I am in a situation where I have approximately 20 POWERLINK drives currently being controlled by an industrial PC… I would like to put that control back into a PLC where it is more robust from a hardware/maintenance perspective. The drives are ACOPOSmulti from B&R Industrial Automation.
I came across:
https://www.anybus.com/products/gateway-index/anybus-xgateway/detail/anybus-x-gateway—ethernet-ip-scanner—powerlink-device
I am looking for any information on what the controls look like through this gateway. I am not familiar with POWERLINK, but I have used converters many times. I am not looking on a tutorial for POWERLINK, but more guidance on whether or not this converter will allow me to control on the other side. Some converters have mappings, some use files. I really just need anything that would help us decide whether or not to even pursue this path.
Thanks in advance!