Acromag Adds Stepper Motor Controller to Family of Ethernet Remote I/O Modules with Multi-Protocol Communication

July 9, 2025 – Acromag currently uses a stepper electric motor controller in their BusWorks NT Collection of Ethernet I/O components. The brand-new NT2710 component supplies 6 pulse train/logic outcomes, 6 encoder inputs, and 4 general-purpose electronic I/O for activity control applications with stepper electric motor vehicle drivers. A variety of commands are sustained to specifically manage the stepper electric motor placement, rate and instructions.

Linear, triangular and trapezoidal S-Curve acceleration/deceleration profiling decreases mechanical anxiety for smoother motions. Programmable controllers (PLCs/PACs) user interface with the NT2710 component making use of Modbus TCP/IP, EtherNet/IP, or PROFINET network methods. An OPC UA web server, MQTT customer, and RESTful API are likewise offered to sustain Industrial Web of Points (IIoT) applications.

NTE Ethernet versions give double RJ45 ports for network interaction plus the stepper I/O control networks. NTX development components include added I/O networks to manage even more electric motors or axes. 3 NTX components can connect to the NTE interaction component via an incorporated racket rail bus interfacing approximately 64 networks over a solitary Ethernet IP address. Various other NT Collection analog and distinct I/O components using a range of signal handling features can likewise be incorporated to keep track of or manage voltage, present, and temperature level signals.

Applications consist of machining, product packaging, placing, giving, printing and several various other commercial production procedures. Activity control features can currently be incorporated with information procurement, condition surveillance, on/off control, anticipating upkeep, power monitoring, and several various other demands.

“Currently you can manage stepper electric motor procedures from another location via your computer, PLC or special-interest group,” discussed Robert Greenfield, Acromag’s supervisor of Company Advancement. “The NT2710 will certainly implement commands sent out over Ethernet making use of Modbus/TCP, Ethernet/IP or PROFINET.”

The BusWorks NT2000 Collection uses a wide selection of I/O signal handling choices. Sixteen I/O arrangements are offered as either NTE Ethernet I/O or NTX development I/O versions. Analog I/O versions include approximately sixteen inputs or 8 outcomes for surveillance and managing present or voltage signals. Distinct I/O versions give sixteen tandem input/output networks or 6 mechanical relays to feeling or button on/off and high/low reasoning degrees. For temperature level dimension, thermocouple and RTD input versions sustain several sensing unit kinds and arrays.

Each component sustains 3 commercial methods (Modbus/TCP, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET) which are selectable making use of any type of internet internet browser to set up the network setups and I/O procedure. OPC UA, MQTT, and Relaxing API assistance help with IIoT applications. The components commonly operate as a network web server, however likewise provide Acromag’s i2o peer-to-peer interaction modern technology to move information in between components straight or multicast without a host or master in between. Conditional reasoning abilities allow customers manage procedures with IF/THEN/ELSE declarations.

Acromag, a mid-sized worldwide company, has actually been establishing and producing dimension and control items for greater than 65 years. They provide a full line of commercial I/O items consisting of procedure tools, signal conditioning tools, information procurement boards, dispersed I/O systems and interaction tools.