A new software is available for easy commissioning and programming of Nanotec's motor controllers: Plug & Drive Studio. The controller can now be accessed from a PC via a variety of fieldbuses (CANopen, Ethernet, Modbus). For setup, the object dictionary holding the controller configuration can be read and written via a table. Predefined filters are applied to display only currently relevant objects. The objects can also be configured via an integrated command line. The entire communication can be recorded and played back again later so that lengthy command sequences only need to be entered once during commissioning. To tune the controller parameters, an integrated oscilloscope can simultaneously display any eight objects with a resolution of up to one millisecond. To program the controller with NanoJ V2, an integrated development environment is available that consists of a source text editor with automatic code addition, a compiler and a debugger. Since all of the Plug & Drive Studio functions can be used simultaneously, controller behavior can be tracked during program execution using the object dictionary and oscilloscope. As a result, customized functions can be programmed easily and quickly.
