Modicon M262 Motion Controller

Controller Overview

TM262M•

Controller Reference

Digital I/O

Power supply

Communication Ports

Terminal Type

Encoder port

Performance

Duration for 1000 instructions

Motion Capabilities

TM262M05MESS8T

4 fast inputs

4 fast source outputs

24 Vdc

1 serial line port

1 USB programming port

1 dual port Ethernet switch

1 Ethernet port for fieldbus with Sercos interface

Removable spring

1 Encoder port

5 µs

Independent Axis on EIP / CANopen

Synchronous axis on Sercos (4 axes maximum)

TM262M15MESS8T

4 fast inputs

4 fast source outputs

24 Vdc

1 serial line port

1 USB programming port

1 dual port Ethernet switch

1 Ethernet port for fieldbus with Sercos interface

Removable spring

1 Encoder port

5 µs

Independent Axis on EIP / CANopen

Synchronous axis on Sercos (4 axes maximum)

TM262M25MESS8T

4 fast inputs

4 fast source outputs

24 Vdc

1 serial line port

1 USB programming port

1 dual port Ethernet switch

1 Ethernet port for fieldbus with Sercos interface

Removable spring

1 Encoder port

3 µs

Independent Axis on EIP / CANopen

Synchronous axis on Sercos (8 axes maximum)

TM262M35MESS8T

4 fast inputs

4 fast source outputs

24 Vdc

1 serial line port

1 USB programming port

1 dual port Ethernet switch

1 Ethernet port for fieldbus with Sercos interface

Removable spring

1 Encoder port

3 µs

Independent Axis on EIP / CANopen

Synchronous axis on Sercos (24 axes maximum)

Supported Features

Performance Overview

The Modicon TM262M• Motion Controller supports the features available in TM262L• Logic Controller, plus it integrates Motion functionalities.

The TM262M• range of Motion controllers is, without additional devices, ready for motion with the integrated Sercos motion bus. It merges the hard-real-time aspects of the Sercos interface with Ethernet. It is based upon and conforms to the Ethernet standard IEEE 802.3 and ISO/IEC 8802-3 to support the real-time application with high performance. Other features supporting motion functionalities include:

  • Synchronous axis Sercos devices, managed by PLCopen libraries, are fully synchronous with the internal Motion task and the Sercos Cycle time, as for example: LXM32S.

  • Non axis Sercos devices are also synchronized with the internal Motion task, for example, TM5NS01 islands or safety-related TM5CSLC100/TM5CSLC200 controllers.

  • External Encoder

    • External port for Incremental or SSI encoder. The encoder support is synchronized with the Motion application. It can be used like a real axis or a virtual axis.

  • Fast input

    • The fast inputs support a touch probe function to capture position. The captured position can be used in the Motion application.

  • Motion Kernel is embedded in the TM262M• Motion controller, allowing you to manage the motion functions:

    • Synchronous axis in coordinated movement in which the function blocks are based on the PLCopen Standard to control the position / speed of a single axis.

    • Gearing mode (Master / Slave Function Block).

    • Caming mode, based on recipes, with modifications on the fly. The recipe can be designed with the cam editor included in EcoStruxure Machine Expert.

    • G-code, based on recipes. The recipe can be designed with the CNC editor included in EcoStruxure Machine Expert.

Depending on the Motion controller and the Sercos cycle time, you can configure more or less synchronous axis and non axis Sercos devices.

A TM5 System island used on Sercos is managed as a non axis Sercos device. Although there are generally no restriction on the number of I/O in the Sercos configuration, the number of I/O configured increases the load of the Sercos bus and may lead to an overflow. If an overflow occurs, try increasing the Sercos cycle time. If increasing the Sercos cycle time is not compatible with your application, then optimize the application.

The following table indicates the performance capabilities of the Motion application:

Controller reference

Sercos cycle time

Synchronized axes on Sercos (activated and simulated)

Additional virtual axes

FB_ControlledAxis

Additional Sercos devices

TM262M05MESS8T

1 ms

4

1

2

2 ms

4

1

6

4 ms

4

1

8

TM262M15MESS8T

1 ms

4

1

4

2 ms

4

1

12

4 ms

4

1

12

TM262M25MESS8T

1 ms

4

1

8

2 ms

8

2

8

4 ms

8

2

16

TM262M35MESS8T

1 ms

8

2

8

2 ms

16

4

8

4 ms

24

16

40

The Motion Sizer is embedded in EcoStruxure Machine Expert to help you define your kinematic architecture. For more information on these features, refer to OneMotionSizer Online Help.