Time to be responsive

When using a motion network, try to anticipate the kinds of signaling that will be required in your application. Does the behavior of the motion depend on the status of signals located on another part of the machine? Will you place sensors, and other non-motion controlled actuators, such as relays, on the network bus? How quickly does the motion have to shut down if an error occurs? Depending on the answers to these questions you may be able to place some of the systems on a motion network, none of them, or all of them. The answers to these questions will, at a minimum, influence the type of network you choose.