Tools for Programmers Using Python
July 1, 2019
Applied Motion Products now offers a set of free tools for programmers using Python, a computer programming language, to use with its stepper and servo motors to quickly and efficiently integrate motor control into its applications. These new tools, including an application note and sample code, guide Python programmers in sending high-level motion commands, using Applied Motion's Serial Command Language (SCL), to one or more axes of stepper and/or servo motors.
Step-by-step instructions and examples explain how to do the following:
Establish communications between a Python application and the motion control axes
Send commands to one or more axes
Handle replies from the axes including acknowledgments and data requests.
The SCL commands are text-based, making them easy to read and understand. Programmers can stream SCL commands to one or more motor axes at a time, creating straightforward sequences of motion profiles on multiple axes. SCL provides commands for motion control including homing, absolute, relative and jog move types as well as input/output control, drive status, alarm status and much more. SCL commands can be sent over Ethernet TCP or UDP, RS-485 and RS-232 connections.
To download Applied Motion Python programming tools for its stepper and servo motors, visit www.applied-motion.com/news/2019/03/new-application-note-python-programmers.
For more information contact:
Applied Motion Products
404 Westridge Drive
Watsonville, CA 95076
800-525-1609
www.applied-motion.com
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