AB Kinetix 6000 drive software

[Mac 1]

Does anyone know of any software other than RS Logix 5000 that can be used to monitor and communicate with Kinetix drives? I have 3 of them on a sercos network and I'd like to be able to get online with them without using Logix 5000 Thanks

[pandersen 0]

You would need the hardware to communicate with the drives first. Do you have anything that would take the place of the PLC SERCOS card?

[Mac 1]

The answer to that question is NO I was thinking I could use RSLinks to communicate with some other application that would do my monitoring. I have my doubts but just thought I'd ask

[pandersen 0]

I did a little searching (I am interested in this, too) and Rockwell's SoftLogix along with a 1784-PM16SE PCI SERCOS card would do the trick. The only problem is there is a lot of $$$ involved as well. Of course, you would still need Logix5000 to program the SoftLogix controller, but you get rid of the need for a physical PLC rack, power supply, and so on. Edited 13 Mar 2009 by pandersen

[alan_505 24]

On top of the Kinetix6000 IAM module is a DPI port, using a 123-USB or a 1203-SSS and Drive Executive software you can go online to the unit and monitor parameters for each module. Alan