Expert User Interface
Motion Setup Screen
Expert, the Tritex II user interface software, provides you with a simple way to select all aspects of configuration and control required to set up and operate a Tritex II actuator. Easy-to-use tabbed pages provide access to input all of the parameters necessary to successfully configure your motion application. 'Application' files give you a convenient way to store and redistribute configurations amongst multiple computers, and 'Drive' files allow the same configuration to be distributed to multiple Tritex II actuators. Motion setup, homing, teach mode, tuning parameters, jogging, I/O configuration, and local control are all accomplished with ease using Expert software.
Motion Setup
Within the Expert software, Exlar provides several system configurations for various applications. These can serve as your configuration, or as a starting point for your configuration. Alternatively, you can begin from scratch selecting configuration details specific to your application.
Easy selection of move conditions, distance, speed and acceleration are shown in the setup screen lower left.
You can configure a move to position, move to switch, or move to force motion at the click of a button. The Tritex II products offer absolute and incremental motion, as well as moves ending on a condition such as a specific force or torque being reached, or an input being triggered by a proximity switch.
Control Screen
Control Page
The Expert control page gives you the ability to operate or initiate all motion functions from one single, simple screen. This screen provides you very easy system start-up and testing without all the inconvenience of machine wiring.
The control page offers the capability to enable and disable the drive and perform fast and slow jogs. This gives you the ability to verify motion before needing any I/O wiring.
Monitor Page
All input functions can be monitored and activated from the Expert monitor page, and all output functions can be monitored. These functions can be monitored and controlled, even if they are not programmed as the function of any particular hardware input or output. Information on critical fault and status data is available as a separate page, or as a fixed window on the bottom of each page of the software.
Configuring I/O Screen
Configuring I/O
Configuring I/O points to one of over 40 available input or output functions couldn’t be easier. A pull down menu adjacent to each I/O point allows all I/O to be set up in minutes.
Inputs can be configured to be maintained, or momentary, depending on the application requirements.
Input and output logic can also be inverted with a simple click.
Homing
The Tritex II homing setup is simple to use. It allows you to home to an input, by using a proximity or limit switch, or allows homing to a specific force or torque.
Homing to a force or torque is ideal for setting up applications that require motion referenced to a hard stop, like the closed position of a valve, or the final position of a press.
Teach Mode
To provide the easiest motion set up possible, Tritex II products offer ‘Teach mode.’ In this mode, you can jog the actuator to the desired position, and activate an input, or click a button in the Expert software and the current position of the actuator becomes the defined distance or absolute position associated with a particular move command.
Teach Mode Screen
