7i29 via ethernet?

Hi Guys,

Might be a silly question, but just wondering if it would be possible to run a smart serial board from a 7i44 (or my pc ethernet port) to drive 2 x 7i29's?

Was using original servo drives, so my control pc is quite a distance away from my machine electrical cabinet. Now want to use 7i29's in same location as original drives, but dont know the best way to wire the drives over the 2 or so meter distance.

Any suggestions would be great.

Thank Matt

Yes, you could use a 7I93 Ethernet card to drive up to 4 7I29s

Sserial would theoretically be possible with a 7I90 but that's more of a firmware project

Thank you, that sounds great.

The 7i93 doesnt seem to be listed in the store.mesanet.com. ??

Also wondering if there is any benifit in running a PCI based 5i24 over the ethernet 7i80HD ??

Thanks Matt

Sorry for some reason the 7I93 was disabled in the store (fixed)

Ethernet advantages:
isolation of all signals
simple cabling

PCI advantages
Somewhat simpler setup
Supports higher servo thread rates than Ethernet

Thanks Peter.

Will have to pop through an order.

Hi PWC

Have been playing with the 7i80 and 7i93 that i purchased, cant seem to find a bitfile to match the same as the 5i24_25_rmsvss6_8_8.bit file i have for the 5i24. would it be possible to have a 7i80_16 bitfile made for my 7i49, 7i29 and 7i44. Also, sorry to be a pain, would it be possible to make a 7i49 and 7i29 bitfile for the 7i93 please.

Thanks for the support

Matt