Using Kinco MD80 servos with integrated drivers via Modbus
31 May 2022 13:13 #244285
by gertjn
Using Kinco MD80 servos with integrated drivers via Modbus was created by gertjn
Hi there,
I am looking into the possibilities of building a CNC machine and running it with LinuxCNC. I happen to have a few Kinco servo motors from a previous project and would like to know if it would be possible to use these.
They are MD80 750 watt, see link here: www.kincoautomation.com/products/servo/Servo_Systems/MD80-075/
As said, they have integrated drivers. The motors I have can run on Modbus RTU / RS485 communication.
Can I somehow connect them to the PC parallel port, and if so, how can I tell linuxCNC which protocol to use? Or should I use a Mesa card (though the ones I found state to work with analog servos, no digital bus communication).
Otherwise, there is also the I/O connector on the motor on which pulse / direction pins are available, see attached images. But I understood using step/dir is a 'inferior' method of driving the motors compared to what servos can do, is that right?
Curious what you guys think!
Gert Jan
I am looking into the possibilities of building a CNC machine and running it with LinuxCNC. I happen to have a few Kinco servo motors from a previous project and would like to know if it would be possible to use these.
They are MD80 750 watt, see link here: www.kincoautomation.com/products/servo/Servo_Systems/MD80-075/
As said, they have integrated drivers. The motors I have can run on Modbus RTU / RS485 communication.
Can I somehow connect them to the PC parallel port, and if so, how can I tell linuxCNC which protocol to use? Or should I use a Mesa card (though the ones I found state to work with analog servos, no digital bus communication).
Otherwise, there is also the I/O connector on the motor on which pulse / direction pins are available, see attached images. But I understood using step/dir is a 'inferior' method of driving the motors compared to what servos can do, is that right?
Curious what you guys think!
Gert Jan
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