ACV 700 DDCTool 4.

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DCF 500/700
DCS 500
DCV 700
TSU

User's Manual
 User's Manual

DDCTool 4.x

ACV 700
DCF 500/700
DCS 500
DCV 700
TSU

Code: 3ADW 000 142 R0201

2003 ABB Automation Products GmbH All rights reserved.

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Chapter 1 - Table of Contents..........................................................................................................................1-i

Chapter 2 - Introduction ..................................................................................................................................2-1

About this Manual ....................................................................................................................................2-3

Chapter 3 - Installation of the DDCTool 4.x...................................................................................................3-1

Chapter 4 - Using the DDCTool ......................................................................................................................4-1

Starting the DDCTool...............................................................................................................................4-1
Screen Layout of the DDCTool................................................................................................................4-1
Status Panel ..................................................................................................................................4-3
ACV 700 ...........................................................................................................................4-3
DC Drives .........................................................................................................................4-5
Numeric Monitoring of Actual Values ......................................................................................................4-6
Object Push Button........................................................................................................................4-7
Object Selection List......................................................................................................................4-8
Value Push Buttons .......................................................................................................................4-9
Changing Values ...................................................................................................................................4-10

Chapter 5 - File .................................................................................................................................................5-1

Open Configuration..................................................................................................................................5-1
Open Graph .............................................................................................................................................5-2
Save Configuration ..................................................................................................................................5-2
Save Configuration As .............................................................................................................................5-3
Save Graph As ........................................................................................................................................5-3
Save PrintScreen Image As ....................................................................................................................5-6
Print Graph...............................................................................................................................................5-7
About DDCTool........................................................................................................................................5-7
Exit ...........................................................................................................................................................5-7

Chapter 6 - ActValues......................................................................................................................................6-1
Graph Display (Single DDC)....................................................................................................................6-1
Automatic Scaling..........................................................................................................................6-3
Stop/Restart Graph Display.....................................................................................................................6-4
Define Value 1 ... 4 ..................................................................................................................................6-4
Define Object ...........................................................................................................................................6-4
Set Object Value......................................................................................................................................6-4
Undo Object Value...................................................................................................................................6-4
Show Descriptions ...................................................................................................................................6-4
Define Step A and Step B........................................................................................................................6-5
Start Value Recorder ...............................................................................................................................6-7
Stop Recorder..........................................................................................................................................6-8

Chapter 7 - Params ..........................................................................................................................................7-1

Processing the Parameters (Immediate update).....................................................................................7-1
Processing the Parameters (No immediate update) ...............................................................................7-4

Chapter 8 - Diagrams.......................................................................................................................................8-1

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Diagrams..................................................................................................................................................8-1
Diagram Window .....................................................................................................................................8-2

Chapter 9 - DataLogger ...................................................................................................................................9-1

Use of the Data Logger............................................................................................................................9-1
Copy Value Definitions to Ch 1 ... 4........................................................................................................9-1
Define Channel 1 ... 6 .............................................................................................................................9-2
Common Definitions ................................................................................................................................9-2
Control .....................................................................................................................................................9-3
Upload......................................................................................................................................................9-4
Automatic Scaling..........................................................................................................................9-4
Graph Display of Uploaded Samples ......................................................................................................9-5
Expand Graph Display.............................................................................................................................9-5
Numeric Display of Uploaded Samples ...................................................................................................9-6
Monitoring (ACV 700 only) .....................................................................................................................9-7

Chapter 10 - Control ......................................................................................................................................10-1

Local/Remote Control ............................................................................................................................10-1
Local Control ...............................................................................................................................10-1
Remote Control ...........................................................................................................................10-2

Chapter 11 - Faults.........................................................................................................................................11-1
Reading the Last DDC Fault/alarm Code ..............................................................................................11-1
Uploading/clearing the Fault Logger......................................................................................................11-2

Chapter 12 - Other..........................................................................................................................................12-1
Restart Communication with the DDC...................................................................................................12-1
Read the DDC Communication Statistics..............................................................................................12-1
Clear Graph Area...................................................................................................................................12-1
Set Y-axis Zero to... ...............................................................................................................................12-1
Copy Curr Graph to Ref.........................................................................................................................12-2
Show/Hide Ref Graph............................................................................................................................12-2
Ref Graph Shift ......................................................................................................................................12-2
Window Calculator.................................................................................................................................12-3
Set DDC Time........................................................................................................................................12-3
Lock Value Changes..............................................................................................................................12-4
I/O Test (ACV 700 only).........................................................................................................................12-5

