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Re: Impact and Capability of Motor Brakes?

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Originally Posted by Argon27 View Post
I talked to the drive team about this and they prefer it on coast. Now we are looking at switching to CAN in future years so we can change that on the fly.
If this is the only reason you're considering CAN, you may also want to look into configuring one of your GPIO pins to control this. This can be done by tying the signal line to the center pin; an OFF signal will bring you to break; an ON signal will set it to coast.

See Table 7, p6.
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