nickr Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 I am a mechanical engineer very new to PLC and ladder logic but I am working on a new automation project for my job where they want a PLC with an HMI to run 3 different stepper motors (1 of which is a 9 pin output stepper with gear reduction) and I want to know which option would be best for an application like this. The operation is (simply) as follows: Have an operator input some number at the HMI, the number runs to motor to a specific location and then stops. repeat this for the other 2 motors and then complete and reset the cycle back to a designated zero. I would love some feedback from anyone who can help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2021 Joe Tauser Posted February 22, 2018 MVP 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 You could use the V130 or V350 -TR34 model, which has three high speed outputs configurable for stepper control. There is an example for setting up a stepper motor in Visilogic under Help->Examples->Version 900->Projects->HSC_HSO->V570_Stepper_Motor_PTO. Also, enter "stepper" in the Search Tab of the Help and look at how the functions work. Have you bought the stepper motors and controls yet? Joe T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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