Actuon Control Cable
The control cable that carries one Actuon8 control channel to a servo drive. It is built to COG's own pinout for the Actuon control layer, and it is the cable the system is designed to run on — the same one supplied with every Actuon8 Motion Controller Package, sold individually as a spare or to extend an existing installation.
Each cable carries one control channel. A belt tensioner uses two, a 3DOF platform four, a hexapod six and a 6DOF platform seven.
Made for the Actuon8, not adapted to it
This is not a generic serial cable. The signal assignment between the controller and the drive is specific to the Actuon control layer, and the servo drive parameters supplied with your system assume it. A cable that merely fits the same sockets will not drive the system.
It arrives assembled and tested, so there is nothing to wire, verify or troubleshoot. That is deliberate: the control link between controller and drive is where an intermittent fault is hardest to find and most expensive to chase.
Specification
| Type | Actuon control cable, COG pinout |
|---|---|
| Length | 75 cm |
| Channels carried | 1 |
| Supplied | Assembled and tested |
The Actuon8 provides one control channel output per channel, eight in total.
When you need one
- Replacing a damaged cable
- Adding a channel to an existing Actuon8 installation
- Keeping a spare for a system in continuous use
Moving from one configuration to another — belt tensioner to 3DOF, or 3DOF to 6DOF — needs the additional cables plus the matching servo drive parameters, which are supplied with the Actuon8.
A spare is worth having. A motion platform with a failed control cable is a platform that does not run, and this is the one part of the chain you cannot source locally.
Compatibility
For use with the Actuon8 motion controller and the servo drives of your Actuon system. The servo drive parameters for your configuration ship with the Actuon8 Motion Controller Package.
What is included
- 1 x Actuon control cable, 75 cm, assembled and tested