### Human: Number of PowerFlex 7 series VFD's on ControlNet We are just working on a new installation in which we need to put a number of PowerFlex VFD's (700VC, 700S & 7000). on ControlNet. The VFD's will be the only devices on this network and we will be using a CN2 in the PLC rack for communications. We have done a trial in RSNetworks for ControlNet and the result are seemed to indicate that 50 VFD's would be fine (NUT 5ms & 80 ms RPI). Does this sound reasonable? ### Assistant: If you go in RSNetworx for Cnet, in offline also, in the project that you are trying, press the right mouse button on the CN2 icon, select properties and go to the Controlnet tab; there, have a look to the peak and average scheduled usage.These values (percentage) should be less than 80%, preferrable less than 70%.Also have a look to the total scheduled bandwidth of the network with the same limits in your mind.Eventually adjust your NUT and RPI to have these value correct. Maybe useful to read this technote on this:http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=8479 Anyway,your network sounds reasonable. :smileyhappy: Also be careful to the limit of 48 taps per segment and total length of it, you'll need a repeater in your network... split the total number of drive into two segments. Here a link to the coaxial cable planning guide:http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/in/cnet-in002_-en-p.pdf Hope this helps... :smileyhappy: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF700S User Sets Hi! Does anybody know if it's possible to use a feature like PF70/700 User Sets in PF700S drives? I need to run two different motors with just one PF700S and need to reconfigure the drives using a digital input.Thanks.Marcinio - PU2MAS ### Assistant: PF700s actually doesn't have this feature... You can only save to HIM (copycat) the active user set and than restore it, but it isn't possible to do this via digital input.Also you can use Drive Explorer/executive, but still it isn't possible to switch via Digital input. \\n


### Human: PF 70 ON COMMON DC BUS? HI ALLCAN PF 70 RUN ON COMMON DC BUS?DO WE HAVE DOCUMENTS FOR THIS?THNXS IN ADVANCE ### Assistant: PF70 has not DC bus terminals, therefore it cannot works with common dc bus.You may consider PF700. \\n


### Human: PowerFlex 4 Motor overload Current setting (P033) What should parameter P033 (Motor overload current) be set to relative to the motor nameplate current?Somebody told me to enter motor nameplate current times 1.5 which seems high to me. ### Assistant: AJZ, as per PowerFlex 4 User Manual, P033 takes already care of a percentage over the Current you set there... so you have to put in the Motor Nameplate Current, and the drive will fault if the value of this parameter is exceeded by 150% for 60s or 200% for 3s. Seems that they use this default calculation to have only one parameter to manage the OL instead of a parameter to define the Motor NP Current and another parameter to define the Overload Current, living to you the responsability to define the correct value to put inside... :smileytongue: Hope this helps....- fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: BRU 500 and motor interface Would someone help me by giving, or diecting, a file call EC COMM which helps to interface the IBM compatible with the BRU 500? Many thanks ### Assistant: I believe this software is available, but not on any web site for download. My suggestion would be to asked the question through the Knowledge base. In that way, a case number will be assigned to it and a response/email could get it to you. \\n


### Human: Drives in 2-wire control on controlnet? I have 18 nos of drives Pf-70 on controlnet and they are being hardwired controlled using 2 wire control.Now i can start the drive from panel but after changing the drive reference to controlnet it doesn,t get start command from clx on controlnet.The drive shows stop owner as digital input.any solutions? ### Assistant: Hi vikas... please check the following parameter, if you haven't a wire connected to terminal 1....or connect this terminal to +24Vdc.By default it is configured as STOP, so the drive cannot start if it is not closed (STS flashes orange) - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: SMC Flex ethernet/IP integration Hello ! I was thinking in integrating SMC flex with 20-COMM-E (ethernet/ip) in a project but wasn't able to add them to my IAB project. I know they can work, but it's very extrange that they don't appear in the list of ethernet/ip devices !!. If somebody knows anything about please reply.Thanks !! ### Assistant: just check whether your ip address configured in i/p devices is correct.it may be a reason. \\n


### Human: PF700 Analog Output I have a project where I am reading output power from a PowerFlex 700 series A VFD (part number 20B D 077 A 3ANNANA0) over the analog output connection. I am scaling this value between 0 and 90 kW. My customer complains that at a no load situation the display from this scaling will be around 1.5 kW, while the HIM will display about .8 kW. If this is normal can you help me with an explanation? ### Assistant: DMM, it would be helpful to know how the parameters related to the analog out have been configured (i.e. par# - value) and also some informations about the analog in you use (is it a PLC module, which, which input range etc.). The more infos you put into your posts, the more help you can expect to receive from other users... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Drives forum is now OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Rockwell Automation is very happy to announce that access to the Drives and Motion forums are now open to the public. Now, you no longer need to have a support contract to converse with your peers on Drives and Motion related issues! A step long requested by you, our customers, we sincerely hope this will provide a valuable way for customers to help each other. Please feel free to post to this thread with any feedback you have on this change. Joshua HutchinsonRockwell Automation Forums ### Assistant: nan \\n


### Human: 1336F option cards installation Is it possible to install a 1336-GM6 Devicenet Internal Comm and also a 1336-LA3 Analog Interface Card in a 1336F drive frame B (together) ? It seems possible, but just to be sure... :smileyhappy: Thanks. - fuzzy logic ### Assistant: Yes you can. There is provisions for both of those adapter cards at the same time. The LA3 would be TB3, and the internal communications card would be Adapter 6. \\n


### Human: Motor Catalog Number TLY-A220T-Hxx2 I am trying to set up a servo axis on a Compactlogix system and the motor I am using is not listed in the drop down of the Drive/Motor tab in the motor catalog number box. Can I use a TL-A220P-Hxx2, or is there a database that I can find somewhere? Thanks ### Assistant: Craig, you need to update the Motor Database in RS5000. Here some Technotes on that: Aid 41155Aid 46223 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Motion forum is now OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Rockwell Automation is very happy to announce that access to the Drives and Motion forums are now open to the public. Now, you no longer need to have a support contract to converse with your peers on Drives and Motion related issues! A step long requested by you, our customers, we sincerely hope this will provide a valuable way for customers to help each other. Please feel free to post to this thread with any feedback you have on this change. Joshua HutchinsonRockwell Automation Forums ### Assistant: JHutch, while my company has a valid contract and could already accessthese forums, I applaud you and Rockwell Automation for opening themup for general access. Thank you. \\n


### Human: Motion planner scan order? Hi there, Anyone knows in what order the axes are dealt with by the motion planner? Is this automatically resolved, so that (when possible!) a whole sequence of MAGs (and MAPCs) is always fully evaluated every Coarse Update? Think: (Axis) -> MAG -> (Axis) -> MAG -> (Axis) Or do I need to arrange the axes by means of naming etc so that complete one-scan evaluation is achieved? Thanks a lot! ### Assistant: A clarification: Take the example (Axis 3) -> MAG -> (Axis 2) -> MAG -> (Axis 1) Assume that the motion planner evaluates Axis1 first, then Axis2 and last Axis3. That would make Axis1 operate on 2 Course Update Times old values from Axis 3. The question again: Is the motion planner smart enough to evaluate Axis 3 first and Axis 1 last, or is there another way to control the scan order? \\n


### Human: New surplus 1305- Not Enabled Message I acquired a 1305 drive AA08A (2HP) that I hooked up with a Programming Interface 1201-HA1.I tried two interfaces and keep getting a Not Enabled message.Reset defaults on HIM.I run a 1336 on another motor and the Interface runs fine.Have entire manual and they talk about enable signal but not in much specifics.I have 5V on TB2 pin 11 , nothing on 12.Any suggestions if I missed a jumper or setting or is drive bad?Thanks,Rich ### Assistant: As I can remember, you have to close either a contact or a wire between terminals 11 and 12 of TB2 to enable your drive; you can't use an external 5 volts source, it is supplied internally. - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Ultra 3000 non index Analog input position control HelloDoes anybody know or have an example how to control position on an Ultra3K with the analog input? I tried but I keep having E19 code, I have no problems if I control speed with the analog input, but on position is not working.Any help will be greatly appreciated ### Assistant: dmtz, try to take a look to the following technotes... unless already done :smileysurprised: Aid 46547Aid 51230Aid 47229 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Communications Hey guys: do you kwon any cause why cannot communicate with a Ultra3000i even if I check all communications parameters, port settings and RSLinx Classic and Enterprise are shutdown?? ### Assistant: Sabre, following some technotes that may help... Aid 47739Aid 49520Aid 34935Aid 46489 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Data Links in RSLogix 5000 Ver.16 If you define a data link that is type Dint, do you have to leave the next open field undefined? Is each data link field only a word? Thanks in advance. ### Assistant: AJB111,data link length depends upon the drive.i.e normally for pf 70 it is 16 bit i.e one word.for pf 700 it is 32 bits i.e 2 words.So if you want to store 32-bit parameter using 16-bit datalink both datalink a1 & a2 will store lsb and msb respect.Hope it helps. \\n


### Human: 1756-HSC Do we have to tie the 24vdc common to card and if so where do we do that? ### Assistant: It depends... if you have a Differential Line Driver encoder, you don't need 24 Vdc common.If you use a different source, the Common should be connected to the RET terminal of the input you use (A,B). Aid 41188 See also the screenshot below from User Manual . Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: MPF series Motors Where do I find the Encoder counts/rev. for the MPF series motors (single turn)? ### Assistant: Depending on which drive you have there are 1024 Sin/Cos cycles per rev.The Kinetix 6000 interpolates to 2048 x 1024 counts per rev.The Ultra3000 SERCOS interpolates to 1024 x 1024 counts per rev.The Ultra3000 Indexer has programmable interpolation from 4-1024 default is 256. \\n


### Human: Ultra 3000 Indexing Drive I am using an Ultra 3000 in a simple positioning application. The drive is set up for Indexing and being commanded to move from a PLC using the Index control inputs. The axis is also being 'homed' using the Homing control inputs. The problem I am having is making the drive fault out during current overload. The homing target in this application is a removable piece (not a good idea IMO) but this allows for the homing routine to hunt for the sensor and never find it. The axis is moving slowly during homing and eventually runs into a hard stop. But the axis keeps trying and doesn't fault out. I have set the current limits to a safe low limit but the drive just rolls the current back but doesn't fault out in any reasonable time. I have currently set a timeout in my PLC to turn off the Drive Enable line after so much time. I was hoping that the drive would stop on its own instead. Any ideas? ### Assistant: Under faults there is a User Current Fault that will cause the drive to Fault with an E17 when it is exceeded. \\n


