Trade Compliance >

Kollmorgen is committed to sourcing components and materials from companies that share our values regarding respect for human rights, integrity and environmental responsibility. Kollmorgen is also committed to complying with Section 1502, in…

AKT and AKT2G Remote I/O Comparison >

The AKT2G family is recommended for new applications requiring remote I/O in a PCMM or PDMM KAS application. This article and attachment compares the AKT2G Remote I/O family with the AKT Remote I/O family.

Getting Started with PxMM UDP Communications - using Packet Sender >

This application note uses the PC utility Packet Sender (download at  https://packetsender.com/) to perform simple communications between a PxMM and a PC.  The program “udpProgram” in the project UDP test Send-Receive First Transmission Each Way.kas…

KAS v3.07 is now available!! >

New Features Modular EtherCAT Topology AKT2G-BRC-000-000 - Brake chopper terminal Modify PLCopen axis user units from a program IDE Improvements For more details, please see the attached release note.

KAS Stepper Control with AKT2G slices >

AKT2G-SM-L50-000 and AKT2G-SM-L15-000 EtherCAT stepper drives allow you to control Stepper motors up to 5 Amp (6.5 with fan cartridge AKT2G-AC-FAN-001) with a PDMM or PCMM controller. The same function blocks used with servo motors are used in the…

Coupler Sizing - AKT2G Remote IO >

The AKD-PDMM controller/drive, PCMM standalone controller, AKD, AKD2G, and S700 drives all contain hardware I/O that can be used in an application to interface to other control elements on the machine. Typically, to minimize overall system cost, IO…

KAS v3.04 is now available!! >

New features include TCP/IP Function Blocks, BBH FSoE Master + SafePLC with KAS-IDE and AKD2G w/ SMM, KAS IDE-WorkBench Improvements, new File Management functions, DriveParamStrRead, Multi-select PDO objects, new axis parameter to read PLCopen user…

AKD2G Drives in a KAS - PCMM or PDMM Based System  >

The AKD2G can be used in a KAS Motion/Machine control system with PCMM controller or PDMM controller/drive . This application note outlines new/different features to be cognizant of when developing a KAS application that includes  AKD2G drives. After…

Integrating external encoder feedback in a PxMM application  >

This article outlines setting up a digitizing axis (secondary external encoder) or encoder master in a PxMM controller application that is using the PLCopen motion engine. The encoder input port is: AKD connector X9. Acceptable formats for the…