AKD CANopen | 4 Installation and Setup
4.3 Guide to Setup
Only professional personnel with extensive knowledge of control and drive
technology are allowed to setup the drive.
Make sure that any unintended movement of the drive cannot endanger
machinery or personnel.
1. Check assembly/installation. Check that all the safety instructions in the product manual for the drive and
this manual have been observed and implemented. Check the setting for the station address and baud rate.
2. Connect PC,start WorkBench. Use the setup software WorkBench to set the parameters for the drive.
3. Setup basic functions. Start up the basic functions of the drive and optimize the current, speed and position
controllers. This section of the setup is described in the in the online help of the setup software.
4. Save parameters. When the parameters have been optimized, save them in the drive.
5. Start up communication. The altered parameters will only become effective after a reboot (switch off 24V and
switch on again). Adjust the transmission rate of the AKD to match the master.
6. Test communication. Check for the bootup-message, when you switch on the drive. Do an SDO read access
on index 0x1000 subindex 0 (DeviceType).
7. Setup position controller. Setup the position controller, as described in the WorkBench online help.
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