Chapter 13 - Exit.............................................................................................................................................13-1
Exit .........................................................................................................................................................13-1

Chapter 14 - Appendix 1................................................................................................................................14-1

Startup Parameters................................................................................................................................14-1

Chapter 15 - Appendix 2................................................................................................................................15-1

Error Messages .....................................................................................................................................15-1

Chapter 16 - Appendix 3................................................................................................................................16-1

Monitoring of Single APC.......................................................................................................................16-1

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The DDCTool 4.x is a commissioning and maintenance tool for single

DDC (Digital Drive Controller).

The PC where the DDCTool runs is connected optically to one DDC

by means of the optic data communications board (SNAT624 PC
card).

The DDCTool program can be used with the following DDC types:

ACV 700

DCV 700

DCF 500 / 700

DCS 500

TSU

The program automatically recognises the type of the DDC it is

connected to. When the DDCTool is connected to DCS 500, then the
DDCTool works as described in the CMT / DCS 500 User's Manual.
This manual (DDCTool 4.0 User's Manual) describes the operation of
the DDCTool when it is connected to one of the DDC mentioned
above, other than DCS500 based unit.

The following functions can be performed by using the DDCTool:

monitoring of the DDC's actual values in real time (min sample

interval is 3 ms) in the graphical and numeric form

setting of the DDC's parameters and other values

display of schematic diagrams with real time monitoring of the

DDCs actual values

control of the DDC's data logger operation and display of the

sample values collected by the data logger in graphical and
numeric form

saving of the current measurement configuration and the

screen's graphical display to a disk file

local control of the DDC

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display and clear of the contents of the DDC's fault logger

uploading/downloading of all DDC's parameters; changing their

values and saving/restoring them to/from a disk file

testing of the I/O connections (ACV 700 only)

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About this Manual Chapter 3 - Installation of the DDCTool 4.x describes the installation
of the DDCTool hardware and software in single DDC configurations.

Chapter 4 - Using the DDCTool describes the basic functions of the

DDCTool program.

Chapter 5 - File describes how you can save and open graph and
configuration information.

Chapter 6 - ActValues describes how you can monitor actual values

in the graphical and numeric form.

Chapter 7 - Params describes how you can upload, download, save,

open, print, compare and update the whole parameter set of the DDC
and how you can change values of individual parameters.

Chapter 8 - Diagrams describes how you can display schematic

diagrams with real time monitoring of the DDCs actual values.

Chapter 9 - DataLogger describes how you can define the data logger
channels and other data logger control parameters and how you can
upload, display and save the collected data logger samples.

Chapter 10 - Control describes how you can control the DDC in local
control mode.

Chapter 11 - Faults describes how you can upload, display and save
the content of the fault logger.

Chapter 12 - Other describes the rest of the DDCTool functions (e.g.

use of reference graphs, window calculator and value change lock).

Chapter 13 - Exit tells how you exit the DDCTool program.

Appendices 1 ... 3 describe the startup parameters, error messages

and monitoring of actual values of APC(s).

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The DDCTool is designed to run under the Microsoft Windows NT

and 2000. Please ask for newer Windows versions.

Please see DDCTool V4.x Installation Instructions,

3adw000175R0201 (or later).

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Starting the The program is started by double clicking the DDCTool 4.0 shortcut.
DDCTool If the DDC connection is not working properly then a "Cannot start
drive communication" error box will appear on the screen (see
Chapter Installation of the DDCTool / Troubleshooting).
If error message "PC OVERLOAD" appears on the screen (or
DDCTool fails during parameter upload) then you must increase the
value of the startup parameter M (see Appendix 1).
NOTE: If your PC includes a Power Management feature then turn it
off and restart the program without changing the M parameter.

Screen Layout of
the DDCTool

Figure 4 - 1. Screen layout of the DDCTool.

If the PC is directly connected to a DDC then the text Single DDC

appears on the top of the screen.

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The actual values to be monitored in real time (in the numeric form)
are displayed in the upper part of the screen.

In the middle of the screen there is a graphical display area with scale
lines.