### Human: 1756-HSC has to counter 0 & 1 can we wire same encoder to both? ### Assistant: Bruce40, I've seen many times one encoder connected to two different devices... normally is not a suggested connection due to to the noise that may flow between the two devices over the encoder wires (here really you have the same device...)Also it may happens that the two devices connected may overload the transmitter, due to the internal circuit of the modules (terminating resistors). - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Power Flex 700 Is it possible to remove the HIM from a Power Flex 700 without faulting Drive??? ### Assistant: Yes, it is... :smileyhappy: Have a look to the following technote... Aid 41437 - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 1756-HSC card Configuration Don't seem to find anything in the configuration of this card using a encoder to change direction of counts? Have hooked it up counts up when turned counter clockwise. Would rather it counted up when turned clock wise. We switched the a and b channels going to the card and that seem to work but was hoping to do it through the software. Any thoughts or help on this problem? Thanks ### Assistant: Bruce, unfortunately it is not possible thru configuration of -HSC... :smileysad: See the following, that is the rule for direction Count using X4 counter.... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Motion Instruction MCD ( Motion Change Dynamics ) Do we have to hold rung true in front of this instruction to get it to work correctly? Or do we just one shot it? ### Assistant: Bruce, take a look to the attached picture... As you see, it executes in one scan normally; anyway it is better to chech the status of .DN bit to make sure everything has gone well.However it is a transitional instruction, so it executes fine with one shot, when rung condition changes from false to true. From RS5000 Ref. Manual Some relay ladder instructions only execute when rung-condition-in toggles from false to true. These are transitional relay ladder instructions. Motion Instruction Reference Manual pagg. 111-117 - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: E22 Fault on Ultra 3000 urgent ....please...What may be the causes for E22 on ultra 3000 sercos ### Assistant: Sumesh,i hope i got a solution for you. Question Drive in fault with error code 22 reported Answer Note. The Motor filter concerned resides in the drive and its data is compared with currents commanded to the motor in order to effect this protection, i.e. a software version of a thermal switch. Problem: Motor Filter ON indicates the internal filter protecting the motor from overheating has tripped. Cause: Wrong Motor file Verify: Check motor file in use in software confiiguration Cure: Correct motor file in use in software confiiguration Catalog Number: 2098 Ultra 3000 DocFullNum: E20843 Pls try it out and tell me the results. Hope it helps.:smileyhappy: \\n


### Human: Pwerflex 700H does not start I have a PF700H that when I issue a start command does not start (20CC300A0A...). The 'start owner' indicates a 1. The 'stop owner' is 0, 'start inhibits' is 0, on 'drive status 2' the active bit and the running bit are 1 (after I have issued a start command). The 'commanded frequency' is 44Hz. The 'output frequency', 'output power', 'output current' and 'output voltage' all remain at 0. I have tried starting via 20-COMM-D and via the HIM with the devicenet disconnected. Sometimes 30 sec to 4min after the run bit comes on the VSD will start. I have disconnected the motor cables and tried to start the VSD and the same problem occurs (tried to eliminate a field problem). ### Assistant: CraigM, double check what is indicated in the following screenshot. Also, may you post what the display does show in its upper part (see screenshot highlight in red) when your drive doesn't start? - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PowerFlex70 EC Drives via Ethernet Anyone know the whereabouts in the documentation to calculate the packets per second (PPS) or CIP/TCP connections for a 20-Comm-E adapter? Trying to get a handle on configuring 40 PFlex70 drives on a ControlLogix system. I know it depends on the RPI but not sure about the 20-comm-E adapter... ### Assistant: fordtt, why don't you use the free tool for Ethernet/IP calculation ? Here the LINK to download it... Take a look to the following screenshot.. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: HMI for PowerFlex 700 I have a PF 700 on a winder with some basic hard wired I/O. I am upgrading it to control tension using the PI loop but I need an HMI for the drive so I can change tension setpoint and monitor actual tension. I have done this with a system that has a PLC but I can not find a way to do it without one. Has anyone connected a graphical HIM directly to a PF 700 without a PLC in the mix? ### Assistant: I'd try a PanelView Component or small PanelView Plus with a DF1->DPI converter (the 1203-SSS). I attempted to use a PV Component over Ethernet to a 22-COMM-E and was unsuccessful. I think that over DF1 it might be easier. A remote HIM module with the process display set to show tension units would be a lot easier, but might present a navigation challenge to an inexperienced operator. \\n


### Human: Ethernet Conections for PF70 drives Can anyone tell me how many ethernet conections a PF70 drive will take up using two datalinks talking to a ControlLogix? I need this to determine how many EN2T cards I will need in this system. Thanks. Eddie ### Assistant: Merlin402, a PF70 ethernet/ip card uses only one connection, also if datalinks are all enabled. See also this other thread... it indicates the use of the Ethernet/IP prediction tool, that helps on that. http://forums.rockwellautomation.com/rockwell/board/message?board.id=Drives&message.id=234#M234 - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Power Flex 400 Power Loss Fault? Power Flex 400 is getting Power Loss fault on power up.As per the KB technote the power board firmware has been upgraded but still the problem exists.Any solutions? ### Assistant: vikas, have a look to this technote, is a PSA on that drive (maybe it is the case) :smileywink: Aid 49990 - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF 700H Does anyone understand why pf 700H experiences F10. User manual diagnostics suggests to replace drive, since failur has occurred within the PF 700H's powerstructure. ### Assistant: bayew, try to download from this LINK the troubleshooting guide for your drive frame (see the screenshot)... it could be useful to check the fibers... Anyway, as you can see from the manual, it could be an hardware failure that is not solvable in the field... :smileysad: the why... could be a defective part ?! :smileysurprised: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 1203-USB Firmware Update Install FIX I downloaded the firmware update v1.003, for the 1203-USB, from the support website and when I install the .msi file on my windows xp pro computer I get an error at the end of the install that says A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file C:\...\ControlFLASH.msi Well obviously, the file is not named ControlFLASH.msi when you download it, the default file name is 1203-USB_1_003_06_Update.msi. FIX:Take the downloaded file 1203-USB_1_003_06_Update.msi and rename it to ControlFLASH.msi. If your file does not show the file extension .msi then do the same thing but do not include the .msi portion of the name. ### Assistant: jarhorgos,the solution is in the id given below. Answer ID 40485 Have a look.:smileywink: \\n


### Human: 200hp 1336 Plus - Why am I getting an F12 Overcurrent fault at power up? I am getting an F12 overcurrent fault as soon as I power my drive up. The motor has megged good and I have even taken the motor leads off of the drive. Ohm value between each VFD output phase is around 2.0 meg.Things I have checked:- checked all IGBT's according to manual and they checked good.- checked input voltage scrs and good- checked pre-charge board fuses and good- replaced gate driver board- replaced main control board- replaced HIM- Loaded a different program into drive and still get same fault. We have just replaced this drive about a month before and it ran fine after we replaced it. I sat for about a month and when we tried to start it up the f12 fault is displayed. ### Assistant: You have been very thorough in your diagnostics, but there is one thing I dont see in that list. An overcurrent in a drive that size would tell me that one or both of the LEM modules on the drive have malfunctioned, or have been wiring incorrectly. They are on the output of the drive, and sense the output current. Can you check them for a shorted or open condition, and make sure that they are wired in correctly. They would be the only thing that would tell the drive it is outputting too much current. \\n


### Human: Kinetix 6000 - How to add a custom motor? I have to set up a system in wich I need to add 2 pacific scientific servo motors to a Kinetix 6000 servo drives. I can't see the option in the RSLogix 5000 to use a custom motor. Anyone knows how to do this? ### Assistant: hlozano, a user cannot add his own a custom motor inside RS5000... you need to request your local RA representative to have the custom profile created for you, giving them all the datas about the motors. Anyway this procedure should be approved from RA before they start with analysis and profile definition... so I think it isn't quick to get...:smileysad: May also try to ask if there is already a profile created for your motor... take a look to the following thread: LINK Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Two drives driving the same axe I have an application with a drum driven by two wheels. each wheel has a motor and each motor an independent PF700 drive. drives are communicating via devicenet.Problem is that speed is initialy set at same setpoint. One wheel is always going a bit faster than the other what causes one drive has an actual speed that is greater than the speed setpoint. This causes the drive to decelerate and that causes a high DC Bus voltage. Finally the drive trips. at this point i decreased the setpoint of the drive which is at setpoint. One drive has now an output setpoint 1.25 hz lower than the other one and both are now at setpoint. When in the future a wheel/motor is replaced the problem will be there again.Does anybody knows a structural solution? ### Assistant: can u send me the pictorial representation of the drum and drives mounted?as such i think it is a load sharing application.if it is so then u got to set droop in one the drive which is going faster that is parameter 152 as per your application.hope it helps. \\n


### Human: PowerFlex 70 Accel 1 & Accel 2 timing I have a PF 70 EC on Cnet and want to use Accel 1 and Accel 2 inputs to change the machines ramp up time part way to the full run speed. example: I want the machine to ramp up from 0 rpm to 115 rpm with a 5 second Accel and then turn Accel 1 low and Accel 2 high and ramp up from 115 to 130 rpm with a 20 second ramp time. My question is what will happen when the drive is ramping up to my 130 rpm run speed with the Accel 1 input high and I put Accel 1 low and then turn accel 2 high part way through the ramp up? will the drive fault or will it just accept the new acceleration time? ### Assistant: Zazzin,i think it should be working.The drive will actually ramp up to the desired speed as soon as you switch over to the next accel time.Hope it works. \\n


