iXC4/XC4 Overview

The iXC4 is a high-performance digital drive-based controller. It runs the Automation1-iSMC controller to generate commands for itself as well as for additional drives on the chain.

The XC4 is a high performance digital drive. The XC4 is based on the HyperWire communication protocol and receives commands from a PC or drive-based controller.

Both drives provide deterministic behavior, auto-identification, and are fully software configurable. A double precision floating point DSP controls the digital PID and current loops. Both drives offer standard Safe Torque Off (STO) inputs and optional Position Synchronized Output (PSO) outputs. And both drives are offered with an optional encoder interpolation feature (-MX1), an auxiliary encoder input for dual loop control, dedicated analog and digital I/O (expandable with the -EB1 option), and separate power connections for motor and control supply voltages.

Figure 1-1:     iXC4 Digital Drive-Based Controller Labeled

Figure 1-2:     XC4 Digital Drive Labeled