On the STATE line above the graphical display area, the following
DDC status information is displayed:

control mode (remote / local control) (see Chapter Control)

data logger state (sample values are readable / cannot be read)

(see Chapter DataLogger)

fault state (fault or alarm / no fault or alarm). The fault and/or

alarm code that was last in the DDC can be read by means of
the Read Last Fault/Alarm Codes or Upload Fault Logger
command in the Faults menu (see Chapter Faults).

If the DDC connection does not exist then it is possible to perform

only such operations that do not need communication with the DDC.

If there is a CONFIG.QDC file (see Chapter File / Save Configuration)

in the DDCTOOL 4.0 directory or in the Start in subdirectory then
the settings in this file are automatically copied to the initial
configuration settings of the DDCTool program.

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Status Panel
ACV 700 If you define Value4 = signal 101-04 (MAIN_STATUS_WORD) then
the status information of this ACV 700 signal is shown on the right
side of the screen (gray text = inactive state):

Figure 4 - 2. ACV 700 status panel on the right side of the screen.

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If you define Value4 = signal 101-05 (AUX_STATUS_WORD) then

the status information of this ACV 700 signal is shown on the right
side of the screen (gray text = inactive state):

Figure 4 - 3. ACV 700 status panel on the right side of the screen.

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DC Drives If you define Value4 = signal 101-04 (MAIN_STATUS_WORD) then

the status information from the DC drive is shown on the right side of
the screen (gray text = inactive state):

Figure 4 - 4. DC status panel on the right side of the screen.

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Numeric The actual values to be monitored in real time are selected with the
Object push button and with the Value1, Value2, Value3 and Value4
Monitoring of push buttons. The push buttons have the following differences:
Actual Values

Object push button Value push buttons

Updating interval = the DDC Updating interval = the DDC

message interval (see Appendix 1, message interval (see Appendix
parameter M). The minimum is the 1, parameter M). The minimum
message processing interval of is 3 ms.
the DDC (over 20 ms).

The value as such is the actual The value can also be the
value. difference between two actual
values (or between an actual
value and a constant value).

The value of an object selected Values cannot be changed.

with a push button can be
changed with the ObjVal push
button.

During some push button and The value is always correct.

menu functions, a value can be
momentarily other than the correct
value .

The Object push button is generally used only for selecting objects
whose contents are to be changed. The Value push buttons are used
to select actual values that are to be monitored numerically and/or
graphically.

The current definitions of the above mentioned push buttons can be

displayed on the screen by using the F9 function key (or by selecting
the command Show Descriptions in the ActValues menu).

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Object Push After the Object push button has been clicked, a dialog box is
Button displayed on the screen.

Figure 4 - 5. Defining the Object push button (ACV 700).

From the list one of the following actual values can be selected for
monitoring:

a pre-programmed actual value. The names and display formats

of these actual values are pre-defined, and because these
values are calculated by the DDC, they cannot be changed with
the DDCTool program.

a parameter or signal. With the List push button you can select
the desired parameter or signal from the parameter/signal list
(either with a double click of the mouse or by pressing the space
bar).

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When the selection has been made, click the OK push button. The
name of selected parameter/signal will be displayed at the right side
of the Object push button and at the right side of the ObjVal push
button there will appear the actual value of the selected object
(selection of the actual value's display format is explained below in
Chapter Changing Values).

Object Selection By clicking on the object name (at the right side of the Object push
List button) the Object Selection List window can be displayed.

Figure 4 - 6. Object Selection List.

If you click on a list item (parameter/signal) then this item will be the
new object.

If you double click on a list item then this item will be the new object
and the value change dialog box is automatically displayed for value
change (see below Chapter Changing Values).

By means of the Add push button you add new items to the end of
the item list.
You can select one or more parameters/signals from the dialog box
that appears when you click the Add button. Click the OK push
button of the dialog box when you have selected the item(s) you want
(if you want to clear the item list of the object selection list window
before addition then click the OK (with clear) push button).

By means of the Del push button you delete the selected item from
the list.

By means of the Save push button you save the object list to a disk
file (name extension must be .QDO).

By means of the Open push button you read a previosly saved object
list from a disk file.

You can move back from the selection list window to the main
window, and the selection list window will remain visible on the
screen. By means of the Done push button you remove the selection
list window.

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Value Push After you have clicked a Value push button, a dialog box will be
displayed on the screen.
Buttons

Figure 4 - 7. Defining a Value push button.