### Human: where is my quesstion? hii can not find my quesstion which i post last 2 days and i wait or a reply?how many days a quesstion is stay in the forum? quesstion about un installation of rs emulator ### Assistant: javaboy420, there isn't a limit in time for a question to stay in a Board.... problem is that your questions were in the wrong board, so a Moderator has moved them to the right place.You cannot see these other Boards because of the following: There are some boards that require you to have a support contract with Rockwell to see them. If you already have a TechConnect support contract, you can put your authorization number directly into your profile and the boards will become immediately available. See this post in the Welcome section for more information. - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Auxilary Contacts on Service Disconnect If I have a roof mounted motor controlled by PF400 and I put a service discon. on the roof to be in code. Do I need to put aux cont. in my discon to protect the drive if someone shuts off the power while it is running, at 3grand apiece I DO NOT Want it burn it up. ### Assistant: DDP, as per my experience, opening the ouput line of a drive when the motor is running, can potentially damage the drive... I've seen it happen many times...:smileysad: Normally this protection devices should be used when drive is already stopped, to be a safety precaution before a maintanance guy want to work on the motor or the mechanical part beside it, to avoid an uncontrolled restart of the motor. It should not be intended as a way to stop the motor.So you have to be sure to stop the drive before open it, to avoid a potential burn... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: NEW TO CONTROLS PF 400 SIMPLE 2 SPEED HOOK UP I HAVE A PF 400 I AM TRYING TO HOOK UP TO AN EXHAUST HOOD WITH OUT PLC. ALL I NEED IS A SIMPLE 2 SPEED CONFIQURATION. I KNOW I CAN ADJUST IT ON THE FACE PANEL BUT I DO NOT WANT ANYBODY TO MESS WITH IT, TRYING TO MAKE IT FOOL PROOF TO A POINT:smileyhappy:. ANY HELP WOULD BE COOL. ### Assistant: DDP, an easy method, using two fixed speed, could be to use Preset Frequency, activated in this case with just one Digital input (terminal 05); terminal 06 isn't connected (that means logic 0) so you have the first speed if dig in 1 is open and the second speed if it is closed.The two speed are presetted in param A143, A144.Following some screenshots from User Manual in order to correctly configure this function. Hope this helps...:smileywink:- fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Maintained Contact for start?? I have a PF 400 and I thought I could confiqure it to use just a push to start momentary button and it would maintain but everytime I let go of said button it shuts down. I would rather not have a latching relay as I would need to have one more speciality item on the shelf for repairs. I would also rather not have a maintained button for the start for the same reason. Any ideas on confiquring the drive or relays would be greatly appreciated. DDP ### Assistant: DDP, you may want to use the configuration indicated in the screenshot... in any case you need to use another pushbutton to stop the drive... :smileysurprised: Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF 700 Encoder Access On a PF 700, can the encoder count be accessed by ControlLogix through Ethernet? If so, what would be the most efficient way. I won't be using this information for precision positioning or anything, but as a way to roughly track the distance traveled on a chain. ### Assistant: I think a way is to use Datalinks, linking an Output Datalink to the parameter you need (i.e. Par. 414, Enc Position Fdbk).If you have RS5000 v16 or above you may easily setup this in the I/O configuration for your drive connected over Ethernet/IP; then you have your data available in the Controller Tags. (see attached screenshots)Have a look to the User Manual for 20-COMM-E and also the Aid 44844 (it is for Devicenet, but Datalink are the same also in Ethernet) in order to correctly configure your Datalinks. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: command fault on 1746-hstp1 module Keep getting this fault when tring to jog the axis. slc503, 2 1746-hstp1 moduleconnected to md808-128 controller. When through the module book and set it all up, but get a command fault when tring to move axis. Let me know what other info you need to try to help meplease. Thanks, Wayne ### Assistant: Wayne, I guess you have the ERR led on and bit 12 on in the Input Word 0.That means something in the output command words is not correct.Double check what is indicate in attached screenshot. Take also a look to the suggestion in Aid 43983. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Can I control an MPL-330P servo motor using an old 1394-AM03 drive? I would like to install an MPL-330P motor on a few lines without upgrading the drive, as this would require a major rework. ### Assistant: JLawler, could be important to know which 1394 Controller you have, not just the axis module.... Anyway, take a look to the following technote: Aid 57030 edit: take also a look to the attached screenshot, taken from an old Motion Selection Guide... Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF700S using 20-COMM-D interface Peer-to-Peer I have a pair of PF700S drives using a synclink configured as a master-slave electronic line shaft setup where there is a 20-COMM-D card on each drive for communication with the main controlller. We setup a peer-to-peer link using the 20-COMM-D card between the drives. We are sending (P158)Drive Logic Rslt of master through (P660) Datalink A to cmd/ref of slave for start/stop operation and switching the Cmd/Ref. Presently the Master (P42)Peer out time is 0.01 seconds and (P43) Peer out skip is 1. The Slave (P36) Peer Inp Timeout is 0.50 seconds. If I make the master (P42)Peer out time is 1 second and the Slave (P36) Peer Inp Timeout is 1 second. I fault the slave drive mostly right away but using shortly after starting them. The devicenet is running at 125Kb and there are only 3 devices as outlined above on the network. Have anyone used Peer-to-Peer in a 20-COMM-D card?Anything to watch out for? ### Assistant: djr, any informations about the fault you get on the slave and the led status for both Master and Slave drives (before and after the fault...) ? :smileywink: Also, did you try to leave only the two drives on the network ? Please, if you want, try the demo example in the following technote: Aid 24563 Check also this technote, if your drive are not new...was a problem in past firmware... Aid 23957 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Kinetics6000 Ultra3000 mixed drive application I have a Kinetics6000 BC01-BM01 AIM running a 1326AB-B420E and three BM01 drives running 1326AB-B420Hs. I had to up the output for the first axis (E servo) so I have installed a 3000 DSD-HV050-SE running a 1326AB-B515G. I am getting a code 20 Motor Encder State Error. I temporarily connected the 515G to the AIM and it ran no problem. The two main differences I see is the ground connection on the CN1(2090-U3BB2-DM44) that is not on the Kinetic I/O connector. The other difference is no Line Filter on the 3000. I need a solution to this problem that does not include the posibility that the 3000 drive is bad. I am in the Czech Republic and I know there is no spare. ### Assistant: flashbif, have a look to the following... seems to be some noise or feedback cable problem... Aid 41840 - Aid 23861 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Power Flex 400 Flying Start I'm trying to enable Flying Start function on the PF400, 22CD208A103, Series A. Parameter A167 is enabled, but it isn't working. It doesn't show parameter A200 too. ### Assistant: Juliano, parameter A200 has been added starting from release 4.xx of drive firmware... may be your drive is older... Aid 54369 When you said it isn't working, what does it mean? May you better explain...it could be useful.:smileywink: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Error -255 on Powerflex 40 controlnet card HiI have some Powerflex 40 drives connected via controlnet to flexlogix processor. While tracing some problem i used GSV command to get fault code from drive. Among other faults there is fault -255 recorded a few times which i was not able to find in manuals. have any one encounterd this fault before? and waht can be possible solution? ### Assistant: I can't find any info about that error... May you please attach a .jpg screenshot of your GSV ? Do you know the status of the drive when this fault appear? Did you check inside the module properties Connection tab of the drive to see a detailed message for the error ? Sorry for the questions but it is just to have a more detailed scenerio... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 1336 REGEN Fuse P/N What's the A-B P/N or Catalog No. for 1336 REGEN fuse ( the original manufacturer's P/N: A70QS350-4, 350A/700VAC, 200KAIR//700VDC-100KAIR)? I can't find it from the 1336 spare parts list, but the customer is going to purchase it. ### Assistant: Based on your description, I think you have a 180A converter and you need the DC out bus fuse (see screenshot) Try to download the following document: LINK 1336R-F1-SP1A seems to be what you are searching for. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PowerFlex 700H F12 Overcurrent I have had a 700H for about a year now and started experiencing a F12 Fault on startup. When I had the reference at 30 Hz the drive would come up to speed and the current would be in the process of dropping off when the drive faults. The 400 HP motor is not in the best shape but I'm not convinced that there is not something going on with the drive. When I try to jog at 10 Hz, I see a quick spike in speed and current and then they both go to zero until the accel ramp time is done and then it will try to start up and eventually trip on F12. ### Assistant: Follow the link: http://forums.rockwellautomation.com/rockwell/board/message?board.id=Drives&thread.id=352 A user post an answer there, starting a new thread... :smileysurprised: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Control of Ultra 3000 I am going to use ultra 3000 index drive to control a movement on condition from the first spot to the second pot and back to the first spot.Back and forth repeatedly.I want to use preset position mode.I can set the second spot as preset postion 0 and the first spot as preset position 1.I also need to set drive input to active drive move to preset positon.From the manual,it said i have to set digial input 8 as preset select 0.When it is off ,drive controllded motor moves to preset posion 0.When it is on motor moves to preset posion 1.I donot want to control a movement between two places deponding on change of status (off /on)on only one input.I'd like to control a movement just when one input is on. When it is off ,nothing to do.Can I use preset posion 1 and 2,also preset select 1 and 2 on digital input 7 and 6?So I donot need to use preset posion 0 and preset select 0 for input 8.Thus,only when input 7 is on goes to preset posion 1 and only when input 6 is on goes to preset position 2 and back and forth.Can anybody help me with this?Thanks ### Assistant: This thread has been started also in the Motion Control Board (that is the right place :smileywink: ) Here the LINK to that thread, containing also a reply. - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF700S postion controller with Stegmann encoders I have a pair of PF700S configured in a master-slave arrangement each with a Stegmann optional encoder. The slave drive has the position controller enabled where the master encoder is the setpoint and the slave encoder is the feedback. These absolute encoders have preset zeros and there is no way to change them by means of the drive. Unless both encoders are mechanically aligned, there will be an offset at the enabling of the position controller. When the drives are stopped both mechanical loads will be at the same position. This will cause unstable operation until these two drives zero out this error. Is there any approach I could use to zero out this error before enabling the position controller? Thus avoiding this unstable operation upon startup. ### Assistant: djr, Depending on your application this may be a non-issue, or a somewhat easy fix. Non-issue: The PF700S position regulator is, by default, not in absolute mode. (position regulator absolute mode is not necessarily the same as using an absolute position device). By default, when the drive is started or position regulator is enabled the position loop assumes where the feedback is, and where the reference is, is where it wants to be. From that point on the drive simply looks at changes in reference and feedback and acts accordingly. In other works, the drive by default zeros the position ref and feedback on start. Easy fix:If you are using Absolute mode (P740 b6 I believe) and you want to fix the offset simply calculate an offset that will negate the original offset and put it in P753 or P754 (Position Offset 1 and 2). \\n


