KAS project EtherCAT mapping - S700 Dig Inputs >

The following outlines setting up KAS project to read S700 Digital Inputs into a PxMM program: Through high speed , deterministic PDO channel: Use S700 FW 5.18 or greater Set DRVCNFG3 Bit 16 = 1

Setup of EtherCAT master to run an AKD in “DS402: Cyclic Synchronous Position Mode” >

November 4, 2016 AKD Firmware 1.15.0.1 Objective: We, Kollmorgen, supply an AKD.XML file to be used with the EtherCAT CoE Master.  It has one default configuration, “Interpolated Position”.  Many Customers want to use different configurations from…

Setup of EtherCAT Master To Run An AKD In “DS402: Profile Torque Mode” >

EtherCAT master configuration for Profile Torque mode.

Restarting the PxMM Motion Engine when an Ethercat Fault occurs >

The status of the Ethercat/motion Engine can be monitored with the MLMotionStatus function block. http://kdn.kollmorgen.com/webhelp/kas/#11.TechRefs/MLMotionStatus.htm?Highlight=MLMotion In a Project with the PLCopen Motion Engine, if the Ethercat…

Ethercat Overview - Kollmorgen AKD-P and AKD-PDMM >

The attached PowerPoint covers the following subjects: •Why Use Kollmorgen Ethercat ? •Basic Principles and Capabilities •Communication Overview •AKD Implementation •PDMM Implementation

Using AKD I/O in PxMM KAS IDE project  >

In the IDE project , the way to read/write an  AKD analog or digital  IO  is to first link a variable in the dictionary to the I/O point as follows: - Go to the AKD drive item in the EtherCAT section of the project tree. Double click on the…

Recovery after EtherCAT error >

The following are the steps to recover from  EtherCAT error E30 and enable the drives for motion.

KAS Network Overview >

The following document outlines the EtherCAT based networks that KAS supports and key parameters that define each of the  network.