Kollmorgen Visualization Builder (KVB) software has built in alarm features. Users can easily determine when certain values of tags will raise alarms, how they are displayed on the HMI, how they can be cleared, how users can view a history of past…
Video embedded below will show how you can create and launch a Kollmorgen Visualization Builder (KVB) project from within the KAS IDE software. When this is done, all the variables/tags that have a check in the KVB column of the KAS IDE Dictionary…
Below video goes through steps to setup communication between an OPC UA server and an AKI HMI panel using KVB software. Will have to go to the Tag setup screen to add another "controller" to the project which in this case is the OPC UA server. Need…
With KVB, recipe data will get lost when adding/removing tags or changing data types on tags (variables). The following procedure outlines how to save the data for use with the changed layout:
A recipe can be used in an HMI program to store and select groups of data to be used without having to enter the data each time it is used. It is easy to create a recipe in KVB by clicking on Insert / Recipe and give the recipe a name.
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This page contains links to the sample projects created in all versions of KVB.
These projects are for use in AKI panels connected directly to AKD servo drives and communicating over Modbus TCP. The AKI panel is the master and all AKD…
Firmware on an AKI-CDB Panel can be loaded either by Ethernet or by USB.
Setup if Loading via Ethernet
If loading via Ethernet, make sure that the computer IP address is in the same range as the AKI - CDB Panel and that the subnet mask is the…