### Human: Ultra 3000 and MPL-A1530U-Ej42aa I have the drive motor combination of the subject. I dont see the motor in the Ultraware list of available motors. Will the Ultra identify the motor? Must I enter a new parameter file to the Ultra? How do I do it? ### Assistant: hiro, you need to update your Ultraware motor database... Here a link to technotes that helps... Aid 38188 Aid 39505 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 825-PD protection Relay I need some explation on the function of the terminals Y-(common),and Y12 (IN1) in the 825-PD protection relay. Do i need to use this terminal for a DOL connection?. ### Assistant: lukman, the function you may assign to that input, and to the other inputs also, are shown in the 825-PD User Manual, starting at page 5-34. Attached a screenshot of the table... Hope that helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: SMC-3 not working! Hi I have used the SMC-3 controller before a few times ok, but today I completed a control panel using 5 SMCs from 3A to 25A. None of these will run a motor, even though the red light stays on and no fault is shown. A voltmeter accross the output shows a constant pulsing of a sort of voltage, but not enough to start a motor. The test button procedure checks out ok. I have succesfully substituted a couple of them with know working SMCs and they run up fine. What are the chances of all 5 being faulty? All different sizes too. I can't think of anything that would stop them running up... ### Assistant: GRC, verify if the not working SMC-3 are series B... as explained in Aid 38225, they change a dip/switch function in it, that may prevent the motor to start :smileysurprised: Also check Aid 35399 Hope that helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: How to gain full torque from motor at low speed I have an inverter 1305-3HP which I scaled 0-10V = 0-50HZ for a 4 poles motor. It has been observed that the torque of motor at 1-3HZ is not sufficient to turn the load smoothly. Kindly help me which parameters should I adjust to compensate it and also that how I can program that drive for “Sensorless Vector control”. ### Assistant: Unfortunately, the 1305 is a Volts-per-Hertz drive, so it cannot be configured as Sensorless Vector. :smileywink: This is the why it isn't easy to get torque and stability to these low frequencies. Only way you may try to play with DC boost (par. 9) to add some DC voltage to the running drive at low frequencies.Take a look to the User Manual, pages 5-18 / 5-19. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: powerflex 700 hmi I have a powerflex 700 frame size 3 series b, 480 volt. We had a power blink and my drive him no longer displays anything. The lights are on and drive functions fine yet, but I curious if there is a fuse for it or if him is bad. I suspect the him is bad but hopefully there is a fuse somewhere I can not seem to locate. Any suggestions?? ### Assistant: The only thing I can suggest, unfortunately, is to change the HIM, as it is faulty. No fuse to check...:smileysad: Best check would be either to test the suspect faulty HIM on another drive, or test a wotking HIM on your PF700... Just to be sure that the fault is not inside drive board...:smileysurprised: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Can Ultra 100 series drive with DeviceNet be used without DeviceNet interface? After looking through the user manual, I'm unable to determine if an Ultra 100 series drive with the DeviceNet interface can be setup and operated like a standard 100 series drive without using the DeviceNet interface. Anyone know? Thanks! Jon ### Assistant: jdgoguen, if you leave the DeviceNet module of Ultra 100 unconnected, then your drive can be used and operate as a standard 100 series drive. Hope that helps.... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 1394 series B amplifiers on Sercos Kinetix 1394C-SJT22-D System module When Configuring the Axis under the Properties Tab Drive/Motor The Amplifier Catalog Number of the module I am using is not available from the Pulldown menu. All Available Module are 1394C-XXXX, I am using older servo amplifiers (Series B) and My part ### Assistant: Just a question to clarify.... did you try to select as Amplifier the 1394C-xxxx instead of none ? - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Kinetix 6000 with Linear Motor Anyone had use Kinetix 6000 with Linear Motors? ### Assistant: Is there a particular issue you're taking on? The MP Linear Stages work well. They are based on the Anorad design and they have been successfully building linear stages for quite some time. \\n


### Human: Camming 4 Real Axis & 2 Virtual Axis? I am using an L45 processor with two sercos cards and 7 axis total. 4 of these axis need to be cammed together, but not at the start of the process. I have put these 4 on the same sercos card. I am presently camming virtual 1 to axis 1 & axis 2. I then cam virtual 2 to axis 3 & axis 4. I then jog both virtuals separately. Later in the process, I cam virtual 1 to virtual 2 and then only jog virtual 1. All 6 move at that point. This seems to work ok, but I haven't run the machine much at this point. Is this the best way to do this?Does anyone know any problems that may crop up? ### Assistant: your only alternative is to cam axis 3 and axis 4 to virtual 1 vs. cam virtual 2 to virtual 1 in your second mode. Based on my experience (even though I haven't done what you are doing) it seems like what you have already done should work fine. I think the only thing...if you read some AB literature (it seems to be in the back of my mind I read somewhere) that you have a slight delay (probably un-noticable, except in extremely critical applications) where you are cascading these camming functions. I think this delay is equal to one trajectory calculation cycle.... maybe in mSec??? You'll have to do a little reading if you think it will matter in your application. Sorry I can't help more than that. \\n


### Human: kinetix 6000 and external encoder Hello I have successfully started up my first Kinetix 6000 with external encoder. Machine works but there is one problem. External encoder is on the other side of the conveyor and if it is lifted up (material jam...) motor starts with motion. It looks like it’s trying to find correct position. It would be better if motor is disabled when position error is too high. What needs to be done? Thanks, Janko ### Assistant: Position error is an item that is watched for an axis. In the axis properties, on the Limits tab is the setting for the maximum Position Error Tolerance. This is set when the axis is auto tuned. Along with that, on the Fault Action tab, is the setting for what function will occur when this position error limit has been reached. Disable Drive is a choice for this item. You may want to check these settings. Also, you could do a GSV to watch the position error (has to be selected as one of the Real TIme Axis Information items on the Drive/Motor tab) and create your own actions when this value is larger then some other value. \\n


### Human: Kinetix Drive Tripping on E07/E64 fault in MPL Series motor In one of our engineering project we have Kinetix 6000 drives on sercos with MPL series motors 1. Kinetix 6000 Drives2. MPL series Motors3. 2090-UXNFBMP-S15/S20/S30 Series CProblem Being Faced:-We are consistently facing motor feedback noise faults on some axis in the system with following characteristics : -- Some times the problem will get solved by replacing the feedback cable. Also note that the same cable if used in another location with the combination of K6 drive and MPL motor will work without any fault indication.- The Motors are not on movable parts. ### Assistant: Make sure that the motors and equipment is grounded. If you use custom motor cables somtimes the ground and sheilding is not connected at the motor end. This is very important. Both ends of the feedback cable must be gounded also. It may seem like a broken record but noise is 95% gounding. \\n


### Human: PowerFlex 40 Dear sir,We have a Poweflex 40 Drive for 0.75Kw. CatNo. 22B-D2P3N104I want to display the RPM in Display.Please suggest how we will able to display RPM in VFD HIM. Kind Regards Shashi Bhushan Chauhan ### Assistant: You may use parameter d010 (Process Display) configuring first the Process Factor by parameter A099. Process Display will show the result of the following formula: Output Frequency x Process Factor Lets write an example... Assume you have a motor with 1300 RPM at 60Hz... then the Process Factor is 1300/60 = 21.66After you'll put that result in A099, you'll see the calculated RPM in d010. Hope that helps.... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: breakout board connection I am using a breakout board (CN1) part no.2090-U3CBBDM44 (with 24VDC to 5VDC converter).How to wire 24DC to converter,can I tie terminal X-(AUX_COM) and X+(24V_AUX_PWR) to 0V and 24VDC terminals the same with I/O power supply termianl IOCOM and IOPWR? Thanks ### Assistant: Derek, you may do that. Just be aware to ground the supply elsewhere in the system, as X- is isolated from chassis ground of the drive. - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Control of ultra 3000 index drive I am going to use ultra 3000 index drive to control a movement on condition from the first spot to the second pot and back to the first spot.Back and forth repeatedly.I want to use preset position mode.I can set the second spot as preset postion 0 and the first spot as preset position 1.I also need to set drive input to active drive move to preset positon.From the manual,it said i have to set digial input 8 as preset select 0.When it is off ,drive controllded motor moves to preset posion 0.When it is on motor moves to preset posion 1.I donot want to control a movement between two places deponding on change of status (off /on)on only one input.I'd like to control a movement just when one input is on. When it is off ,nothing to do.Can I use preset posion 1 and 2,also preset select 1 and 2 on digital input 7 and 6?So I donot need to use preset posion 0 and preset select 0 for input 8.Thus,only when input 7 is on goes to preset posion 1 and only when input 6 is on goes to preset position 2 and back and forth.Can anybody help me with this?Thanks ### Assistant: Derek, first some considerations taken from U3K manuals... Preset Selects 0 through 5 contribute a binary value when a digital input becomes active. The drive sums the binary values and uses the resulting integer to determine which Preset to activate. The drive uses only the Preset Select 0, 1 and 2 binary values (yielding values 0 – 7) when the drive’s Operation mode is set to Preset Position, Preset Velocity, Preset Current and Preset Follower (Gearing Ratio). The digital input Preset Select binary values are as follows: • Preset Select 0 = 1 if active, 0 if not. • Preset Select 1 = 2 if active, 0 if not. • Preset Select 2 = 4 if active, 0 if not. So, if you activate only the input configured as Preset Select 1, you run Preset 2 (the binary value of this select is 2).Again, if you activate only the input configured as Preset Select 2, you run Preset 4. Well, to obtain what you want, you have to activate the input configured as Preset Select 0 to start Preset 1 and only Preset Select 1 when you want to start Preset 2. :smileysurprised: See also the attached table... Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Ultra 3000i E55 fault Ultra 3000i E55 fault.when power on/off ,it wii show E55 error code. ### Assistant: Two main possible reasons: Personality EEprom Data Corruption, due to noise - not field fixable, you must return for repair (prevention is possible, verify proper shielding and grounding) If you have a small unit (.5kw, 1kw and 2kw) problem could be related to the 5vdc Auxilary Control power voltage.If it is not a precise 5.1vdc and free from noise, it may generate E55, User Parameter Checksum. You may try (for testing purpose) to remove the external 5vdc supply voltage from pins 2 and 3 of CN-1, power the unit and see if E55 occurs again. If not, the 5 Vdc external power could be the problem. Using a CN-1 BreakOut Board 2090-U3CBB-DM44 that has a filter inside could solve the problem. If you have a sercos drive, use a 2090-U3CBB-DM12 instead. Hope that helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PowerFlex 70 drive.Ready Under what conditions does the drivename.Ready bit from the drive go low?? I assume if the drive is powered up, and not faulted, the drivename.Ready bit will be high. Is that correct?? thanks, alan ### Assistant: Not exactly... :smileytongue: Here the conditions that makes drive ready bit on: the drive is powered, Enabled and no Start Inhibits exist. It is “ready” to run Attached a screenshot taken from PF7x Reference Manual ;it explain the Start Inhibit / Start Permissive conditions. Hope that helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF700 Fault Alram.. If PF700 shows fault or alarm, I couldn't know when that alarm happened. Because PF700 just shows total inverter running time with alarm message. So I need yy/mm/dd/hh/mm/ss like this type for reporting. Please change it by firm-ware upgrade or other method. ### Assistant: I agree with Sungjong. I have often experienced somes frustrations while troubleshooting because PowerFlex 700 doesn't timestamp the default. Adding this feature would be welcome. \\n


