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

1 Introduction

1 Introduction
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Before you start

Before operating this product, read the safety instructions in the following manuals:
• "SX-DSV03514, MINAS A6 Multi, Technical Reference – Integrated Safety Part"
• "SX-DSV03508, MINAS A6 Multi, Programming Manual – PANATERM for Safety"
This product is for industrial use only.
Electrical connections must be made by qualified electrical personnel.
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About this document

This "Quick Start Guide" is intended to help you set up a MINAS A6 Multi servo drive
system. It is based on information from the MINAS A6 Multi series manuals and the practical
experience of our engineers.
A PC can be used as a host controller to perform Ethernet communication via EtherCAT
(EoE) with a MINAS A6 Multi servo drive system. Step by step instructions will guide you
through installing Beckhoff's TwinCAT 3 software to configure the EtherCAT functionality on
your PC. And you will learn how to connect the PC configuration software PANATERM with
the MINAS A6 Multi servo drive system via EtherCAT.
In these instructions we assume that you are using a Windows 10 operating system.
Please refer to the original documentation of our servo drive systems for detailed
information. It is available free of charge in our
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Related documents

Select the following links to download the documents from our Panasonic Download Center.
• Safety specifications:
"SX-DSV03514, MINAS A6 Multi, Technical Reference – Integrated Safety Part"
• Information on wiring the MINAS A6 Multi servo drive system:
"SX-DSV03454, MINAS A6 Multi, Reference Specifications – Driver Module"
• Information on wiring the MINAS A6 Multi power supply module:
"SX-DSV03452, MINAS A6 Multi, Reference Specifications – Power Supply Module"
• Information on EtherCAT communication:
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