Motion Bus and Fieldbuses

Depending on the fieldbus used in your project (i.e., EtherCAT, PROFINET, etc.), you must use the configuration tools.

• EtherCAT
• EtherNet/IP
• Modbus and TCP/IP
• PROFINET
• OPC UA

The controller can be connected to multiple Ethernet devices simultaneously by connecting a switch to the top of the controller:

AKD PDMM and PCMM	PCMM2G
X32 port on the top of the controller: Figure 1: AKD PDMM and PCMM X32 switch connections.	X31 or X32 port on the top of the controller: Figure 2: PCMM2G X31 and X32 switch connections.

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• See the Controller Performance Guidelines on how the CPU load is affected when transmitting and receiving data between network devices and PLC variables.

EtherCAT

• For configuration, see Configure EtherCAT Motion Bus.
• For I/O mapping, see Map Input and Output to Variables.
• For error management, see EtherCAT Error Messages.
• For EtherCAT XML Device Description, see the Beckhoff website.

EtherNet/IP

The KAS Runtime includes a fully integrated EtherNet/IP Adapter driver and Scanner driver for exchanging data with EtherNet/IP tag-based devices such as PLCs.

• EtherNet/IP Adapter (server), Scanner (client), Tag Client, and FlexIO/Point IO configurations are supported.
  • Use drag and drop for mapping PLC variables to PROFINET.
• Setting up EtherNet/IP IO Scanner (Client).
• Setting up EtherNet/IP Adapter (Server).
• Setting up EtherNet/IP Tag Client.

Modbus and TCP/IP

• Setting up Modbus Slave.

PROFINET

This fieldbus is PROFIBUS over Ethernet.

We define one controller and have one or more devices.

Configuration

• For configuring the controller, see Configure a PROFINET IO Controller.
• For configuring devices, see Configure a PROFINET IO Device.

OPC UA

The Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) is a standardized, platform-independent communication protocol developed by the OPC Foundation.

• It is designed for secure, reliable, and interoperable machine-to-machine communication in industrial automation environments.
• The KAS Runtime includes a fully integrated OPC UA Server driver for exchanging data with OPC UA client devices (e.g., PLC, HMI, etc.)
• See OPC UA Server.