Yaskawa Labview Control

[em14]

Hello, I am very new this but i need some assistance.

I have a yaskawa servo and yaskawa sgd7s servopack. I need to be able to control the servo with labview and i am having trouble getting labview to recognize the device. I cannot find any drivers online that will allow me to use usb control and I do not want to purchase a crio ethercat master.

If it helps, I do have a crio-9056 module that could be used for something.

Does anyone know how I can make this work?

Thank you

[GerdW]

Hi em,

which servopack do you want to use?

Yaskawa also offers "analog" devices, Modbus/TCP and OPC…

[em14]

Hello, thanks for coming to my assistance.

This is the servopack with ethercat communications, model no. SGD7S-R90F0A0A

[GerdW]

Hi em,

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@em14 wrote:

This is the servopack with ethercat communications, model no. SGD7S-R90F0A0A

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Then use EtherCAT for communication! When your hardware only supports EtherCAT then you need to use EtherCAT.

(Read the manual of your device if it allows for any other option. I guess it will not as Yaskawa explicitely offers other variants of this device for other I/O capabilities.)

[em14]

That's what i had attempted but labview will not recognize my device unfortunately. 

[GerdW]

Hi em,

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@em14 wrote:

That's what i had attempted but labview will not recognize my device unfortunately. 

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Do you have an EtherCAT-capable device?

[em14]

Currently the servopack is connected directly to my computer with an ethercat cable and labview will not recognize it.

I have also tried to connect the servopack to my crio 9056 with an ethercat cable and labview still won't recognize it.

[GerdW]

Hi em,

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@em14 wrote:

Currently the servopack is connected directly to my computer with an ethercat cable and labview will not recognize it.

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EtherCAT and Ethernet are not the same, even though they might use the same plug…

Again: Do you have an EtherCAT-capable device?

[em14]

I see the difference now. No, I do not have an ethercat device. Is there any way I can get the servo to work without purchasing an ethercat master?

[GerdW]

Hi em,

I see two options:

1. Buy an EtherCAT master.
2. Buy another ServoPack supporting a communication scheme suitable to your requirements.