WARNING: This software can be connected to a drive to provide realtime ability to start and stop your machine unexpectedly, change its speeds suddenly, and alter its behavior in a ways that can cause danger and death. This software must only be used by experienced, qualified personnel who are completely familiar with the software, control equipment and the machine.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: Read and understand the drive manuals prior to using this software. Accuracy of information contained in this software cannot be guaranteed. Always refer to the manuals supplied with the drive when using this software. If in doubt call (USA) 410-604-3400 for help before proceeding.
Before using this software to configure a PL-Series DC Drive:
- Ensure that the drive manuals are available for immediate reference at all times.
- Using the drive manuals ensure that the drive is installed and wired correctly.
- Follow the start up procedure in the drive manual and ensure that the start/stop sequencing, direction of rotation of the motor, autotune, speed referencing and scaling, and safety stop override are all installed and operating correctly.
- Ensure that the drive and motor are suitable for the application and that the machine and control scheme are operating safely and as specified by the machine designer.
- Read the savvy manuals contained in the "Help" menu and ensure that you are completely familiar with the features and limitations of this software.
- Follow the procedures outlined in "Starting with savvy" to interface savvy to a PL-Series DC drive or to create a "Phantom" drive.
PL-Series DC Drive Graphical Configuration Notes
- A basic PL-Series DC drive (without a drive.web speedy Ethernet board installed) is unable to store graphical data internally; the data must be stored in a file on your computer. When you initially discover your drive via the serial port, you must first create a graphic data file by right-clicking on the drive icon and selecting "Graphic Data File" > "Create new file"; name and save this file. In the future when you discover the drive again simply pick the file from the list of recent files in this menu. Once set, the file is automatically updated as you make changes. Note that when connecting through the drive RS232 serial port you do not have access to the full parameter set within the drive (see the drive manual and Serial Comms Limitations for PL-series DC Drive for details).
- A speedy PL-Series DC Drive with a drive.web speedy board (with Ethernet interface) installed is capable of storing the data relating to the graphical aspects of its configuration once it has been initialized using the savvy-SFD. It also provides access to the full set of drive parameters.
- A PL-Series "Phantom" drive created in savvy-SFD initially contains no graphical block diagram and needs to be initialized. A "Phantom" PL-Series DC drive has all the features of a drive with a drive.web speedy board installed.
Initializing A PL-Series Drive Graphical Configuration
WARNING: always initialize or load configuration files when the drive is in a stop condition with C-STOP on terminal 34 open. Do not attempt to close C-STOP or start the drive until you are completely sure that the configuration you have installed is safe to run.
Once a drive is discovered by savvy either on a network or via a serial connection the drive set up parameter values and internal connections will be recognized by savvy-SFD. When you click on the drive icon to drill down from the "Directory" level to the "Function Block Engine" level you will see a list of all of the drive connections and function blocks on the left and an empty graphic display. To initialize the graphics you can either:
- select "Load default graphics" from the "FBE" menu and synchronize and edit as shown on the following pages, or
- drag each function block icon from the list into the diagram and build your diagram from scratch, or
- right click on the drive icon at the top of the list column and select "Import Device Data" from the contextual menu and get a configuration file that has been created previously.
WARNING: importing device data will overwrite all the data in the drive and may cause the drive to start unexpectedly.
Synchronizing & Editing A Drive Graphical Configuration
Once you have loaded the default graphics or created a graphic manually you will need to check that the graphic display is synchronized with the drive configuration.
Connections that are in the drive but are not in the graphic appear grayed out in the list. To add the connection to the graphic simply drag the connection icon from the list into the diagram and the connection will automatically be made.
Connections that are in the default graphic but not in the drive will automatically be deleted.
Easily Find Unplaced Function Blocks & Connections
To make it easy to find function blocks and connections and determine if they have been placed in the graphical diagram and whether or not they are active there is a "Filter" menu at the top of the list column. This enables you to quickly show in the list the status of all the function blocks and connections with the following filter selections:
- All
- Function Blocks
- Connections
- Placed
- Unplaced
- Placed Function Blocks
- Placed Connections
- Unplaced Function Blocks
- Unplaced Connections
- Active Function Blocks
- Inactive Function Blocks
- Unplaced But Active
- Placed But Inactive
PL-Series DC Drive Signal Flow Diagram Features
- All parameter values are displayed live
- All switch, relay and alarm states are displayed live in the savvy graphics
- Parameter setters enable values to be set in real time in the drive
- You can enable the drive data save function from savvy (from drive contextual menu)
- right click in the drawing space to add notes
- rename drives, function blocks, parameters
- add system and user information to the drawing title block
- export, import and print your configuration drawing files
- right click on a parameter to open a parameter dock and trend chart function
Creating Configurations & Systems With drive.web savvy
Refer to the "Starting with savvy", "Starting with savvy-SFD" and the "savvy User Manual" located in the "Help" menu before working with drives or creating system configurations.
drive.web products
Currently there are two basic drive.web product groups that interface to the savvy tools:
smarty - is a range of DIN rail mounted distributed control processors with a variety of i/o options that can either work as stand alone programmable systems processors or can be integrated into an Ethernet LAN with drives, operator stations, PLCs and SCADA systems.
speedy - is a range of high speed drive.web processor boards that interface directly with a drive microbus. These are available for E-Series AC vector drives and PL-Series Digital DC drives for high performance applications.
drive.web savvy Training Courses
The drive.web technology and the savvy drive system design tools are very sophisticated and we strongly recommend that to get the most out of your systems you attend one of our savvy training courses. For more information, please contact info@driveweb.com or call (USA) 410-604-3400 for details.
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