IB-30B002 INDUSTRIAL INDEXING SYSTEMS, Inc.
USER’S GUIDE LUMINARY SERIES MOTION CONTROLLER
INTRODUCTION vi MARCH 2011
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for selecting Industrial Indexing Systems LUMINARY Series products. You join many other
companies around the world in your choice of these powerful, flexible motion control products.
The LMC-400 embodies a blend of open architecture features with a true real-time operating system. The
result is a state-of-the art performance and superior connectivity to other systems and network components.
The LMC-400 has a wide array of hardware features, including
a 32-bit ARM processor,
a Executive serial port (USB-B),
an Application serial port (rs232),
Eight configurable general purpose isolated digital input’s (Can be configured for up to Two Encoder
master follower input’s with Position Trap input),
four general purpose isolated digital outputs,
Configurable programmable limit switch (PLS) functions,
two software simulated motors (master pacers),
high visibility status displays.
The LMC-400 has a wide array of software features, including:
The controller is programmed using our friendly Emerald Motion Programming Language (EML)
and powerful new Emerald Development Environment (EDE) software tools for the PC.
A Dynamic Link Library (DLL) is available to communicate with the LMC-400 using your own Visual
Basic, Visual C++, or other programming language allowing for full system integration, automation,
and data logging solutions.
A Human Machine Interface (HMI) touch screen can easily be added to the LMC-400 system using
either the USB port or the rs232 port.
The External computer and or HMI will have unlimited access to the system memory area with the
ability to control the LMC-400 remotely.
Contact IIS for full system solutions utilizing computer programming or HMI systems.
