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Letter of Volatility for AKD Drives | 09 Sep 2015 | |

Letter of Volatility for AKD Drives

Kollmorgen Corporation (“Kollmorgen”) declares that the AKD drives have memory devices as shown in the table below. The non-volatile memory that may contain user settings and data may be cleared as indicated:

AKD Model No. Format: AKD-x0xx0x-xxxx-xxxx
(x's are alphanumeric character place holders)

Volatile Memory
Type Model(s) Size User Accessible / Definable Purpose Method of Clearing
SDRAM1 All AKD 128Mb yes Firmware memory & data buffering Remove power
DDR3 RAM5 AKD-M0xx0x-MCxx-xxxx
AKD-M0xx0x-M1xx-xxxx
2048Mb yes Random Access Memory for code execution & temporary data storage Remove power
Non-Volatile Memory
Type Model(s) Size User Accessible / Definable Purpose Method of Clearing
Flash1 All AKD Up to 128Mb yes Motor parameters, gains, feedback loop Reset to factory defaults via GUI
EEPROM1 All AKD except:
AKD-C0xx0x-CBEC-x000
AKD-C0xx0x-CBMC-x000
AKD-N0xx0x-DBEC-x000
AKD-N0xx0x-DFEC-x000
AKD-N0xx0x-DSEC-x000
2Kb no Ctrl. Bd. Configuration s/w limits and ID none
NVRAM2 All except
AKD-P0xx0x-NAxx-xxxx
4096Kb yes User program data Load new program
EEPROM3 All AKD 1Kb no Pwr. Bd. Configuration s/w limits and ID none
EEPROM4 AKD-T0xx0x-ICxx-xxxx 1Kb no Product serial number none
Flash5 AKD-M0xx0x-MCxx-xxxx
AKD-M0xx0x-M1xx-xxxx
512Mb yes Boot code storage Reset to factory defaults via Web Server / GUI
EEPROM5 8Kb no Configuration, ID, etc. none
NVRAM5 256Kb yes User Data Clear via customer application software
EEPROM1 AKD-C0xx0x-CBEC-x000
AKD-C0xx0x-CBMC-x000
AKD-N0xx0x-DBEC-x000
AKD-N0xx0x-DFEC-x000
AKD-N0xx0x-DSEC-x000
8Kb (2Kb Ctrl Bd. config; 1Kb Pwr Bd. config; remainder unused) no Ctrl. Bd. Configuration s/w limits and ID none
NVRAM2 - - - -
EEPROM3 - - - -
Removable Media
Type Model(s) Size User Accessible / Definable Purpose Method of Clearing
SD Card Connector5

AKD-M0xx0x-MCxx-xxxx
AKD-M0xx0x-M1xx-xxxx
AKD-T0xx0x-ICxx-xxxx

Determined by User yes User Data Storage Reformat SD card via web server on PDMM, or on offline computer

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 For factory reference

Attached is the official Letter of Volatility for the AKD Drives.

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Paul Coughlin