### Human: PF 40 can't get reverse to work single phase feed (208) paramater is at 0 ### Assistant: timpl, just some more infos needed... may you post how do you connect the drive inputs?do you want to reverse from keypad, digital I/O, comms ?!P036, start source, which value ?A051 - A052 - A053 - A054 are different than default ? Thanks...- fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Drives AOP v2.01 I received a pdf concerning RSLogix v17 that advertised the ability to create drives while online. I saw it well before v17 was released. I was surprised to learn that creating a drive while online wasn't possible once I upgraded to v17. Going back to look at the pdf I noticed that it did say that Drives AOP v2.01 was required. When will it be released? ### Assistant: Drives AOP v2.01 is targeted January 2009 and will be downloadable from the following links when available: http://www.ab.com/support/abdrives/webupdate/software.html http://support.rockwellautomation.com/controlflash/LogixProfiler.asp - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: SMC Flex Par 50 Are the thermistor inputs used to calculate the %MTU ? , and if so can Par 50 be adjusted to give a trip point ? ### Assistant: MTU is motor thermal usage and is a mathematical model that simulates the amount of heat generated in a motor due to current draw over time. It is based on an I^2T algorigthm (where I is current and T is time). Some of the factors used to calculation are what the full load current of the motor is set at, what the actual current draw of the motor is, and the amount of current used to start the motor. PTC value isn't used for that... it gives you an option to have an enhanced control of motor temperature. An alarm (pre-fault) indication level can be programmed to indicate the unit is getting close to faulting. The alarm modification information is displayed through the LCD, HIM, Communication (if applicable) and alarm contact closing. Parameter 50 is used to set an alarm status in the SMC-Flex based on the programmed level in it...If you want to be advised before %MTU reach 100% and the overload occurs, then you've to program a value at which you will have an alarm...default is 50%. Hope this helps...- fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF 70 Hi all, Can we use the PF 70 with 4X enclosure outdoor in a shaded highly corrosive area? ### Assistant: Are you *talking* about IP66/NEMA 4x version of PF70 ? In that case, at the following links you may find some infos... http://www.ab.com/drives/powerflex/70/http://www.ab.com/drives/powerflex/70/70_nema.html Be aware that only the Flange mount version is suitable for outdoor use. If you're instead asking for a configured drive, this other link... http://www.ab.com/drives/powerflex/70/70_configured.html Last, if you're installing the drive in a custom enclosure, if it is NEMA 4x, for sure it is ok. Hope this helps...- fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Clarifing Sinking and Sourcing on the 700S Here are the questions that I have about the Power-flex 700S phase II drive. I will be using an external power supply source and NOT the drive internal power supply from Terminal ### Assistant: wow... pretty long question ! :smileyvery-happy: Yes, you're right, there is a type-o on that manual... :smileysurprised: In order to see the correct version, download the following : PF700S ph II User Manual - page 1-27 (here attached is a screenshot) Also, what you explain you want to realize is correct; you're sinking the digital outputs...again take a look to the attached image. Hope this helps... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: install 22-COMM-D into powerflex 400 We have powerflex 400 part 22C-D060A103. We want to install devicenet communication 22-COMM-D. Do we need to buy communication adapter cover ? ### Assistant: RiverVN,no you dont need to buy communication cover for this rating.It is required for only PF 40 small rating drives. :smileywink: \\n