This box contains the following information (either default values or

values selected earlier):

the value to be monitored. This is a signal (or a parameter).

a reference value. This can be a constant value (e.g. zero) or a

signal (or a parameter).

the display format (a signed integer, an unsigned integer or a

hexadecimal number)

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When the above mentioned selections have been made, click the OK
push button. Next to the Value push button clicked there will appear
the actual value, in the selected format or the difference between the
value to be monitored and the reference value.

If the value to be monitored is a signal (or a parameter) and the

reference value is zero, the identifier of the signal (or a parameter)
will be displayed on the top of the Value push button (instead of the
Value n text).

Changing Values The parameter (or signal) to be changed is first selected with the
Object push button (or with the Object Selection List).

Next click the ObjVal push button, which brings up on the screen a
dialog box with a selection list for the display format and a data entry
field for entering the new value.

Figure 4 - 8. Value change.

If you wish to change the display format, select a new format from the
list of formats (a signed integer, an unsigned integer, a hexadecimal
number or a binary number).

If you wish to change the value, write the new value in the data entry
field.

Finally, click the OK push button (or press the Enter key).

NOTE: If you wish to change only the display format, leave the data
entry field blank!

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If you have selected the Redisp check box then DDCTool redisplays
the dialog box so that you can change the value of the same object
again. Click the Cancel push button (or press the Esc key) when you
want remove the dialog box from the screen.

You can restore the previous value back if you press the F12 function
key (or click the Undo push button of the dialog box if the box is
visible) as the first operation after value change.

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Figure 5 - 1. Pull-down menu for File. Note that some menu

commands may be inactive if it is not possible to use them in the
current situation.

Open By means of the command Open Configuration in the File menu you
can restore previously saved measurement configuration definitions.
Configuration

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Open Graph By means of Open Graph in the File menu you can restore any
previously saved graph file. When you have selected the file you want
to restore then a dialog box will be displayed on the screen.

Figure 5 - 2. Open graph dialog box.

With this dialog box you can restore the graph source and/or scaling
definitions and/or the graph curves. Graph curves can be copied to
normal curves or reference curves. You can make a copy to
reference curves only if the current X- and Y-axis values are the
same as they were when the graph curves to be copied were saved
(use of reference curves, see Chapter Other / Show/Hide Ref Graph).

Save Configuration When you select this command all measurement configuration
definitions of the DDCTool (Object push button, Value push buttons,
Step push buttons etc.) are saved for later use to the file
CONFIG.QDC in the DDCTOOL directory. If the file CONFIG.QDC
already exists then its old content is overwritten.

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Save Configuration When you select this command a dialog box will be displayed on the
screen. By this box you define a file (extension must be .QDC) and all
As measurement configuration definitions (Object push button, Value
push buttons, Step push buttons etc.) are saved to this file for later
use.

Save Graph As You can save the current graphical display information to a disk file
for later use. When you select this command a dialog box will be
displayed on the screen.

Figure 5 - 3. Save graph dialog box.

With this dialog box you select the graph bitmap file mode, graph line
width type and the desired file directory, write the base part of the file
name (e.g. MEAS23) and write the Comment line (e.g. customer
name, application etc.).

If the saved graph will be printed in a black-and-white format then it is

usually better to use dissimilar line widths.

If a saved graph will be shown by an overhead projector then double

line widths shoud be used.

When you click the OK push button two or three disk files will be
created:

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binary file (extension .QDG, e.g. MEAS23.QDG). The content of

this file is: graph type (actual values or data logger samples),
comment text, source definitions, graph scaling definitions and
actual graph curves.

text file (extension .TXT, e.g. MEAS23.TXT). The content of this

file is: graph type (actual values or data logger samples),
comment text, date and time, source definitions and graph
scaling definitions.

bitmap file (extension .BMP, e.g. MEAS23.BMP). This file is not

created if you selected the No Graph Bitmap File mode from the
Graph Bitmap File Mode list. The content of this file is: comment
text, date and time, source definitions, graph scaling definitions
and actual graph curves.
Source and graph scaling definitions are missing if you selected
the Graph Bitmap File w/o Definitions mode from the Graph
Bitmap File Mode list (in this mode the bitmap file is smaller and
you can use this alternative if you have not much free disk space
left).

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Figure 5 - 4. Graph display bitmap file (.BMP) example.

The above-mentioned files are used as follows:

binary (.QDG) file: By means of the command Open Graph in

the File menu you can restore the definitions and graph curves
of this file.

text (.TXT) file: When you are creating a document (e.g. with the
WinWord program) you can insert the content of this file into the
document.

bitmap (.BMP) file: When you are creating a document (e.g. with
the WinWord program) you can insert the content of this file into
the document.

