Introduction; Before You Start; About This Document; Related Documents - Panasonic MINAS A6 Quick Start Manual

1 Introduction

1 Introduction
1.1

Before you start

Before operating this product, read the safety instructions in the related Operating
Instructions.
This product is for industrial use only.
Electrical connections must be made by qualified electrical personnel.
1.2

About this document

This Quick Start Guide is intended to help you set up a MINAS servo drive system. It is
based on information from the MINAS series manuals and the practical experience of our
engineers.
Step-by-step instructions will guide you through connecting a PLC to a MINAS servo driver
and setting the most important parameters in the PC configuration software PANATERM.
1.3

Related documents

Please refer to the original servo drive manuals for detailed information. Click on the
following links to download the documents from our Panasonic Download Center.
• Information on wiring, position control, and parameters:
Operating Instructions (Overall) AC Servo Motors & Driver MINAS A6 series
Technical Reference – Modbus communication and block operation specification SX-
DSV03042
• Information on using the PANATERM configuration software:
Operation Manual: Set up support software PANATERM Ver. 6.0
• Information on how to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI):
Recommendations for EMC-compliant wiring of servo drivers and motors
• Other Quick Start Guides:
QS2000, Position control by pulse and direction signals (MINAS A5/A5E/A6SG/A6SF)
QS2001, Position control by block operation using input signals (MINAS A6SG/A6SF)
QS2003, Position control in EtherCAT networks MINAS A5B/A6B
QS2004, Position control using RTEX (MINAS A5N/A6N)
QS3000, Velocity control (MINAS A5/A6F)
QS4000, Torque control (MINAS A5/A6)
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