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Your partner in motion control
Welcome to the Commander Ecosystem—Nippon Pulse's unified motion control solution where flexibility meets performance. The family includes programmable motion control ICs for embedded design, standalone controllers for ready-to-deploy applications, and the new Control Max series, which integrates a servo controller and driver into a single system-level unit. All Commander products share a common software platform, so code written for one transfers seamlessly to another—empowering you to prototype with agility and scale to production with confidence. Explore the Commander Ecosystem and discover motion control that adapts to your vision.
Nippon Pulse offers online manuals, software downloads and support for the Commander series of products:
Click on a tab below for more information.
Commander
Commander motion controller core (CMD-4CR) is a first-in-class, advanced 4-axis standalone-programmable motion controller hybrid IC. The Commander core design provides OEMs with the convenience of an off-the-shelf controller and the technology of a designed-from-scratch controller. As such, it exhibits the best qualities of both types of controllers:
The operation manual for the Commander Family of products. It provides an overall introduction to the Commander motion controller, its theory of operation, basic communication, and programming language overview. The operation manual also includes mechanical and electrical specifications.
Commander manualThe command reference for the Commander Family of products. Provides details and examples of every command.
NPA Command ReferenceThe communication guide, covers USB and use of the DLL/API, as well as RS485 communication for the Commander Family of products.
Commander CommunicationThe Firmware Update guide, covers the process of updating the firmware for the Commander Family of products.
CMD Firmware Update GuideDevelopment Kits
Nippon Pulse offers a range of development kits to help engineers quickly evaluate and integrate the Commander motion control core into their applications.
CMD-4CR-EV manual
CMD-4CR-EV is an advanced 4-axis evaluation board, designed to allow quick testing of the 2 and 4 axes Commander core (CMD-2CR and CMD-4CR) motion controller’s features. (Together the Commander core and evaluation board make up the Commander Development Kit.) Communication to the CMD-4CR-EV and thus CMD-4CR, is established over USB or RS-485 network.
CMD-4CR-EV manualCMD-4CR-EV Online Advanced Development Kit
The CMD-4CR-EV-Advanced (Advanced development kit) includes the Commander 4CR evaluation board, a CMD-4CR Commander core, development kit (with reference designs), and complete cable set for all connectors (NPA cable kit part number Z3-210-120-01). You can access the online section of this kit with the link below.
CMD-4CR-EV Advanced Development KitCMD series controllers
The CMD series of motion controllers are designed for precise control of multi-axis motion systems, offering robust performance and easy integration into various applications.
CMD-4EX-SA
The Commander based Advanced 4-Axis Motion Controller with USB/RS-485 Communication (CMD-4EX-SA) is a standalone and easy to install version of the Commander motion controller hybrid IC. The Commander-4EX-SA design provides users with the convenience of an off-the-shelf controller that is easy to integrate into there design.
The operation manual for the Commander-4EX-SA Family of products.
CMD-4EX-SA manualControl Max series h5
CMD-CM3-10
The CMD-CM3-10 is a part of the Control Max series of motion controllers, designed for precise control of multi-axis motion systems. It offers robust performance and easy integration into various applications.
The operation manual for the CMD-CM3-10.
CMD-CM3-10 manualSoftware
Commander Control Utility
Nippon Pulse has made two Windows GUI programs available for use with the Commander series of Motion Controllers.
The Commander Control Utility is a basic Windows GUI program that serves two main functions:
(1) Provides a shortcut to every ASCII command to assist in testing and troubleshooting the setup of the Commander core and your own interface code.
(2) Allows you to test, program, compile, download and debug the controller using the standalone language.
Commander Control UtilityNippon Pulse Terminal Utility
The Nippon Pulse Terminal Utility is intended for advanced users. It works with all Nippon Pulse controllers. It has three main functions:
(1) Terminal mode allows for quick testing of individual ASCII commands. It also shows total cycle timing of each ASCII command.
(2) ASCII Programs allows the creation of ASCII programs to test of the proposed code.
(3) Auto Control Programs provides the ability to write scripts that fully control of the terminal utility, including running of ASCII programs and logging the results.
NPA Terminal UtilityNPA Language Utility
The Nippon Pulse GUI programs are designed to support multiple languages. Nippon Pulse GUI programs can fully support any ASCII or Unicode language. It does this by using language packets. The NPA Language Utility can be used to edit a language pack.
