter board with position verification has all the features of the standard stepper daughter board. Position verification is added to a stepper axis by providing encoder feedback to check the position of the motor.

An encoder port on the daughter board allows the position of the motor to be checked on every servo cycle. If the difference between the demanded number of steps and the measured position exceeds the programmed limit, the Motion Coordinator can take undertake a programmed error sequence.

The hardware PSWITCH daughter board allows 4 open-collector outputs to be switched ON and OFF at programmed positions. This function is similar to the software PSWITCH command which is implemented in the system software and allows outputs to be switched ON and OFF over position sectors. The Hardware PSWITCH daughter board performs the position comparison in electronics hardware on the daughter board. This allows the generated pulses to be very accurately timed.

The analogue Output Daughter board provides a 12 bit +/-10V output for driving inverters and other devices. The board is a simplified servo daughter board and the connections are similar. The encoder port does not function even if the connector is fitted.

The SSI daughter board provides the interface to a DC or Brushless servo motor fitted with an absolute SSI Gray Code encoder or encoder emulation. The encoder port provides high speed differential synchronous serial interface (SSI). This port is opto-isolated to maximise the noise immunity of the system.

The SSI port is programmable so that any number of bits from 1 to 24 can be clocked into the position registers. If the registration function is to be used then a minimum of 12 bits is required for correct operation.

The SSI daughter board provides a hardware position capture function for both a 5V differential input and a dedicated 24Volt registration input. Transitions of either polarity on both these inputs can be used to record the position of the axis at the time of the event within less than 1 micro seconds. This practically eliminates time delays and avoids interrupting the processor frequently in multi-axis systems. It should be noted however that the SSI system overall does not support this level of accuracy due to delays in clocking data from the encoders. The servo daughter board provides a 12 bit +/-10V voltage output to drive most servo-amplifiers. The voltage output is opto-isolated as standard to maximise the noise immunity of the system.

The differential stepper daughter board is a stepper daughter board with the output signals provided as differential 5 Volt signals on a 15 way 'D' connector. The daughter board does not feature an encoder port for position verification, but does have a registration input to allow for capture of the number of step pulses when a registration signals a

The sercos daughter board allows a Motion Coordinator to be used as a sercos master. The Trio sercos software allows each P291 to control up to 8 axes via sercos with cycle times down to 250usec. On the MC224 Motion Coordinator, multiple sercos daughter boards can be used to provide up to its maximum of 24 axes.

Servo drives from a wide variety of sercos compatible manufacturers can be connected via the fibre optic ring. The Motion Coordinator software allows for configuration of the servo drives, reading and writing drive parameters, and running cyclically in speed or position modes.

Each P291 fitted in a Motion Coordinator allows the use of 2 sercos axes. Additional axes can be enabled using “Feature Enable Codes�.

The SLM daughter board is aimed at providing digital control channels for servo drives utilising the SLM protocol of Control Techniques. This daughter board has the necessary circuits for controlling between 1 and 3 axes which can be individual drives or a single drive using the CT Multiax concept.

The Enhanced CAN daughter board is particularly aimed at providing dedicated CAN channels for controlling servo amplifiers. It features the new OKI CAN controller, opto-isolation and the ability to support communications at 1M Baud.

The daughter board CAN channel can be controlled using the TrioBASIC CAN command. There is also dedicated communication software built into the Motion Coordinator system software for the support of CANbus drives using the CIA CanOpen protocol.

The USB daughter board provides a high speed Universal Serial Bus link between the Motion Coordinator and a host PC fitted with a USB port.

Support for this high speed interface is included in Trio's Motion Perfect 2 application and an ActiveX (OCX) software library is available which allows developers to include direct access to the Motion Coordinator within their own programs. Active X controls are supported by the majority of PC development platforms, including Visual Basic, Delphi, Visual C++, C++ Builder etc.

Note: MC206X and MC224 Motion Coordinators have USB port built-in as standard and so do not require this daughter board for USB operation.

The Ethernet daughter board provides a high speed link between the Motion Coordinator and a host PC via a factory or office local area network (LAN).
An industry standard Telnet terminal can be used to access the Motion Coordinator’s command line over Ethernet.

The daughter board can run the Modbus TCP protocol as a slave, Thus allowing a Modbus master to read and write integer or floating point values to the global VRs and to access the I/O.

Support for Ethernet is included in Trio's Motion Perfect 2 application and an ActiveX (OCX) software library is available which allows developers to include direct access to the Motion Coordinator within their own programs.

Active X controls are supported by the majority of PC development platforms, including Visual Basic, Delphi, Visual C++, C++ Builder etc.

Profibus is a fieldbus system, which is in widespread use all over the world. With the P297 Profibus Daughter Board and appropriate software on the Motion Coordinator, it is possible to connect to a variety of third party Master devices using the Profibus DP protocol.

The Ethernet IP daughter board provides an industry standard CIP interface to the Motion Coordinator via a factory or office local area network (LAN).

Based on the HMS Anybus® IC chip, the Ethernet IP daughter board has complete Ethernet IP adaptor class with I/O server, message client and CIP message routing. Additional support is provided for Modbus-TCP V1.0 server.

The daughter board has an integrated FTP server and dynamic web server with SSI script capability. In addition there is an email client with SSI script support.