Welcome to the KAS™ Online Help
The KAS Online Help includes information for setting up and using KAS controllers (AKD PDMM and PCMM), and creating applications using KAS.
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See Search the Online Help System for effective search techniques.
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- This documentation is a living document, meaning it is continually being updated.
It is not the documentation that is associated with a particular release of our software, but a newer version which incorporates recent changes that will be present in a future release.
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Important information about AKD2G and AKD
This help includes documentation for both AKD and AKD2G devices.
Some views are identical, some are applicable only to one device or the other.
The context sensitive help (pressing F1) takes you to the documentation appropriate to the device.
Parameters have been updated or developed to support the multi-axis capabilities of AKD2G (e.g., AIN.CUTOFF (AKD) and AIN#.CUTOFF (AKD2G)) where the # represents axis 1 or 2.
See these topics to understand the changes.- AKD2G vs. AKD
- What's New in WorkBench 2.0?
Join the Kollmorgen Developer Network for product support. Ask the community questions, search the knowledge base for answers, get downloads, and suggest improvements. KDN is an active resource, take a look there if you're still looking for information. |
- Introduced Modular 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 topology to support module maintenance and reuse, and added ECATDeviceAction
- Added the AKT2G-BRC-000-000 Brake Chopper Terminal
- Added support for the -NC model of the AKD family (AKD-Pxxxxx-NCxx-xxxx)
- And more! See the What's New in KAS v4.00 R1 in the Release Notes for more information
- Product pages on KDN:
PDMM ▪ PCMM ▪ KAS IDE ▪ KVB - Videos: KAS Training Videos
- KAS IDE Help (latest beta version) on KDN
- Choosing a KAS Controller
- Kollmorgen YouTube Channel
- Kollmorgen.com website
- KAS IDE Distribution Page
Available to licensed KAS users - Latest KAS-related Downloads
- PCMM Firmware (all releases)
- PDMM Firmware (all releases)
- KVB Downloads
- KAS Manuals (all releases)
- MLAxisAbs
- MLAxisAdd
- MLAxisAddress
- MLAxisAddTq
- MLAxisCfgFastIn
- MLAxisCmdPos
- MLAxisDriveNumber
- MLAxisFBackPos
- MLAxisGenEN
- MLAxisGenIsEN
- MLAxisGenIsRdy
- MLAxisGenPos
- MLAxisGenReadAcc
- MLAxisGenReadDec
- MLAxisGenReadSpd
- MLAxisGenWriteAcc
- MLAxisGenWriteDec
- MLAxisGenWriteSpd
- MLAxisInit
- MLAxisIsCnctd
- MLAxisIsTrigged
- MLAxisMoveVel
- MLAxisPipePos
- MLAxisPower
- MLAxisPowerDOff
- MLAxisRatedTq
- MLAxisReadActPos
- MLAxisReadFBUnit
- MLAxisReadFEUU
- MLAxisReadGenStatus
- MLAxisReadModPos
- MLAxisReadTq
- MLAxisReadUUnits
- MLAxisReadVel
- MLAxisReAlgnRdy
- MLAxisReAlign
- MLAxisRel
- MLAxisResetErrors
- MLAxisRstFastIn
- MLAxisStatus
- MLAxisStop
- MLAxisTimeStamp
- MLAxisWriteModPos
- MLAxisWritePipPos
- MLAxisWritePos
- MLAxisWriteUUnits
- MLPNAxisCreate
- MLMotionCycleTime
- MLMotionInit
- MLMotionRstErr
- MLMotionStart
- MLMotionStatus
- MLMotionStop
- MLMotionSysTime
Generated on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Product version 4.00 R1, June 2023