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Release of DrvGIII with MECHATROLINK-II Interface

Yokogawa released the MECHATROLINK-II compliant interface for Intelligent Driver DrvGIII of Direct Drive Motor DYNASERV / LINEARSERV. (May 20,2009)
MECHATROLINK-II is the open high-speed Motion Field Network and provides the following advantages.

- High resolution, high speed and high performance control, combined with multiple axes synchronous control
- Reduced wiring, simple configuration and low costs
- Combination with the positioning module (model with MECHATROLINK-II Interface) of FA-M3R(PLC) enables the fullest possible use of the performance (high speed and high resolution) of the motor, by making communication commands available.

*:DrvGIII for DYNASERV DR5A motor does not support MECHATROLINK-II.
Main Specifications

Item Specification
Interface MECHATROLINK-II compliant
Transmission Rate 10 Mbps
Transmission Cycle Time 1 ms, 2 ms, 4 ms
Transmission Byte 17 bytes / 32 bytes selectable
Communication Cycle Time x 1 fixed
Number of Connectable Stations Max. 9 when transmission cycle time is 1 ms.
(Compliant to MECHATROLINK-II communications specifications)
Maximum Transmission Distance 50 m
Minimum Distance between Stations 0.5 m

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