MID-7604/7602 Stepper Power Motor Drive User Guide 2 ni.comThis icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to avoid injury, data loss,or a system crash. When this symbol is marked on a product, refer to the Specifications sectionof this guide for information about precautions to take.When this symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a component that may be hot. Touchingthis component may result in bodily injury.bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, such as menu items anddialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter names.italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross-reference, or an introduction to a key concept.Italic text also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value that you must supply.monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the keyboard, sectionsof code, programming examples, and syntax examples. This font is also used for the propernames of disk drives, paths, directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names,functions, operations, variables, filenames, and extensions.overline Indicates the signal is active low.IntroductionThe National Instruments MID-7604/7602 power drive is a complete power amplifier and systeminterface for use with four or two axes of simultaneous stepper motion control. Ideally suited toindustrial and laboratory applications, the MID-7604/7602 has everything you need to connect motors,encoders, limit switches, I/O, and other motion hardware to National Instruments motion controllers.The MID-7604/7602 can drive a broad range of stepper motors with its rugged microstepping bipolarchopper driver and user-selectable current-per-phase settings. In all configurations, power supplies arebuilt-in and use standard 230/115 VAC for operation. Electronics are fan-cooled to assure reliableoperation.The MID-7604/7602 simplifies field wiring through separate encoder, limit switch, and motor powerremovable screw terminal connector blocks for each axis. The terminal blocks do not require specialwiring tools for installation. The MID-7604/7602 connects to National Instruments motion controllersusing a 68-pin, high-density interconnect cable.The MID-7604/7602 has four levels of amplifier inhibit/disable protection for motion system shutdown.The front panel contains both enable and power switches for direct motor inhibiting and systempower-down operations. The MID-7604/7602 also has a host bus power interlock that activates aninternal driver inhibit signal if the host computer is shut down or the motion controller interface cable isdisconnected. The inhibit input from the back panel connectors also inhibits the stepper drives whenactivated.The MID-7604/7602 is packaged in a rugged, lightweight enclosure that can be used as a benchtop unit,panel mounted using a panel-mount kit, or rack mounted using a 19-inch standard rack kit.What You Need to Get StartedTo set up and use your MID-7604/7602 accessory, you must have the following items:❑ MID-7604/7602 power drive❑ Power cord (IEC type)