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Kollmorgan AKD drive communication via MODBUS TCP/IP

by: Member
‎12-19-2020 12:04 PM

Products and Environment

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    Hardware

  • Data Acquisition (DAQ)
  • Industrial Communication
  • Instrument Control

    Software

  • LabVIEW

    Operating System

  • Windows

    Programming Language

  • LabVIEW G

Code and Documents

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Description

This is a collection of VIs I put together a few years ago to enable the control of a Kollmorgan AKD drive via LabVIEW over MODBUS TCP/IP. The various VIs included permit various tasks such as creating a new Motion Task, changing the Operational Mode of the drive and commanding a move. I no longer have access to an AKD to verify the functionality of the VIs, but they might still be of use for someone. N.B: they make use of the NI Modbus library, a copy of which is included.

How to Use

First, use AKD Initialise to open a connection to the drive. Then use the appropriate VIs to perform tasks as required. Once finished, use AKD Close to close the connection and exit.

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Research Engineer



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