Getting Started with AKD EtherCAT Drives and NI SoftMotion
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© National Instruments
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Note
For more information about downloading and getting started with EtherCAT
hardware drivers, go to
ni.com/info
and enter Info Code
ecatdriver
.
Note
Refer to the
NI SoftMotion ReadMe
to ensure the installed version of
NI-Industrial Communications for EtherCAT is compatible with your installation of
the NI SoftMotion module.
Figure 1 shows a simplified connection diagram.
Figure 1.
AKD EtherCAT Servo Drive Connection Diagram
Related Documentation
The following documents contain additional information that you may find helpful. All
referenced documents ship with the product and are available at
ni.com/manuals
.
•
AKD Installation Manual
—Use this document to learn additional information about the
electrical and mechanical aspects of the AKD EtherCAT servo drive, including important
safety information.
•
Documentation for the CompactRIO or PXI controller (shipped with the hardware and
available at
ni.com/manuals
).
•
LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module Help
—Use this help file to learn about using the
NI SoftMotion Module in LabVIEW including information about programming with and
using the NI SoftMotion Module with LabVIEW. To access this help file from LabVIEW,
select
Help»LabVIEW Help
, then expand the
LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module
book on
the
Contents
tab.
•
NI Industrial Communications for EtherCAT software documentation.
AKD EtherCAT
S
ervo Drive
NI RT Controller
(NI cRIO-9074
s
hown)
+24 V Power
Su
pply
(NI P
S
-15
S
hown)
Addition
a
l AKD
S
ervo Drive
s
(Option
a
l)
EtherCAT M
as
ter
EtherCAT
EtherCAT
+24 V Power
Su
pply
Ethernet
Ethernet
