Galil Motion Control

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Fast and Flexible­

Galil Motion Control is pleased to introduce the newest entry in its latest generation of digital motion controllers, the DMC-500x0 EtherCAT Controller. Incorporating all of the features of our flagship Accelera series controller and designed with compatibility and flexibility in mind, the DMC-500x0 allows integration of remote EtherCAT drives into new and existing applications with just a handful of configuration commands.

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      Ethernet was developed in the 1970’s and was started being used commercially in the 1980’s.   By the end of the 1980’s, it was the dominant network technology.  It was initially used to connect computer systems and peripherals in a Local Area Network (LAN) and quickly evolved to be the protocol used for Wide Area Networks (WAN).  Then came the world wide web and the incorporation of the internet into every aspect of communication.  
In the mid to late 1990’s, Ethernet’s popularity spread to control systems.  The engineering team here at Galil Motion Control determined Ethernet was a viable protocol in 1999 and introduced its first Ethernet Motion Controller.  Even today, Ethernet is the most popular method of network communication in control systems.

On the heels of the recently released RIO-47142 comes the new RIO-47300 which is an expanded model that includes two Ethernet ports, more I/O, and screw terminals.The RIO-47300's Ethernet ports allow an unlimited number of RIOs to be daisy-chained together without an external Ethernet switch. The RIO-47300's memory allows 400 program lines, 254 variables, 1000 array elements, 6 PID control loops and 5 Ethernet handles.  Digital inputs and outputs on the RIO-47300 are increased from 16  to 24 each for a total of 48 optically isolated digital I/O. All the digital outputs are high-power 500mA outputs. The 16 analog inputs and outputs are user-configurable for +/-10V, +/-5V, 0-10V or 0-5V. For more details - see this Comparison of Screw Terminal RIOs: RIO-47200 and RIO-47300

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 "ProgramDownload()" that provide a wrapper to make it easier for a programmer to get up and running in