Using the KAS Web Server

Kollmorgen Automation Suite™ comes with a web server that allows you to perform the following operations:

• Read information about the controller (model, Runtime In computer science, runtime (or run-time) describes the operation of a computer program, the duration of its execution, from beginning to termination (compare compile time). Within KAS, runtime also refers to the virtual machine that manage the program written in a computer language while it is running/firmware version, version of your KAS application)
• Interact with your application (Start and Stop your KAS application)
• View real and simulated axes
• Connect to a shared directory
• See all the log messages
• Upgrade the controller firmware ‡
• Change the IP address ‡
• View system diagnostics including storage space, memory and CPU temperature ‡
• Reset the controller to factory settings
• Backup/Restore the controller ‡
• Backup/Restore EtherCAT ***EtherCAT 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 devices

‡ AKD PDMM and PCMM only

The web server may be accessed two ways:

1. Open a web browser and enter the controller's IP address.
2. From the Controller node in the Project tree in the KAS IDE "Integrated development environment" An integrated development environment is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software. IDEs normally consist of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build-automation tools, and a debugger.
   • Double-click the Controller node
   • Select "Access Webserver" from the right-mouse menu.

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• If you do not know the IP address assigned to the controller:

  1. Press B3 once. The 7-segment display will flash the letters I and P.
  2. Press B2 to select the IP option. The 7-segment display will show the IP address.

The web server consists of the home page, and the KAS Application, Settings, Backup & Restore, Diagnostics and Help tabs. The Help tab is a link which opens the Web Server manual.

Figure 6-1: The Webserver Tabs as seen on an AKD PDMM webserver.

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• Browser Requirements: We recommend using Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Edge or later for accessing the web server.