The EPOS2 Module 36/2 is considered as partly completed machinery according to EU directive 2006/42/EC, Article 2, Clause (g) and therefore is intended to be incorporated into or assembled with
other machinery or other partly completed machinery or equipment.
You must not put the device into service, …
• unless you have made completely sure that the other machinery – the surrounding system the device
is intended to be incorporated to – fully complies with the requirements stated in EU directive 2006/
42/EC!
• unless the surrounding system fulfills all relevant health and safety aspects!
• unless all respective interfaces have been established and fulfill the stated requirements!
The purpose of the present document is to familiarize you with the described equipment and the tasks
on safe and adequate installation and/or commissioning.
Observing the described instructions in this document will help you …
•to avoid dangerous situations,
•to keep installation and/or commissioning time at a minimum and
•to increase reliability and service life of the described equipment.
Use for other and/or additional purposes is not permitted. maxon motor, the manufacturer of the equipment described, does not assume any liability for loss or damage that may arise from any other and/or
additional use than the intended purpose.
1.2Target Audience
This document is meant for trained and skilled personnel working with the equipment described. It conveys information on how to understand and fulfill the respective work and duties.
This document is a reference book. It does require particular knowledge and expertise specific to the
equipment described.
1.3How to use
Take note of the following notations and codes which will be used throughout the document.
NotationExplanation
(n)referring to an item (such as order number, list item, etc.)
denotes “see”, “see also”, “take note of” or “go to”
Table 1-1Notations used in this Document
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In the course of the present document, the following symbols and sings will be used.
TypeSymbolMeaning
Safety Alert
Prohibited
Action
Mandatory
Action
Information
(typical)
(typical)
(typical)
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
Indicates a dangerous action. Hence, you must not!
Indicates a mandatory action. Hence, you must!
Requirement /
Note / Remark
Best Practice
Indicates an imminent hazardous situation. If not
avoided, it will result in death or serious in jury.
Indicates a potential hazardous situation. If not
avoided, it can result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a probable hazardous situation or calls
the attention to unsafe practices. If not avoided, it
may result in injury.
Indicates an activity you must perform prior
continuing, or gives information on a particular item
you need to observe.
Indicates an advice or recommendation on the
easiest and best way to further proceed.
Table 1-2Symbols & Signs
1.5Trademarks and Brand Names
For easier legibility, registered brand names are listed below and will not be further tagged with their
respective trademark. It must be understood that the brands (the below list is not necessarily concluding) are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights even if their legal trademarks are
omitted in the later course of this document.
The brand name(s) …… is/are a registered trademark(s) of …
The present document – including all parts thereof – is protected by copyright. Any use (including reproduction, translation, microfilming and other means of electronic data processing) beyond the narrow
restrictions of the copyright law without the prior approval of maxon motor ag, is not permitted and subject to persecution under the applicable law.
The present document provides you with information on the EPOS2 Module 36/2 Positioning Controller’s hardware. It contains…
•performance data and specifications,
•information on connections and pin assignment and
•wiring examples.
maxon motor control’s EPOS2 Module 36/2 is a small-sized, full digital, smart motion controller. It is designated for the use as plug-in module in customer-specific motherboards for single axis or multi axes
motion control systems. Due to its flexible and high efficient power stage, the EPOS2 Module 36/2
drives brushed DC motors with digital encoder as well as brushless EC motors with digital Hall sensors
and encoder.
The sinusoidal current commutation by space vector control offers the possibility to drive brushless EC
motors with minimal torque ripple and low noise. The integrated position, velocity and current control
functionality allows sophisticated positioning applications. The EPOS2 Module 36/2 is especially
designed being commanded and controlled as a slave node in a CANopen network. In addition, the unit
can be operated via any USB (external transceiver necessary) or RS232 interface.