NPA Language UtilityDownloads
For your convenience, here are links for downloading all the Software and drivers for the Commander Family of products.
| Type | Program | Description | Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUI Software | Commander Control Software | GUI Software | 202a |  |
| GUI Software | NPA Terminal Utility | Terminal Utility install version | 2.49 | |
| GUI Software | NPA Terminal Utility | Terminal Utility portable version | 2.49-P | |
| Commander Firmware | V3xx Firmware updater | (Current) V3xx Firmware updater software | 1.1 | |
| Commander Firmware | V3xx Firmware files | V3xx Firmware files | --- |  |
| Commander DLL's | Commander DLL/API installer | Installs DLL and Development DLL pack | 1.3.170 | |
| Commander Help | Commander Off-Line Help files | Installs the offline help files for the Control Utility | 1.0.0 | |
| Support Installers | --- | The following links are to the official Microsoft downloads, are provided for your convenience. | --- | --- |
| Support Installers | mscomstl.ocx installer from Microsoft for A-Script compiler | Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Common Controls | 1.0 | |
| Support Installers | Microsoft .NET Framework | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 Installer x86-x64 English | 4.7.2 | |
| Support Installers | VC++ 2017 redistributable x64 | The X64 Redistributable package contains both ARM64 and X64 binaries. | --- | |
| Support Installers | VC++ 2017 redistributable x86 | Link downloads from Microsoft | --- | |
old Downloads
Links for downloading old versions of Software.
| Type | Program | Description | Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commander Firmware | V2xx Firmware updater | (Current) V2xx Firmware updater software | 1.5.149 | |
| Commander Firmware | V2xx Firmware files | V2xx Firmware files | --- | |
| Commander Firmware | V1xx Firmware updater | (Old) V1xx Firmware updater software | 1.0.5 | |
| Commander Firmware | V1xx Firmware files | V1xx Firmware files | --- | |
Your partner in motion control
Welcome to the Commander Ecosystem—Nippon Pulse's unified motion control solution where flexibility meets performance. The family includes programmable motion control ICs for embedded design, standalone controllers for ready-to-deploy applications, and the new Control Max series, which integrates a servo controller and driver into a single system-level unit. All Commander products share a common software platform, so code written for one transfers seamlessly to another—empowering you to prototype with agility and scale to production with confidence. Explore the Commander Ecosystem and discover motion control that adapts to your vision.
Nippon Pulse offers online manuals, software downloads and support for the Commander series of products:
Click on a link below to open the desired online manual.
Commander
The operation manual for the Commander Family of products. It provides an overall introduction to the Commander motion controller, its theory of operation, basic communication, and programming language overview. The operation manual also includes mechanical and electrical specifications.
Commander manualThe command reference for the Commander Family of products. Provides details and examples of every command.
NPA Command ReferenceThe communication guide, covers USB and use of the DLL/API, as well as RS485 communication for the Commander Family of products.
Commander CommunicationThe Firmware Update guide, covers the process of updating the firmware for the Commander Family of products.
CMD Firmware Update GuideDevelopment Kits
CMD-4CR-EV manual
CMD-4CR-EV is an advanced 4-axis evaluation board, designed to allow quick testing of the Commander core (CMD-4CR) motion controller’s features. (Together the Commander core and evaluation board make up the Commander Development Kit.) Communication to the CMD-4CR-EV and thus CMD-4CR, is established over USB or RS-485 network.
CMD-4CR-EV manualCMD-4CR-EV Online Advanced Development Kit
The CMD-4CR-EV-Advanced (Advanced development kit) includes the Commander 4CR evaluation board, a CMD-4CR Commander core, development kit (with reference designs), and complete cable set for all connectors (NPA cable kit part number Z3-210-120-01). You can access the online section of this kit with the link below.
CMD-4CR-EV Advanced Development KitCMD-4EX-SA
The Commander based Advanced 4-Axis Motion Controller with USB/RS-485 Communication (CMD-4EX-SA) is a standalone and easy to install version of the Commander motion controller hybrid IC. The Commander-4EX-SA design provides users with the convenience of an off-the-shelf controller that is easy to integrate into there design.
The operation manual for the Commander-4EX-SA Family of products.
CMD-4EX-SA manualSoftware
Commander Control Utility
Nippon Pulse has made two Windows GUI programs available for use with the Commander series of Motion Controllers.
The Commander Control Utility is a basic Windows GUI program that serves two main functions:
(1) Provides a shortcut to every ASCII command to assist in testing and troubleshooting the setup of the Commander core and your own interface code.
(2) Allows you to test, program, compile, download and debug the controller using the standalone language.
Commander Control UtilityNippon Pulse Terminal Utility
The Nippon Pulse Terminal Utility is intended for advanced users. It works with all Nippon Pulse controllers. It has three main functions:
(1) Terminal mode allows for quick testing of individual ASCII commands. It also shows total cycle timing of each ASCII command.
(2) ASCII Programs allows the creation of ASCII programs to test of the proposed code.
(3) Auto Control Programs provides the ability to write scripts that fully control of the terminal utility, including running of ASCII programs and logging the results.
NPA Terminal UtilityNPA Language Utility
The Nippon Pulse GUI programs are designed to support multiple languages. Nippon Pulse GUI programs can fully support any ASCII or Unicode language. It does this by using language packets. The NPA Language Utility can be used to edit a language pack.
NPA Language UtilityDownloads
For your convenience, on the desktop version of this site we are providing links for downloading all the Software and drivers for the Commander Family of products. Please use the Desktop version of this site and click on the downloads tab to access all downloads.