Motion Bus and Fieldbuses

Depending on the fieldbus used in your project (i.e., EtherCAT, PROFINET, etc.), you must make use of the configuration tools.

The controller can be connected to multiple Ethernet devices simultaneously by connecting a switch to the top of the controller:

AKD PDMM and PCMM	PCMM2G
X32 port on the top of the controller: Figure 1: AKD PDMM and PCMM X32 switch connections.	X31 or X32 port on the top of the controller: Figure 2: PCMM2G X31 and X32 switch connections.

AKD PDMM and PCMM

PCMM2G

X32 port on the top of the controller:

Figure 1: AKD PDMM and PCMM X32 switch connections.

X31 or X32 port on the top of the controller:

Figure 2: PCMM2G X31 and X32 switch connections.

See the Controller Performance Guidelines for information on how the CPU load is affected when transmitting and receiving data between network devices and PLC variables.

EtherCAT

For configuration, see click here....
For I/O mapping, see click here....
For error management, see click here....
For EtherCAT XML Device Description, see the Beckhoff website.

EtherNet/IP

The KAS Runtime includes a fully integrated EtherNet/IP Adapter driver and Scanner driver for exchanging data with EtherNet/IP tag-based devices such as PLCs.

EtherNet/IP Adapter (server), Scanner (client), Tag Client, and FlexIO/Point IO configurations are supported.
- Use drag and drop for mapping PLC variables to PROFINET.
Setting up EtherNet/IP IO Scanner (Client).
Setting up EtherNet/IP Adapter (Server).
Setting up EtherNet/IP Tag Client.

Modbus and TCP/IP

Setting up Modbus Slave.

PROFINET

This fieldbus is PROFIBUS over Ethernet.

We define one controller and have one or more devices.

Configuration

For configuring the controller, see Configure a PROFINET IO Controller.
For configuring devices, see Configure a PROFINET IO Device.