Introduction

This is a practical user guide on how to use MotionLab3 in its full capabilities.

It includes information on how to connect to your drive, update the firmware, how-to articles and troubleshooting sections, and much more.

The best way to get started is reading the General overview page.

This manual is up to date with the following software version: 1.9.0

This manual is also based only for the Summit devices with the following firmware version: 1.4.2 (both EtherCAT and CANopen)

Updating software and firmware versions

If you currently have either an earlier MotionLab3 version or an older firmware version installed on your drive, we strongly recommend to update it to at least the version mentioned above. If you do not know how to do this, please refer to the following tutorials:

• How do I know if I have the latest firmware version installed in my drive?

• How do I know if I have the latest MotionLab3 software version installed on my computer?

• Firmware update