### Human: Single PowerFlex 40 10HP drive What Enclosure size I neeed to mount a single PowerFlex 40 10HP, 7.5Kw inverter into an enclosure NEMA 4/12. What Size enclosure should i use? ### Assistant: I may suggest to take a look to PowerFlex 40 User Manual. You drive is a Frame C; dimensions at page B-7 , mounting clearances and considerations at page 1-3 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: gv 3000 fault code F 3 not F03 any ideas I have a GV3000 where it starts up with F 3, F in the first 7 seg and 3 in the last flashing with every led at the same time.Tech support suggested the 15v rail for encoder... yes that is for a F03 fault. My 15v rail is ok along with all the other rails. No button presses / combination will do anything.A top panel from another larger drive will give me access but starts with the mismatch code for controller / power stage but would allow me to start the matching process but as this belongs to a different drive I cannot spare it.I suspect the memory is corrupted but unable to clear it.Any Ideas?Thanks in anticipationTim Smith ### Assistant: Did you already try what is suggested in the User Manual ? Attached is a screenshot of the indications.... Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Powerflex 70 electrical noise I am having a problem with electrical noise from the output of a pf70 that is affecting a metal detector in a food production line. The noise is being picked up on the coil of the detector and has been confirmed with an O'scope, it is preventing the detector from doing it's job. We have confided it's coming from the drive by wiring the motor directly to 480, 3 ph, 60 hz and the noise disappears. The pf70 is in the MCC about 250 ft away from the motor which is a Franklin Hydro Duty, 2.0 hp, 2.8 fla. the output wires are bundled with several others out of the MCC run through conduit, then branched off to the motor. The wires are not shielded. Thank you ### Assistant: I suggest (unless already done) to take a look to the following publication: Wiring and Grounding Guidelines I think it could be very useful to you for this issue... it contains: Wire and cable typesPower Distribution GuidanceGrounding InformationCable Routing InformationRefective wave description and effects of.Electromagnetic InterferenceBearing CurrentsMotor Cable Length Restrictions Tables Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Need Battery Backup in AB VFD Dear Sir,One of our customer need battery backup in VFD (DC) Rating is 2.2KW, Please suggest the Model and Wiring Diagram to connect the same. Kind Regards Shashi Bhushan Chauhan ### Assistant: May you please post the complete catalog # for your drive ? It will help... :smileytongue: Anyway, if you're *talking* about PF700S, take a look to Aid 42630. - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF700VC and PF700H output current at 50 degree C Hi, What will be the output current of following drives at 50 degree C. As these drives rating given based on 40 degree C what will be the derating factor to be applied.? PF700VC : 20BC535A3, 20BC535N3, PF700H : 20BC730A0 ### Assistant: All the informations you need in the following publications: PF70 / 700 Reference Manual (search for Derating) PF700H Technical Data Hope this helps... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 180 Powerflex 700VC part number I need a 180Amp PFlex 700 type 1 with external HIM. I need 24V inputs and all the analog outputs available. I need 2 N.O. relay outputs and no communication modules. No braking resistors. Can someone help with this part number. I have this part number (20BD180A3ANNANC0)but not sure if this has an external HIM with it. If I need a seperate part number for the external HIM, can you please give me this. It will need a long cable between the drive and external HIM. Thank you. ### Assistant: CRAIG_1, your part number has the on board LCD, not an external one. I may suggest to navigate this LINK, where you may find a configurator, to understand your part number. Anyway, the external HIM isn't available as a Factory Installed Option in that drive...I mean you need a separate part number. If you need a Panel Mount option, the cat. number is 20-HIM-C3S (it includes a 3 meters cable to connect to drive).If you need an Handheld HIM, then you may use the one already installed over your drive (that is a 20-HIM-A3) and a 20-HIM-H10 (1 meter cable) plus a 1202-Hxx to get a distances up to 10 meters. Take a look at pubblication in the link below, at page 8 you may find what I've just summarized above. PF700 Technical Data Hope this helps... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PF 700H fault 71 My PF 700H faults with a code 71. It faults the drive when this happens. According to the manual it is a Periph Loss. How do I stop this from faulting the drive and where is the fault coming from? ### Assistant: Kathy, that fault is on the network side of your communication module... which is the catalog number for your comm. module ? I mean which is the network type you're using... Anyway, you may look inside its Event queue... you may access this from your LCD HIM... Main menu, Device Select, select your adapter and go to Diagnostic, then Events and View Event Queue. Inside the user manual for your comm module, you may find a list of events, and this could clarify your issue. It is better to find out which is the cause of the fault and remove it if possible, rather than use the Comm Fault Action parameter 21 to avoid the Periph. Loss stops the drive... it could be dangerous. Hope this helps... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: power cable high flex for the MPL-B880D-MJ22AA I have found the standard flex power cable for the MPL-B880D-MJ22AA servo motor. What is the part number to order high flex instaed of non-flex power cable? Standard power cable part number 2090-XXNPMP8S03. THANK-YOU ### Assistant: The part number you need is : 2090-XXTPMP-8S03 You may find this information on the Motion Selection Guide, page 396. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: drives software - hey guys, I am pretty new to the AB world. I have a solid understanding of drives but with DanFoss and Tele software was basic and straight forward. I am getting lost in the Rockwell world, no idea when or why you would use Linx. When you choose Observer over DriveExplorer or Executive or Lite. Tools etc etc. Does anyone know of a decent link/chart explaining the function and application of each? I would love some online turorials to figure out exactly what I may need. Any guidance would be great.......thanks a bunch ### Assistant: Here an useful document that may clarify, helping to compare software products for drives.... http://www.ab.com/drives/drivetools/software-comparison.pdf Also take a look to the following link: http://www.ab.com/drives/software.html Hope this helps.... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Ultra 3000 cables Does anyone know if high flex cables are made for the Ultra 3000 Servos? ### Assistant: Yes, of course...you may find all the informations you need about continuous-flex cables on the Motion Selection Guide, at chapter 10, starting from page 264 and more specifically for Ultra 3000 starting at page 441 in chapter 11 (here you may search for the drive/motor cable combination you need) Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: AC driver 3.7KW can use for motor 4KW I have an AC drive 3.7KW. Can it use for motor 4kW ? ### Assistant: RiverVN, normally this is not possible, because the motor is bigger size than drive... just check the FLA current the motor needs, and verify if the drive could supply it. I suggest to go with 4 Kw drive, to better manage intermittent overload, and also start-up current. Hope this helps.... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Ultra 3000 homing problem I'm using Ultra 3000i to control a motor bewteen normal count positions 0 and 100000. I have a homing sensor at position 0 and a negative overtravel sensor at position -10000. During a normal homing sequence, the motor will go backwards till it meets the homing sensor, stop and go forward 1000 counts, which is position zero. If the homing sensor is out of order, the homing sequence will cause the motor to pass the homing sensor and move to the negative overtravel sensor. Now comes the problem: Here the motor will for no particular reason change direction and go forward until someone stops it. So activating a negative overtravel while homing seems to make the motor do a movement I didn't tell it to. Any suggestions anyone? Thanks, Tommy. ### Assistant: Try to take a look to the following technote: Aid 47722 There are all the cases of Homing and overtravel, and your situations seems to occur sometimes as a known behavior... Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Kinetix 2000 Schematic Drawings Does anyone know where I can access Kinetix 2000 servo schematic drawings? I found the panel footprint but not the schematics. ### Assistant: Pilot, try to navigate to the following link: Kinetix 2000 User Manual Otherwise, go to the Literature Home and search for Keyword Kinetix 2000. Also, for Product Drawings, this other link: Product Drawings ... and build the correct Cat. number as needed. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PowerFlex70 and 20CommE We have PF70 drives that are configured to be controlled via the 20CommE module on Ethernet. Works well.In anticipation of a network or PLC crash, can the drive be configured to also respond to hardwired inputs, (start, stop, run at a preset speed) in order to accomodate the emergency situation?Can you program a digital input to transfer control from the 20CommE to hardwire and then back again? Or do you absolutely have to go in through the HIM andmodify the control parameters? Thanks ### Assistant: wireguy, you may use the Local control function over a Digital input terminal. Take a look to Aid 49630... Also, Aid 41038 gives a similar functionality... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PowerFlex 40 via Ethernet Hi all. I'm developing a project with several PowerFlex 700 VC's and PowerFlex 40's on Ethernet to a ControlLogix. I'm having to set up datalinks to get a couple of extra parameters read back in. The 700s seemed pretty simple. But on the 40's I can't find where to add the extra datalinks. The Data Format box (in Module Definition) is set to 0 Data Links and is grayed out, so I can't change it. I've looked in the user manuals for the 40 and the 22-Comm-E module and I can't seem to find the info I need. ### Assistant: Unfortunately, Powerflex 4x has not the possibility to use Datalinks... :smileysad: Only way you have in order to read/write parameter is through Explicit Messaging. Aid 38670 22-COMM-E User Manual - chapter 6 as examples - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Can multiple PFlex 70/700 drive params bet set via SSV in CLX? We have many systems using either CompactLogix or ControlLogix and PowerFlex 70/700 drives via 20 Comm E modules. We are investigating the ability to download drive parameters via ENet to the drives from the processor using SSV's or Explicit Messaging triggered from a PV+. We usually change only a few parameters from factory default and want the ability to eliminate CopyCat or manual configuration via the HIM. Has any one done this? Thanks. ### Assistant: Bill, you may do this through explicit messaging, that potentially gives you the ability to read/write all the parameters in the drive, but there is also another simple way, using PF7x Datalinks... You have a maximum of 8 Input Datalinks (to write parameters in the Drive) and 8 Output Datalinks (to read parameters from the Drive. I suggest to read the 20-COMM-E User Manual, chapter 5 and chapter 6, in order to understand the two possibilities....there are also some useful examples... Also, take a look to Aid 32629...it has all you need to know in order to use explicit messaging Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Powerflex 40 Where can i find programming manual, this drive was preprogrammed and didn't come with one. Thanks ### Assistant: Here the link to the User Manual: http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/22b-um001_-en-e.pdf Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Ultra 3000 E41 I have been seeing ground faults and drive hard faults come up in my PLC.The ultraware fault history shows E41 filling the entire queue. I have an internal shunt, what options do I have to fix this error? ### Assistant: Try to take a look to the following technotes: Aid 22707 - Aid 26076 Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: powerflex 4 no ouput voltage even with numbers on the keypad (100V) HiAfter a ground fault on the motor, the drive looks OK and I see voltage on the keypad (ex. 100V output) when motor button is activated but there's no voltage output at the drive and motor. ### Assistant: Maybe for some strange reasons it is not in a fault state, but I think it is damaged... :smileysad: If it indicates it is running and you may see some output frequency over the display, the motor should obviously run if properly connected... so if the motor stay stopped, drive is damaged. - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Explicit messaging to a 20 Comm module Now that I have the Explicit Messaging working great to the PFlex 7XX drive, I need to know how to set up the Set Attribute Scattered MSG to write Parameters to the actual 20 Comm E module. I can't find (or understand) the Class/Instance/Attributes that I need to specify to write to the module and not the drive. Can anyone point me in the right direction?Thanks,Bill ### Assistant: Bill, Class Instance and Attribute should be the same as those used to read/write parameters in the drive... Just you need to specify in the Scattered_Write_Request (source element in the example of the 20-COMM-E User Manual) the number of the adapter parameters; they start from 16384, as you can see in the screenshot. So, for example, if you want to write Accel. Time 2 in the drive, you will use 141, if you want to write the adapter parameter 03 to Enable BOOTP, you need to use 16387 (16384 + 3) Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 1336S BRF50 Hi there I have got a 1336S-BRF50-AA-EN4-L4 drive and i wish to run it using the inputs from TB3 (L4 option card). I have done a factory reset and have programmed input parameter 12. i have also changed the direction mask to x11111111. But when the try to run it it says Speed at 0.00Hz. The speed is determined by the inpust on TB3 ternimals 26, 27, 28. When I program input mode 12 it automatically sets the maximum freq and voltage to 60Hz and 415Volts and the base freq to 60hz and voltage to 415V as well. Can someone please help me i getting this started please. I need to get it going ASAP! Thanks a lot guys ### Assistant: It seems your drive is running fine, but the frequency command is 0 Hz, so it stays in run mode at 0 Hz....:smileysurprised:Take a look to the attached screenshot, taken from the User Manual... try to change the Speed Select inputs to obtain a Preset Frequency source, programming some values in Preset Freq. Parameters.For example, all the three inputs closed means use Preset Freq. 7, programming a value of 45 Hz in Preset Freq.7 parameters, the drive should run at that speed. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: PowerFlex 4 Max Rate of Start/Stopping I am looking at using a PowerFlex4 inverter for indexing a conveyor when reject products are presented to it. Does any one know the max rate of starting/stopping the drive per min. Many Thanks Mark ### Assistant: Depends what you mean by starting and stopping. If you mean adding and removing power, then I would recommend not more than once per minute. Otherwise, you will burn out the precharge resistors. If you mean starting and stopping output, then you should be able to do it as fast as the inputs will take it. The PowerFlex 4 will read the analog inputs at about 2 times per second. The digital inputs update at 2mS and have a throughput time of 6mS +/- 2mS. I hope this clarifies the situation! \\n


### Human: Encoder 845H I got an 845H encoder connected to a 1769-HSC module, when I power up the encoder my reading increase for CW rotation and decrease for CCW rotation, I just need the opposite, I connected encoder channel A to module channel A1, some clue? Thanks. ### Assistant: If you are using quadrature mode, you may swap the A and A- leads with the B and B- leads (page 23 of the below indicated manual)...the count direction is determined by the phase relation of inputs A and B. If A leads B, the counter increments. If B leads A, the counter decrements. Or you may use the DirectionInvert bit to change the counting direction, leaving the encoder connected as is... :smileysurprised: take a look to the -HSC User Manual at page 18 and page 25 to see various options... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Heartbeat for Powerflex 70 EC w/ ethernet with Logix Profile Hello, I came acrossed a slight issue today. I have a Powerflex 70EC VFD with ethernet connect to my CLX v16 PLC. The drive was running and I use the DriveStatus_Active bit as my running feedback. In the middle of the drive running, an electrician unplugged the ethernet cable from the drive which stopped the drive however the DriveStatus_Active bit stayed high and the drive displayed as running on my HMI. I was wondering if the Powerflex has heartbeat I can configure in the datalink so I can fault the drive on the HMI if I lose comms in the above scenario. ### Assistant: I would like to suggest a way to check the connection with your drive, that I've used in many plants...You may program a GSV instruction, checking the drive status using Module object... you may find some examples in the following technote: Aid 24162 In the RSLogix5000 online help, search for GSV/SSV objects - MODULE, to see what is available to check... see also attached screenshot with an example.... Hope this helps…- fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Coordinating 2 axes, MCLM, MAG, MAM & MAJ I need to be able to move 2 axes simultaneously with a defined relationship between them (the axes are at right angles, and the angle of the trajectory with respect to 1 of the axes is defined). To do a move of a predetermined distance it seems my best bet is to use a MCLM instruction (although I guess I could use MAG and MAM to gear the axes together and then move one of them). To allow the operator to jog the axes I think my only option is to use MAG and MAJ? Having geared the axes together using a MAG do I then just execute a MAJ on one of the axes and the other will automatically follow it? Presumably the .ER bit on the MAJ instruction tag will only be set if there is an error on the master axis? Does a Motion Axis Stop (MAS) 'disconnect' the 2 axes so that they can move independently? If not then what does? A bit later... I guess another option is to create a virtual axis and gear the 2 real axes to that. I wonder what the pros & cons are of the different approaches? Mike ### Assistant: If you define a coordinate system, axis 2 does not automatically follow axis 1 in a jog. The two axis are only going to be together when you execute the MCLM or MCCM instructions. For operator jogging the two axis together will require the MAG. Having geared the axes together using a MAG do I then just execute a MAJ on one of the axes and the other will automatically follow it? The MAJ is executed for the master and then the slave will follow at the gear ratio. If you MAJ the slave, it moves by itself. Presumably the .ER bit on the MAJ instruction tag will only be set if there is an error on the master axis? The .ER bit simply means that there was an error in the MAJ instruction. It does not indicate that there was a physical error with either of the axis, unless either axis has a particular error and that causes the instruction to fault. Does a Motion Axis Stop (MAS) 'disconnect' the 2 axes so that they can move independently? If not then what does? The MAS can 'disconnect' the gearing if the Stop Type is set to ALL or GEAR. If the Stop Type is just set to Jog for the master then they both stop, but both will move again for the next motion command on the Master. I guess another option is to create a virtual axis and gear the 2 real axes to that. I wonder what the pros & cons are of the different approaches? There is really no big difference in using the virtual to control the other two axis unless your automatic mode is for a coordinate system and the manual operator jog is for just jogging the two axis in a gear mode. That might make your programming more organized, but doesn't effect the timing or accuracy of the moves. \\n


