ANY Information on Nulogic 3CR-201

[Littlebuck5163]

Hi,
I am a Robotic student in college and have recently obtained a Nulogic  Nudrive #3CR-201 (3) axis servo amplifier. I am having difficulty finding information related to this unit. ANY helpful guidance or leads would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has information about software, drivers, compatable hardware, etc... please reply to post. I would like to communicate with an Allen Bradley PLC-5, using an IBM PC (PCI card) with serial communications to drive a few servo motors. Is Labview an efficient way to accomplish this, or is it simpler than that. What would be an appropriate PCI card for this unit? It has a (50) pin SCSI type cable connector for motion controller. Also any data sheets or reference material, or leads would be great.

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[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

I found a couple pdf files on NI ftp site, hope it helps out. Here is a link to the folder they are located in:

ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/motion/Manuals/

[Littlebuck5163]

Hi,
Thank you Very much for the information. I dug pretty deep looking for info without much success. The document should be a great starting point. It's funny that the cable plugs will cost me more than I paid for the amplifier, but it will be an educational experience. I hope to use this servo drive for a re-engineered project I did in school where I designed a robotic workcell to play a banjo. I used a PLC to control some 45 degree ( electric) rotary actuators to drive a cam type picking mechanism, and pneumatically controlled plungers in a manifold block to depress the strings. I also used a robot to move the manifold block to the different fret positions for different notes. Since I do not have a robot at home, I am hoping to use a servo motor to drive a lead screw to move the plunger manifold. I have attached a picture of the workcell, just for your enjoyment.
                                                                                       Thanks again, Littlebuck5163

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Cool project! I hope those PDF's help out, that's about all I could find. Maybe someone from NI has a source for other info on it if you need it.

Good luck and have fun!

AK2DM

[T-Route]

Hello LittleBuck5163,

The drive you are referring to was made by a company called NuLogic that National Instruments bought years ago.  A few years back we discontinued selling the NuLogic drives so there is no more information on them other then the info in the manuals found on our FTP site.  However there should not be a problem using any of our motion control cards to control the NuDrive provided you can connect the correct pins to the motion control card.  You can look at the descriptions for our Motion Controller cards HERE.  There is also another discussion forum thread located HERE that has some additional information.  I hope this information helps.  Thanks and have a great day.

Regards,
Mark T
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[Littlebuck5163]

Thanks Mark,
     I did print a copy of the PDF file that I was referred to and will try to digest some of that information. It should be very helpful. At this point, I am obtaining the proper cable connectors and researching the controller boards.
     Also, I have another Servo amplifier that I recently acquired, and am trying to get similar information for. I don't know if it is appropriate to post it on this forum or not, but maybe someone out there has some leads??  It is a (7-motor Brushless servo amp, mfgd. by CML Handling Technology which was bought out by SANDVIK Coromant. It is Model # MABCPU1999, and also has #12802347028 on it. It has a DB-9-pin serial interface connection).
ANY information about this unit would also be very helpful. I have looked at the Sandvik web-site, but haven't been able to track it down. I will try to contact them about it.

     These two amps are somewhat of a long term project; It is just a learning project for me, so there is no urgency for help, but any help is appreciated! . Whichever one I get working first is fine.

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