Read the KAS Manuals

If you prefer to read printed material, these manuals (in PDF format) are available:

Document Title

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Release Notes

The KAS Release Notes contain a summary of:

  • New features, fixed and known limitations, workarounds
  • Information on all hardware and software components that have been updated, changed, or added in the release.

Getting Started

Contains these main steps to get the KAS system up and running.

  • Hardware (HW) Installation (Connection and Wiring): Wiring and hardware details, connectors, system diagrams.
  • HW Configuration: Basic configuration and settings needed to start the HW components (e.g., HMI, Industrial PC, Fieldbus, I/O).
  • Software (SW) Installation: KAS software setup.

30 Minutes to Motion

Contains the main topics to get started quickly with KAS-IDE.

The objective is to familiarize you with the basic principles and the way the program works by creating a simple motion application project.

This document contains information about:

  • Key Features
    • See the Key Features in KAS.
  • Explore the Workspace
  • Build a Motion Project
    • Almost every task performed in KAS falls under one of these basic steps (which may not always be completed in this order):
    • Start Projects - Create a project from scratch or modify an existing project.
      See Create a Project.
    • Add Components - Add necessary elements to build the project and control the motion part of the system.
      This includes: Create Variables, Adding Motion, and Programs: Structure and Syntax.
    • Build Output - Select a device and generate the application to deliver to users.
      See Run the Project.
    • Run Output - Make the output accessible to end-users.

KAS-IDE User Manual

Contains content to help with KAS-IDE except the topics included in the Reference Manuals.

Reference Manual - PLC Library

Contains Technical References on PLC Programming Languages and Library.

Reference Manual - Motion Library

Contains Technical References on Motion Library for Pipe Network and PLCopen.

See the List of Documentation for more information.