### Human: Load Sharing with 700H I have two 700H drives driving a single conveyor belt. The drives are running one motor each separated by about 4m.How do I set them up so that they both run together, sharing the load, without the risk of having one run away? The only control option is Open-loop Speed Regulator.If both drives are set up exactly the same and both get the same speed reference, will setting the Droop @FLA on one drive only really make it work? ### Assistant: PJWZA,I hope it should work as i guess the application is not that critical.Droop should work fine here.:smileywink: \\n


### Human: Problem with SERCOS interface on Ultra3000 Drive. We have a control system that consists of 4 Ultra3000's communicating with an Allen Bradley PLC via a SERCOS fiber optic link. Ever since the initial startup of this unit we have had intermittent communication errors. Well, today they became much less intermittent and more permanent, we could only keep communication established for about 10 minutes in every hour. Each one of these drives are connected to the SERCOS in series to each other. It was obvious therefore to find out where the communication ended. I have no way to test the quality of or the data integrity of a fiber optic link, I can only use my eyesight to verify that there is light emitting from the SERCOS link at whatever point that I remove a cable. It was obvious using this method that the signal was entering a certain drive in the string, and in fact was being acted upon since the communication light was green, but it was not exiting this drive and entering the next one in the string. The red light was not emitting from the output of this card, so that eliminates the next fiber optic cable as being the problem. Also, if I remove the cable from the input of the bad drive and install it in the input of the next drive in the string, the rest of the drives from that point on establish communication again. So, obviously, the SERCOS interface card is defective in that drive. The question is, What has been the resolution of this problem? If you ran into this, was it just as simple as maybe the card is not fully seated into the connector in the drive? Remember, this problem is intermittent, it comes then it goes. I actually observed the output starting to work, then not work visually several times while the output cable was removed. Or does anyone know what specific component on the board may be defective? I have not disassembled the drive yet to see what components are there, but assume there must be an optocoupler I.C. of some sort that may be getting spotty? Or possibly something as simple as a poor solder joint? The simple answer is obviously to replace the card, but the customer is coming in Monday afternoon to observe the unit we are using this control system on run, so it might be quicker to source the individual component locally. Thank you for your help. ### Assistant: Is the drive with the problem still under warranty? I have never messed with the internal hardware of the SERCOS interface on the Ultra 3K but I have had this problem before. I just had the drive replaced. By the time you mess around with troubleshooting at the component level, you could just get a new drive and be done with it. I don't know what the urgency for this application is, but the drives aren't that expensive. \\n


### Human: PowerFlex 40 - Minimum Mounting Clearances - is a wiring duct concidered as an obstable is the wiring duct considered as an obstacle that restrict the air flow?? should I absolutley respect the 4.7 inch clearance even if i'm installing the drives inside a cooled enclosure (A/C) , is there any chart document that can show me what's is the minimum clearance to respect according to the ambiante temperature? if I can guaranty that the temperature inside the enclosure will never increase more that 35celcius degrees, should I respect the 4.7 inches clearance between the PF40 drive and the wiring duct ?? Thank you for your help ### Assistant: The clearance indicated in the User Manual should be respected (and wiring duct is considered an obstacle to the air flow), to avoid drive failure.... technote 34911 has details on this argument... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Powerflex 700 AC Drive - Fault 24 - Decel Inhibit Here's the story, We have (3) Powerflex 700 Drives installed in a cooling tower, powering (3) 60hp Fan Motors. 2 of them run fine - 1 we are having a problem with. It has happened in the past, and has either corrected itself (unlikely) or we have done something to correct the problem (undocumented - electrician's fault :) ). It is going into a fault 24 - Decel Inhibit - The drive is not following a commanded deceleration because it is attempting to limit bus voltage. All 3 fans are set up identically - This fault's Actions are as follows: 1. Verify input voltage is within drive specified limits. - Input voltage is fine on all 3 drives. 2. Verify system ground impedance follows proper grounding techniques. - All 3 drives are grounded to the same bus bar. 3. Disable bus regulation and/or add dynamic brake resistor and/or extend deceleration time. Bus Regulation has been disabled. Deceleration time on this drive has been changed from default to 3600 seconds. Haven't done anything with a Dynamic Brake Resistor - don't understand what it is and I don't want it to Brake. I'm not concerned with the deceleration speed of the fan at all... Anyone have any other suggestions???????? Any other questions that need to be asked/answered ???? PS - Drive will run anywhere from 2 minutes to 10 minutes before faulting. ### Assistant: It is not clear to me what could be the cause... may be a defective part or firmware in that drive... Did you try to swap the motor commanded by this drive connecting it onto another one of the three? Just to check if the problem stays with that drive or moves where that motor is connected... Also, as a try, you may disable the fault annunciation using Parameter 238, to see if your application can be run anyway....(with caution...!) Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Safety Instruction Safety L6XS for SafeOff (dual channel Output - single channel feedback input) Hello, I'm looking for a safety instruction in my L62S that can handle the safe-off functionality as follows:- Safe-Off switching done by 2 safety outputs (dual channel) to 2 relays on same SafeOff-board of K6000-drive- Feedback of Safe-Off status: 2 feedback contacts on SafeOff-board of K6000 drive are wired in series and put finally to 1 safety input. I thing about using the ROUT-instruction (redundant output instruction), that requires 2 feedback contacts together with 2 outputs.The 2 outputs are no problem. But for the 2 feedback contacts (inputs) in the ROUT-instruction, I thought about using for Feedback1- and Feedback2-field the same safety Input. So far so good.Then I read the help function of the Rout instruction again and saw that it will do Pulse-checking on both inputsignals (feedback1 and feedback2-inputs).If it makes pulse checking according SIL3/CAT4 on both inputs what will the instruction do when there are 2times the same input configured? Will it go in error?Can I have a similar safety instruction with no Pulse testing on the 2 feedback input signals, or a similar safety instruction for dual channel safety output with single channel feedback input? Regards,Frank V. ### Assistant: Hi Frank, Pulse checking is done by configuring the safety in- and outputs, it has nothing to do with the ROUT function.If the input is configured for testpulse and that input does not get the correct testpulse signal, it will fail. So your solution is to configure only one feedback signal for testpulse. Only one testpuls output goes to your feedback input. In your ROUT block, use the input for both feedbacks and you are ready. p.s.Testpuls is mainly used for more diagnosis. Your application will also work without testpuls. Success,Cya \\n


### Human: Active homing on torque level How does the active homing on torque level work?The typically set for the torque level in the homing tab of the axis properties does not match the torque level the axis is using to do the homing sequence. ### Assistant: Did you see the Application Manual at this LINK ? It could be useful to understand how it works.... also, it may be useful if you can give some more details about your sequence and your doubts... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: SSV to manipulate Conversion Constant Axis properties I have a single Ultra 3000 drive moving a piston pump through a ball screw programmed with RSLogix 5000 and PV Plus HMI. I have the system scaled in milliliters. At different times I want to install a different volume size piston pump while the stroke length remains the same. I need to be able to write a new conversion constant to the Axis properties. I have been told that an SSV can do this. But I can not even locate the conversion constant attribute in the Axis tag. Has any one ever done something like this and can you offer some suggestions? ### Assistant: After you've inserted the SSV instruction in your application program, fill in its fields as follows: Class = AXIS Instance = Axis name from motion group. Attribute = ConversionConstant Source = REAL tag Also take a look to Motion Modules User Manual at page 298 for other infos... and take a look to the attached screenshot... Hope this helps…- fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Reading 1336 VFD over ethernet possible? This may be a dumb question but I see a 1336 VFD drive in my RSwho, but I can't right click on it and see a data monitor. I can use a browser to it's IP and see data there, speed, faults etc. If I wanted to use OPC or ABR to read the data from this drive over ethernet and put it on SCADA,, how can I do that? ### Assistant: Splash,Yes you can do read data vaues from 1336 drive and put it on scada.you have to create topic in rslinx depending upon the type of processor and n/w used.and in the scada link the drive tags to scada tags.hope it helps....:smileywink: \\n


### Human: Rotary to Linear Motion any Ideas? ### Assistant: Try a virtual Axis as the position on the linear axis (Axis 1) Axis 2 is the Angular Position of the CAM Create a MAPC to copy the effect of the physical CAM (Look up COS rule to calculate values) Tie Axis 2 to Axis 1 via the MAPC Control the motion via Axis 1 Problems that you need to think aboutHoming When to engage the MAPC Overrotation of the Angular Position End of travel limits \\n


### Human: Multiple selectable Master Axis, One slave I have four identical stations that represent an Auxillary Feedback Axis to my system. The operator selects the station the slave axis is positioned at. I switch the station encoder to one of two axis (stations 1 & 2 to Axis A aux feedback and stations 3 or 4 to Axis B aux feedback). I now want to do a MAPC and slave an axis to the selected station. This program was based on a single station that I have converted to run at four stations. However, I programmed the MAPC for Axis A Aux feedback (stations 1 or 2) and now need to run at the other two stations (3 or 4). I would prefer to only have the one MAPC and switch in the appropriate Aux feedback axis as the master. I thought I could use a Virtual Axis in the MAPC and two MAG instructions to gear in the appropriate axis, but I see notes that the MAG only works with physical axis. Is this true? Is there another way around having a second MAPC? I have a lot of overhead (alarms, permissives, latches, etc.) surrounding the Cam instruction and would like to avoid duplicating it. ### Assistant: Not True MAG work on virtual axis (so does MAPC and MATC) Your plan should work Master -> Virtual via MAPC Virtual -> Correct Slave via MAGOR if I misunderstood the application Master -> Virtual Master via MAG Virtual Master - > Virtual Slave via MAPC Virtual slave -> Physical Slave via MAGBe aware there are scan delays based on your group update time One group update time per virtual slave \\n