Find the latest edition of the present document, as well as additional documentation and software to the
EPOS2 Module 36/2 Positioning Controller also on the Internet: www.maxonmotor.com
2.1Documentation Structure
The present document is part of a documentation set. Please find below an overview on the documentation hierarchy and the interrelationship of its individual parts:
Figure 2-1 Documentation Structure
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•make sure you have read and understood chapter “ PLEASE READ THIS FIRST” on page A-2,
•do not engage with any work unless you possess the stated skills (chapter “1.2 Target Audience” on page 1-5),
•refer to chapter “1.4 Symbols and Signs” on page 1-6 to understand the subsequently used
indicators,
•you must observe any regulation applicable in the country and/or at the site of implementation
with regard to health and safety/accident prevention and/or environmental protection,
•take note of the subsequently used indicators and follow them at all times.
DANGER
High Voltage and/or Electrical Shock
Touching live wires causes death or serious injuries!
• Consider any power cable as connected to live power, unless having proven the opposite!
• Make sure that neither end of cable is connected to live power!
• Make sure that power source cannot be engaged while work is in process!
• Obey lock-out/tag-out procedures!
• Make sure to securely lock any power engaging equipment against unintentional engagement and
tag with your name!
Requirements
• Make sure that all associated devices and components are installed according to local regulations.
• Be aware that, by principle, an electronic apparatus can not be considered fail-safe. Therefore, you
must make sure that any machine/apparatus has been fitted with independent monitoring and safety
equipment. If the machine/apparatus should break down, if it is operated incorrectly, if the control unit
breaks down or if the cables break or get disconnected, etc., the complete drive system must return –
and be kept – in a safe operating mode.
• Be aware that you are not entitled to perform any repair on components supplied by maxon motor.
Best Practice
• For initial operation, make sure that the motor is free running. If not the case, mechanically disconnect the motor from the load.
Maximal permitted Supply Voltage
• Make sure that supply power is between 11…36 VDC.
• Supply voltages above 40 VDC will destroy the unit.
• Wrong polarity will destroy the unit.
Electrostatic Sensitive Device (ESD)
• Make sure to wear working cloth in compliance with ESD.
• Handle device with extra care.
Hot plugging the USB interface may cause hardware damage
If the USB interface is being hot-plugged (connecting while the power supply is on), the possibly high
potential differences of the two power supplies of controller and PC/Notebook can lead to damaged
hardware.
• Avoid potential differences between the power supply of controller and PC/Notebook or, if possible,
balance them.
• Insert the USB connector first, then switch on the power supply of the controller.
The described device has been successfully tested for compliance with the below listed standards. In
practical terms, only the complete system (the fully operational equipment comprising all individual components, such as motor, servo controller, power supply unit, EMC filter, cabling etc.) can undergo an
EMC test to ensure interference-free operation.
Important Notice
The device’s compliance with the mentioned standards does not imply its compliance within the final,
ready to operate setup. In order to achieve compliance of your operational system, you must perform
EMC testing of the involved equipment as a whole.
Generic Standards
Electromagnetic Compatibility
IEC/EN 61000-6-2Immunity for industrial environments
IEC/EN 61000-6-3
Emission standard for residential, commercial and lightindustrial environments
IEC/EN 61000-6-3
IEC/EN 55022
Radio disturbance characteristics / radio interference
(CISPR22)
IEC/EN 61000-4-3
Applied Standards
Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity
test >10 V/m
IEC/EN 61000-4-4Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test ±1 kV/±2 kV
IEC/EN 61000-4-6
Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radiofrequency fields 10 Vrms
IEC/EN 61000-4-8Power frequency magnetic field 30 A/m
Others
Environmental
IEC/EN 60068-2-6
Environmental testing – Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal,
2
10…500 Hz, 20 m/s
)
Standards
MIL-STD-810F
Random transport (10…500 Hz up to 1.05 g
rms
)
Safety StandardsUL File Number E172472 or E92481; unassembled printed circuit board
Reliability prediction of electronic equipment
Environment: Ground, benign
ReliabilityMIL-HDBK-217F
Ambient temperature: 298 K (25 °C)
Component stress: In accordance with circuit diagram and
nominal power
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): 610'435 hours
Table 3-16Standards
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