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Export ClassificationApplicable for ServoStar drives S300, S400, S600, S700 inglês
Emergency Brake of Permanent Magnet Servo MotorsEmergency Stops The Back EMF (BEMF) of a Permanent Magnet Servo motor is commonly used to quickly stop a mechanism as a result of a power failure. inglês
EIP Dynamic Drive Parameter MappingStarting with firmware 1.13.0.4, the AKD now has the ability to add additional drive parameters to the Polled I/O send and receive cyclic data. the attached zip file has an explanation and sample code.   inglês
Acceleration and Velocity Limits in EtherCat Position ModeWhen using the AKD with EtherCAT in Interpolated Position mode, are the AKD's Acceleration, Deceleration, and Velocity limits active? No they are not.  The accel, decel, and velocity needs to be managed by the trajectory generator in the EtherCAT master. inglês
EIP improved fault clear add in blockThere seems to be a race condition with the AKD compactlogix addin block for fault reset.  The Customer has to know to also trigger the drive disable block before they can enable the drive again.  Attached is an improved Fault Clear addin block that both clears the fault and resets the inglês
S600 with -550 in part numberThe S600 drives built for sale in North America have a -550 suffix, e.g. S60301-550.  These are all base drives with no option card installed.  Kollmorgen - Radford will install the option card (if required) and re-label with the correct part number, e.g. inglês
Bonding an AKMH Servo Motor Cable's Shield to the AKD's Ground (PE) PlateThis article describes how to remove the outer cable jacket from the AKMH motor cable and solidly clamp it to the servo drive’s grounding bracket. inglês
MMG Cable setsThere are 2 different cable sets for the MMG, depending upon the encoder selection.  These cables are 10 feet long ( the "120" in the part number is length in inches). inglês
AKD X10 Primary Mating Connector - 15-Pin Male High Density D-Sub breakout boardKollmorgen does offer a Male 15-pin High-Density D-Sub connector with breakout board. Customers can use this for the X10 Feedback primary connector on AKD units. inglês