text: <s>[INST] Kinetix 300 Standalone Summary: Using Kinetix 300 with two Anorad linear actuators.Hi I'm quite new to this kind of automation components and is therefore seeking a little help. I'm working on a project where I'm supposed to control numerous actuating parts, where one is a Kinetix 300 servo drive controlling two Anorad linear actuators. The actuators are two function as a XY-table in robot cell. I've not received any components yet, so all I have to go on are the datasheets available online. The entire system will be controlled from LabVIEW, which brings me to my problem. I want to control the Kinetix 300 drive with TCP/IP, but I can't find out what I'm supposed to send to it. The examples I've seen require me to have a MicroLogix 1400 controller and some other components, but I am only to receive a Kinetix 300 and two Anorads linears actuators built into a XY-table. As far as I can work out I need to run the preinstalled software for the servo drive to recognize the actuators and their current load. Once it is set up I want to control the XY-table by sending simple commands to the Kinetix 300 drive. Does anybody have any experience with this? In essence what I want to do is to control both position and speed of the XY-table, by simple commands depending on the rest of the system. Best Regards Kristoffer M.Sc. [/INST] Kristoffer, I may be missing something, but I think you have a problem with a single K300 and two actuators. Do you plan to use a contactor to switch from one actuator to the other? The K300 typically controls a single servo motor. In the configuration you describe (xy table), you would need a K300 for each actuator. Yes, you would initially run the software built into the K300 (a java app that downloads to your computer automatically when you access the drive with a web browser of proper vintage). The drive communicates using Ethernet/IP, which is not the same thing as TCP/IP. You're correct, it is geared towards communicating via Ethernet/IP with a Contrologix or Micrologix platform. It CAN stand alone if you wish to issue descrete move commands through its digital IO (binary coding the inputs to select various indexes). That does not sound like it will work if you wish an XY table though. \\n </s>