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The 7000 controller will have 2 ethernet ports (a hub) that users can use (one tcp/ip address). The ACR9000 has one ethernet port.
*No CanOpen support for the Expansion I/O bus coupler so this changes to the Ethernet/IP bus coupler but all existing I/O modules can stay the same. Configuration in the software needs to be modified for this change.
Like the IPA drive/controller, the 7000 can be an Ethernet/IP master to a Wago 750-363 Ethernet/IP bus coupler for expansion I/O (or Wago's previous 750-352 or 750-341.)
It can also be a slave on an Ethernet/IP network for Allen Bradley PLC or an Omron PLC. This can be done at same time as being an ENIP master to a Wago 750.
*No serial port, no usb port but 5 ethernet streams are supported (ACR9000 supported 4).
No battery! The ACR7000 series are all flash based memory products. Using retentive variables such as P38912 - P39167 (DINT) or P39168 - P39423 (32bit FLOATs)? No worry! The ACR7000 is saving these in the background to behave the same as a battery ACR9000 (9000PxUxBx), with the benefit of not having to periodically replace a battery or modify the program when upgrading.
*No IEC support (most users using the 9600 were using the AcroBASIC programs and not the IEC which wasn't expanded to work on Win10 anyway).
*No ACROPLC support. This was a legacy feature implemented in much older ACR controllers and continued into the 9000 family for backward compatibility but this feature has not been continued into the 7000 models.
*Powered from 24volts. The ACR9000 was powered from 120vac or 240vac.
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Same comACRserver: any PC communications (VB / LabView / .NET / etc) that OEM/machine builders/power end users developed works the same with the 7000 as the 9000.
*The 7000 controller has 1 auxiallary encoder input and is 15pin D-sub and can only be used with incremental quadrature encoders; the ACR9000 had 9pin aux encoder ports (ENC8 and ENC9) that supported both SSI and quadrature encoders.
The same axis cables do not need to be changed, allowing users to easily upgrade systems. The same cables to connect to Parker drives all work with the 7000 series controller: P series, Aries, Compax3, Gemini Servo & Stepper, Zeta, E-AC, etc.The 7000 controller axis connectors encoder support both quadrature encoder and SSI feedback.
*Much smaller: 4axis 9000P3U4B0 and 4axis ACR74C-A0V2C1shown
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The ACR9000 was available in both flash based memory (9000P3U4M0) was a flash based memory where the battery backed RAM was (9000P3U4B0). The ACR7000 series controller is flash based memory only but has non-volatile parameters that are stored, giving users the advantages of a battery backed RAM unit without a battery.
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The programs can be copy & pasted over. That's just text.
*Defines are trickier as in PMM they're in a chart and would have to be inserted in the chart. You can get around this by copying the DEFINES and putting it at the top of Program0 like this (this will throw an error for each define) download but you can ignore the errors on the defines. An import feature will be added new future version of PMM.
Example:
#DEFINE Xposition p12292
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How to get absolute encoder position from P series Indexer (P-series motors with BiSS-C Absolute encoders or MPP/MPJ with 8D, etc):
https://community.parker.com/technologies/electromechanical-group/w/electromechanical-knowledge-base/1632/can-i-get-absolute-encoder-position-from-my-p-series-pulse-indexer-drive P SERIES DRIVES - INDEXER VERSION - CAN I GET ABSOLUTE ENCODER POSITION FROM MY DRIVE?
Pseries drive settings for analog torque / step & direction:
https://community.parker.com/technologies/electromechanical-group/w/electromechanical-knowledge-base/1814/acr9000-pseries-analog-or-step-direction-samples-notes P SERIES DRIVES - INDEXER VERSION - ANALOG MODE OR STEP & DIRECTION (PULSE) MODE SAMPLE CONFIGURATIONS & NOTES FOR ACR9000 AND ACR7000 CONTROLLERS