Installing Hardware

Before your motion application can be up and running, you first need to connect, wire and configure all your hardware components.

The Getting Started guide contains procedures for installing and configuring hardware components (HMIClosed"Human-machine interfaces " Also known as computer-human interfaces (CHI), and formerly known as man-machine interfaces, they are usually employed to communicate with PLCs and other computers, such as entering and monitoring temperatures or pressures for further automated control or emergency response, controllers, I/O Terminals, EtherCATClosedEtherCAT is an open, high-performance Ethernet-based fieldbus system. The development goal of EtherCAT was to apply Ethernet to automation applications which require short data update times (also called cycle times) with low communication jitter (for synchronization purposes) and low hardware costs Motion Bus, AKD Drive, and AKM Motor).

Figure 4-1: Connecting all the Hardware components

Links to installation instructions for hardware components can be found in the following table.

Component Installation

HMI (Human-Machine Interface)

Install the graphic operator interface.

See HMI - Graphic Operator Interface

Controller

Install the PCMM or AKD PDMM controller.

See Install Controller - PDMM & PCMM

EtherCAT Motion Bus

Set up EtherCAT Motion Bus Communication.

See AKD™ EtherCAT Communication

I/O Terminal

I/O Modules

Install the remote Input/Output Terminal.

See Remote Input/Output - I/O Terminal

AKD Drive

Drive

Install a AKD or AKD2G Drive.

See AKD Installation Manual and also AKD Quick Start.

Available from KDN: AKD Downloads

AKM and AKM2G Motor

Motor

Install the AKM or AKM2G Motor.

Mechanical and Electrical installation.

Available from KDN. AKM DownloadsAKM2G Downloads

Table 4-1: Kollmorgen Automation Suite Installation and Configuration