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Save PrintScreen If you wish to save the whole current screen with its graphics curves
for later use, first press the PrintScreen key on your keyboard. This
Image As will copy the entire content of the window to the clipboard. In error
situations Save PrintScreen Image As is an easy way to save error
messages in case they are needed later.

Next select the command Save PrintScreen Image As from the File
menu. The Clipboard window will be displayed on the screen. Select
the command Save As from this window's File menu and execute the
save to the desired disk file in the directory you want to use. Finally,
close the Clipboard window by selecting File-Exit.

When you wish to use a saved image at a later time, for example, in a
document that is created with the WinWord program, you must first
read the image file back to the clipboard with the Clipboard program
that is started, say, from the Program Manager's Clipboard icon and
then move the picture to WinWord or first edit it e.g. in Paintbrush.

When an image is read to the clipboard, you can use the Paintbrush
program to remove from it, say, the part above the graph display
area. This should be done before pasting the image into a document
that is being created. Follow the steps below:

if the Paintbrush is not running, start it, enlarge its window to the
maximum size and remove the Tools and Palette help windows
from the main window by means of the View menu. If the
Paintbrush has already been started earlier, select File-New.

copy the image that has been read to the Paintbrush window by
selecting View-Zoom Out, Edit-Paste (twice!) and View-Zoom
In.

clip the desired image area with the mouse (press the mouse's
left-hand button down at some corner of the desired image area
and with the button still held down, drag the clipped area to the
desired size. Then release the mouse button)

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finally, copy the clipped area to the clipboard (in place of the
before read image) by selecting Edit-Copy

move from the Paintbrush program back to the word processing

program and paste (Edit-Paste) the area clipped above into the
desired place in the document that is being created.

Print Graph If you have a printer connected to your PC then the current graphical
display can be printed with source and scaling definitions by means of
the command Print Graph in the File menu.

Figure 5 - 5. Print graph.

The printer settings can be changed by the Windows Control Panel

(Printers).

About DDCTool An About DDCTool box will appear. The DDCTool version and the
DDC type are shown there.

Exit See Chapter Exit.

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Figure 6 - 1. Pull-down menu for ActValues. Note that some menu

commands may be inactive if it is not possible to use them in the
current situation.

Graph Display The width of the display area is 500 pixels and it is divided into 10
parts by broken lines. If the updating interval of the actual values to
(Single DDC) be monitored is e.g. 3 ms (the fastest possible), then the width of the
entire area corresponds to a time of 1.5 seconds (500 * 3 ms).

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The actual values to be monitored are first selected by means of the

Value1, Value2, Value3 and Value4 push buttons (and possibly also
with the Object push button) in the manner described in the Chapters
Using the DDCTool / Object Push Button and Using the DDCTool /
Value Push Buttons.

Next you select the Graph Display (Single DDC) command from the
ActValues menu. The actual values to be monitored graphically are
selected from the curve list to be displayed on the screen.

Figure 6 - 2. Graph display selection (single DDC).

A curve can display either an analog value or a bit value. If you want
to display an analog value then you can define the scalings and
offsets to be used in the display (the computational formula is
presented above the list).

If you want to display a bit value then you must define the bit to be
displayed as follows:

value_number(1...5):bit_number(0...15)

The scaling and offsets of the bit display are fixed.

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Finally, you can define the display interval as a multiple of the DDC
communication rate (see Appendix 1, parameter M). The Graph
Sample Interval thus expresses whether each actual value
transmitted by the DDC is to be displayed (in which case the curve
has maximum precision but covers a short time span) or whether the
actual values transmitted by the DDC are to be sampled only at
certain intervals (in which case the curve is less precise but covers a
longer time span).

The descriptions of the actual values to be monitored can be

displayed on the screen by using the Descriptions push button.

When you have done all the definitions you click the OK push button
to start the real-time graphical display (at the left side of the push
buttons, corresponding to the analog values selected, there will be a
# sign). During display, the display interval, the scaling and the
number of curves to be displayed can be changed by means of the
command Graph Display (Single DDC) in the ActValues menu.

The display can be stopped by using the F4 function key (or by

selecting the command Stop/Restart Graph Display in the
ActValues menu). The short horizontal broken colour lines at the
right-hand edge of the graph display show the values of Y-offset Bs
(analog graphs) or 0-levels (bit graphs).

