Encoder specifying method and driver

A method for specifying an encoder attached to a motor that is a target of control processing by a driver in a predetermined communication state in which the driver and the encoder are communicable,

• the motor being able to transmit and receive a signal between the encoder and a winding of the motor
• the method comprising:
• a first step of connecting the driver and the motor by a power line;
• a second step of transmitting first identification information for identifying a transmission side in the driver and the motor from the transmission side to a reception side through the power line between the driver and the motor connected by the power line;
• and
• a third step of specifying the encoder corresponding to the driver with respect to the control processing using at least the first identification information,
• wherein in the second step, the first identification information for identifying the driver is transmitted from the driver to the encoder through the power line, and the second identification information for identifying the encoder together with the first identification information is sent back from the encoder to the driver through a communication path associated with the predetermined communication state, and
• in the third step, the driver specifies that the encoder identified by the sent-back second identification information corresponds to the driver based on a comparison result between the sent-back first identification information and own identification information owned by the driver.

A driver that performs control processing of a motor by using detection from an encoder attached to the motor being able to transmit and receive a signal between the encoder and a winding, the driver comprising:

• a communication unit configured to transmit or receive first identification information for identifying a transmission side of the driver and the motor between the driver and the motor through a power line connecting the driver and the motor in a predetermined communication state in which the driver is communicable with the encoder;
• and
• a controller configured to specify the encoder corresponding to the driver with respect to the control processing using at least the first identification information,
• wherein the communication unit receives the first identification information for identifying the encoder from the encoder to the driver through each of the power line and the communication path associated with the predetermined communication state, and
• the controller specifies that the encoder identified by the first identification information corresponds to the driver based on a comparison result between two pieces of the first identification information transmitted through the power line and the communication path.

A driver that performs control processing of a motor by using detection from an encoder attached to the motor being able to transmit and receive a signal between the encoder and a winding, the driver comprising:

• a communication unit configured to transmit or receive first identification information for identifying a transmission side of the driver and the motor between the driver and the motor through a power line connecting the driver and the motor in a predetermined communication state in which the driver is communicable with the encoder;
• and
• a controller configured to specify the encoder corresponding to the driver with respect to the control processing using at least the first identification information,
• wherein the communication unit transmits the first identification information for identifying the driver from the driver to the encoder through the power line, and receives second identification information for identifying the encoder together with the first identification information from the encoder through a communication path associated with the predetermined communication state, and
• the controller specifies that the encoder identified by the received second identification information corresponds to the driver based on a comparison result between the received first identification information and own identification information owned by the driver.