Using the KAS Web server

Kollmorgen Automation Suite™ comes with a Web server used to perform these operations:

  • Read information about the controller (i.e., model, runtime or firmware version, KAS version).
  • 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 devices.

Access the Web server

The Web server is accessed either with:

Web Browser Access

  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, double-click the controller node.
  3. Click Access Webserver from the right-mouse menu.

Controller B3 Access

Use this procedure if you do not know the IP address assigned to the controller.

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

Links

The controller shows these links:

  • Login
    • Opens the Kollmorgen controller login dialog.
  • Home tab
  • Contact Us
    • Shows Kollmorgen Support contact information.
  • About
    • Shows the Kollmorgen Automation Suite copyright information.

Tabs

The controller shows these tabs: