AN-285 Homing CT Ethercat Drive
Many servo drives have built-in homing or datuming routines. When connected via a digital bus system, these routines can be used to home the axis. The use of the Emerson Control Techniques EtherCAT module for the Digitax and Unidrive SP is described in this application note.
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