### Human: Drive Resolution Calculation Hey Guys..!! I need to know how the Drive Resolution is calculated by the Calculate utility in the Drive/Motion Tab. Do anybody of you have the equations or formulas used for this? ### Assistant: Take a look to Aid 21973 , it could be what you're searching for.... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Motion control in Controllogix program I'm struggling to formulate what it is that I actually want to ask/know, so please bear with me! What I'm trying to get at is... what is the purpose of there being a dedicated Motion Task Is this the only place one should put programs/routines which contains motion commands? If so why? I'm looking at an application that will use a limited amount of motion control to carry out operations 'on demand' when required to do so by various parts of the process. E.g. at some point the process will require an axis to move from A to B, it will wait for that to move to complete, and then go on to the next stage (which may or may not involve some more motion control). Should I put all programs/routines which contain motion commands in the Motion Task and all others in the Main (or other) Task? That might not be a very logical way of dividing up my system. Maybe there is some doc which will help me with this? Mike ### Assistant: Hopefully, I have understood your question/concern. The control logix processor can multi task. You can have many tasks in the Main task area or have tasks that are periodic or event driven. All tasks in the main run at the same time. Periodic task run defined by their time setting. Event task run when a defined event happens. Each task in the main can have its priority set to different levels. There is not a task type that is defined as a Motion Task. You can organize your task to put all motion in the same task so that it is easier to locate, test, and modify. Also, the main controller has certain priority when it comes to the execution of certain instruction. The motion instructions which go to the motion planner part the processor have the highest priority. But that priority is different then the task priorities. Motion has the highest priority because of the moving items need to have attention so as to not get off track or target. Hope this helped. \\n


### Human: Update Cam profile when running I need to update a CAM profile for a motor, without stopping it or disabling the MAPC instruction. The need is to change the ratio between the master and slave motors. Thank you for your help. ### Assistant: It seems not possible... take a look to Aid 43326 - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Electrolytic Capacitors shelf life I have a panel with several PF40s and PF70s ( 30 hp) that has been in storage for several years. I was told that I need to re-form the capacitors and was referrenced TN 18015. Does this this mean I should not have spare inventory for drives? It seems to be a very complex procedure and not suitable for small plants? What is wrong with this picture? ### Assistant: This issue comes new to me, and it is an interesting thread. In effect this happens due to the *nature* of the Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitors, and thus it applies also to other Drives (I mean non-Rockwell... :smileytongue: )Some other infos in Wikipedia.... also there is explained the re-forming process... Then, it means you can have your spare for sure, but you have to be aware of this issue and prepare your drives before proceed to use them...that means that after several years you have not a quick direct replacement part in case of failure of original system... :smileysad: About the reforming procedure: yes, it seems quite complex... maybe the last explained could be the most suitable for simple reforming. The other option is to apply the input line voltage to the Drive, the current limited resistor should still be used in series with the input power. Then allow the drive to power-up, thus applying bus voltage across the capacitors and re-forming them. Allow the drive to sit in this state for at least an hour prior to operating the drive. - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Continuous change of gearratio on 1 servo-axis Hello, We have an application which requires a continuous change of gearration of 1 slave axis to a master axis (f.ex. 1 change of gearratio per 500 ms).Currently we execute this by having 1 MAG-instruction which we call every 500ms with an updated gearratio. The clutch-setting in theMAG-instruction is active. We have RSlogix5000 V16 .For about 90% of the startups this setup works fine. But 10% of the cases it goes wrong and we see that the updated gearratio is not becoming active. What do we do wrong. Is there a better way for updating the gearratio continuously from 1 slave axis to the master axis? FV. ### Assistant: You might try creating an event task to perform the MAG instruction and have it run after the ratio variable has been updated. Also, in this event task, monitor the variable to make sure it is a different value then the previous one. This is only a test to make sure it has a new value. \\n


### Human: RSLogix 5000 with Customized Servo Motor I might be pressing a hot button here, but is it possible to configure a user defined servo motor to use in RSLogix 5000? Thanks. ### Assistant: lendyck, a user cannot add his own a custom motor inside RS5000... you need to request your local RA representative to have the custom profile created for you, giving them all the datas about the motors. Anyway this procedure should be approved from RA before they start with analysis and profile definition... so I think it isn't quick to get... May also try to ask if there is already a profile created for your motor... take a look to the following thread: LINK Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 700S JOG 1, JOG 2 I have a 700S which has the add on encoder board. The drive is setup to follow the auxiliary encoder encoder with the application of a run input (2 wire). My customer asked me to install a FWD/REV Jog cct. on this application. I setup JOG 1 and JOG 2 on digital inputs 1 and 2, JOG 1 setpoint 10 RPM, JOG 2 setpoint -10 RPM. JOG 1 works fine, JOG 2 almost works, the HIM shows the drive is running I can hear the power module firing, but the motor will not move and the RPM gauge on the HIM shows 0. What have I forgotten to do?? ### Assistant: First of all I have to say I'm not an expert of this drive... just I'm trying to give some help...:smileytongue: Check Par. 30 (Min. Spd. Ref. Lim.), default is 0; you need to have this set to a negative value if you want use JOG 2 as indicated in your post.Also, Par 153, bit 0 should be 1 (it is by default) to allow bipolar speed reference... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: No Display on H.I.M Hi I have a 20BD180A0ANNANA0 PowerFlex 700 V.S.D that has a problem with the display on the H.I.M.The drive is okay, we can get it started through drive explorer software and by the H.I.M, but do not get any display on the H.I.M. The backlight works okay on the H.I.M (20HIMA4).We have checked the ribbon cables going to the H.I.M, everything seems okay.Is there a circuit board that we can replace to fix this problem as I do not want to send the drive back for remanufacture. ### Assistant: First I can suggest to replace just the HIM (unless already done :smileytongue: ) and if the new one will work, that obviously means that the one that stays blank is faulty. Otherwise, there are seriuos probability you need to send the entire drive to repair / substitute...:smileysad: But, as optimist as I'am, I think that you just need to replace the HIM... (I hope so... :smileywink: ) Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Servo Motor Life expectancy I am using AB Servo Motor Model ### Assistant: It is required to call in Tech Support in order to get this information.... :smileysurprised: http://www.rockwellautomation.com/support/index.html - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Unespected Movement of Kinetix 6000 Hi, I'm new on Kinetix 6000 Systems I have a Kinetix 6000 with Controllogix PLC. When there is a energy shut down (Power lost) and it come on, there is and unespected movement of Kinetix 6000 servo. It seems that Kinetix take and save last instruction and when power come on it execute last instruction. When unespected movement occurs the controllogix PLC is on restarting process Do you know what may be the problem? Thanks ### Assistant: I can't see the logic you're running but it sounds like the code in your controller is set to act when the drive is ready to go. So when the drive powers up and gets the ready signal, the code is immediately acting on that information. It is best to program servos using a state machine so you can directly control how the code moves through its different phases. I've had many issues come up when I forgot that a piece of reset logic or run logic was triggered of a no-faults bit that I had set. \\n


### Human: Kinetix 6000 - zero speed/stopped detection and vertcal application e-stopping Is there a status bit to tell me when an axis is stopped? Also, in a vertical application, the e-stop in the down ward (weighted) direction is abrubt to violent. How would I detun that? By adjusting the systems maximum deceleration. The up direction is fine beacuse it is lifing a load. ### Assistant: Axis_Servo_drive Data Type structure has a Motion Status word, where bit 6 is StoppingStatus.This bit is set if there is a stopping process currently in progress, and cleared when the stopping process is complete. Both MAS-motion axis stop and MGS - motion group stop instructions use this bit. Also you may check for .PC bit in MAS or MGS instructions, that is Process complete bit. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: 1756-HSC Continuous counting... I am using an encoder on a process line and would like to accumulate length of material. I have an encoder wired to a 1756-HSC and am using it to measure cut lengths.I have an application program that runs in a periodic task of 10 ms. The PresentValue[0] is the input to a pulse multiplier:Mode = 1 RelativeWordsize = 32multiplier = 1000000 Output goes to InPlus on an UpDnCounter block. It works fine and is calibrated accurately except when the presentvalue[0] rolls over. When the rollover occurs I get a negative number on Pmul.Out and subtracts from the updown counter. How can I work around this? Thanks for the Help! dgross@nacsi.com ### Assistant: Answer to your issue is in this statement, taken from PMUL online help: When applying this block, it is important to note that the feedback data should not change by more than ½ the word size from one scan to the next, if rotational direction is to be properly differentiated. In the example above, if the feedback device is moving in a clockwise direction such that at scan ‘A’ it reads 0 and then scan ‘B’ it reads –2000, actual change in position is equivalent to +2096 counts in the clockwise direction. However, since these two values are more than ½ the words size, (or more than ½ the rotation of the physical device,) the PMUL instruction calculates that the feedback device rotated in the opposite direction and returns a value of –2000 instead of +2096. So, which is the count range of your HSC ?You have to change the WordSize in PMUL to remain in the right range, following the examples below. Here some examples: count range 65535 to -65536 ---- set WordSize = 17 bitcount range 2047 to -2048 ---- set WordSize = 12 bitcount range 255 to -256 ---- set WordSize = 9 bit Informations are in Logix5000 Process Control & Drives Instructions Reference Manual pages 261-262 Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \\n


### Human: Feedback only axis using a CLX SERCOS module Hello, The setup is a CLX processor with a 3 axis SERCOS module controlling one U3K axis. I now need to bring in an encoder as a Feedback Only axis. What's the best way? Any way of getting it onto the SERCOS module. Thanks ### Assistant: http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/in/2090-in007_-en-p.pdf The link above is for the 2090-U3BB2-DM44 connector. This connector fits on CN1 of your U3k drive. The manual shows inputs on pins 1 through 9 of CN1 for a 5V external auxiliary encoder. As you set up the feedback-only axis in the Motion Group, the GENERAL tab of the AXIS PROPERTIES for the feedback-only axis must have the U3k drive set in the ASSOCIATED AXIS section. You will also fill out the data in the AUXILIARY FEEDBACK tab, not the MOTOR FEEDBACK tab for the feedback-only axis. \\n