What's New in WorkBench 2.0?
WorkBench 2.0 contains changes to project structure, navigation tree, and improved views.
Status Bar
WorkBench 2.0 displays a multi-axis status bar with faults and warnings indicators.
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New AKD2G Views
The AKD2G has a number of unique new views in WorkBench. This section provides a high-level overview.
Hardware Configuration View
This view configures the usage of all or a part of a connector. The same connector (or part of it) could be used as a feedback source or as general I/O.
See Hardware Configuration for more information.
Feedback Views
The AKD2G provides more Feedback Devices possibilities than AKD. The new view allows the user to get a quick overview of all the feedbacks.
Each feedback can be selected to view more details and configuration options:
See Feedback View and Feedback Devices for more information.
Actions View
The Actions table can configure different tasks triggered by a source, and a condition applied to the source value. It replaces the digital input modes available in AKD, being much more flexible and scalable as new tasks and sources are added in the future.
See Action Table for more information.
Distributed Drives (AKD-C/N)
With device selection now in the primary tree (top) of the dual-tree navigation, the sub devices are displayed in the tree underneath the power supply structure. To automatically create and update the topology structure, we have put in place a new distributed network discovery scan:
Once mapping is done and validated, WorkBench will create or update the structure of the distributed topology:
Each time you connect to an AKD-C, a scan will automatically be launched to ensure that the topology structure is synchronized. Disconnecting from the AKD-C will prevent connection to its sub-devices.
