Building a motion control system based on a standard PC is made all the
easier with a new ActiveX software component from Trio Motion
Technology (TMT). Designed for use with its USB daughter board, the
system allows users to execute commands in Trio’s motion controllers just
as if the relevant programming functions were resident in the PC itself.
The ActiveX component and USB daughter board can be used in conjunction
with TMT’s MC216 (1-16 axes/15 simultaneous control programs), MC204 (1-4
axes/5 simultaneous control programs) and MC Euro 205 (4-axis control on
a single Eurocard) motion controllers. The USB link operates at 12Mbit/s
and avoids having to bring potentially noisy interface signals to the PC.
The ActiveX component plus full documentation in Adobe Acrobat format can
be downloaded from TMT’s web site.