Softmotion using CANOpen/EtherCAT with 3rd party drives

Hi,
We have a LabVIEW application on Windows that is controlling 3 Bosch rexroth servodrives using CANOpen.
(Using Industrial Communications for CANOpen toolkit) and PCI-8531.
The application is controlling the 3 drives individually (no motion control / NC)
We would like to upgrade this application so that we can do motion control (combine the individual drives to make NC-movements).
I found this link : softmotion using CANOpen : http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/nl/nid/201873
However this is only with certain 3rd party servodrives. Is there a solution for other CiA DSP 402 compliant servodrives?
Is my only alternative to switch to EtherCAT servodrives and use the NI SoftMotion for EtherCAT?
Will this work with any 3rd party ethercat drive (in this case Bosch Rexroth Indradrive Cs)?
Thanks!

Hi Thomas,
1) The NI Softmotion Controller for CANopen is no longer a sold product and therefore would not be a viable upgrade path.
However, there are Third Party Add-Ons (developed by partners) that are written for CiA402 compliant devices.
The first example I found was the following one:
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/nl/nid/210877
If you want to verify if this 3rd party toolkit also support your CANOpen Modules, then you should verify this with the 3rd party.
2) If you are planning to use the NI SoftMotion Module, then the following table can be useful in determining which HW/SW combinations will work (eg. EtherCAT):
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/5F019205291BF02686257A07007D1B06?OpenDocument
Aside from which interface you are going to use (eg. EtherCAT, ...) it would be also important to keep in mind the NI Hardware set-up you are going to use (eg. cRIO).
Using the NI SoftMotion Module for specific Interfaces imposes some requirements for the type of hardware that can/should be used:
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371093T-01/mclvhowto/smrequirements/
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371093T-01/mclvhowto/motionprojectresourcesecatdrive/
One of the first requirements for this would be that you have to use a Real-Time Controller.
One solution to accomplish this could be to use a cRIO with an EtherCAT port and connect an etherCAT based drive to it (eg. AKD drive).

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