text: <s>[INST] Generic Sercos Card Does anybody have any information on a 1756-M08SEG Card? There doesn't seem to be anything published. my local branch doesn't seem to be any help either. [/INST] The M08SEG is a bit of an engineered product. It has been tested with Indramat drives and others with success but should not be thought of as a canned product that will control anything out there. The major problem is in the different vendors implementation of the SERCOS standard. Here is an excerpt from an FAQ: SERCOS interface is covered by the IEC/EN 61491.standard. The standard defines multiple operating modes and over 500 standard parameters. While all vendors of SERCOS interface products generally follow the IEC/EN 61491 standard there are a number of issues that made multi-vendor interoperability and interchangeability difficult. To address this issue the Pack Profile specification was developed. It defines a specific set of operating modes and parameters defined in the IEC/EN 61491 standard that must be supported. A conformance testing/certification process is also enforced. The Pack Profile specification (V1.2) and a list of compliant drives is available at www.sercos.org. \\n </s>