You can continue the display operation by pressing the F4 function

key again.

You can copy the current graph curves to the reference curve
memory by means of the command Copy Curr Graph to Ref in the
Other menu (see Chapter Other / Copy Curr Graph to Ref).

Automatic If you click the OK (autoscal) push button then all selected analog
Scaling graphs are autoscaled.

If you clear the Y-offset A, Y-scale and Y-offset B fields in one or

more analog graph definitions and then click the "normal" OK push
button then the graphs with the empty scaling fields are autoscaled.

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Stop/Restart Graph The display can be stopped by using the F4 function key (or by
selecting the command Stop/Restart Graph Display in the
Display ActValues menu).

You can continue the display operation by pressing the F4 function

key again.

Define Value 1 ... 4 See Chapter Using the DDCTool / Value Push Buttons.

If you define Value4 = signal 101-04 (MAIN_STATUS_WORD) or

signal 101-05 (AUX_STATUS_WORD) then the status information
from the DDC is shown on the right side of the screen (see Chapter
Using the DDCTool / Status Panel).

Define Object See Chapter Using the DDCTool / Object Push Button.

Set Object Value See Chapter Using the DDCTool / Changing Values.

Undo Object Value See Chapter Using the DDCTool / Changing Values.

Show Descriptions The current definitions of the Value and Object push buttons can be
displayed on the screen by using the F9 function key (or by selecting
the command Show Descriptions in the ActValues menu).

If the graph display or value recording is on then the F9 function key

displays the definitions of the selected graph or record items.

If the text "Description not found" is shown it means that you have
never selected this DDC as a target DDC after the startup of
DDCTool.

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Define Step A and For the purpose of measuring step responses, you can define two
step push buttons (Step A and Step B) by means of the commands
Step B Define Step A and Define Step B in the ActValues menu.

Figure 6 - 5. Definition of step A.

Figure 6 - 6. Definition of step B.

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The step push buttons are visible only after the definition has been
made. The Step A push button is generally used for making the
actual step (positive or negative), whereas the Step B push button is
used to restore the changed value back to its initial state so that a
new step can be made.

Before making a step, you must start the graphical monitoring of the
desired actual values. If you check the box Restart Graph Display in
the Define Step B dialog box then the monitoring starts automatically
every time when you click the Step B push button.

When a step has been made, the graphical display can be stopped
manually by means of the F4 function key. If you set the value of the
optional Sample Count After Step field in the Define Step A dialog
box then the graphical display stops automatically at the desired point
(in this case you must define Value1 so that the value to be
monitored is the same as the step signal and the reference value is
zero).

If you check the box Show Ref Graph After Step Stop in the Define
Step A dialog box then the reference curves (if you have defined
them) are automatically shown on the screen after the graphical
display has stopped (you cannot use this check box if the Sample
Count After Step field is empty).

You can remove a previously defined Step button from the screen by
clearing the Step Signal field in the step definition dialog box of the
Step button before clicking the OK button of the dialog box.

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Start Value The actual values to be recorded are first defined by means of the
Value1, Value2, Value3 and Value4 push buttons.
Recorder
Next you select the Start Value Recorder command from the
ActValues menu.

This brings up on the screen a dialog box by means of which you can
carry out the following definitions:

identifiers of the actual values to be recorded. A new identifier is

added to the identifier list by means of the Add push buttons
and the identifier selected from the list is removed by means of
the Remove push button.

number of sample batches that can be in the file (Recorder

Size). The max size depends on the size of your free disk space.

record (sample) interval (multiple of 3 ms)

filename (extension is .TXT) and directory

The descriptions of the actual values to be recorded can be displayed

on the screen by using the Descriptions push button.

Recording starts when you click the OK push button.

By pressing the F9 function key you can see the definitions of the
selected record items.

If the record interval time is not long enough during the recording then
an error message SAMPLE INTERVAL (n/m ms) TOO SHORT is
displayed on the STATE line (if this happens too often then the
recording is automatically stopped). If this error message is displayed
seldomly then the reason may be an error in the communication
between the PC and the DDC.

With one DDC and the value of the startup parameter M is 1 (see
Appendix 1) the actual values of Value1...4 are displayed at the right
sides of the Value buttons during the record.

The recording format is the same as in the Excel program (sample

value lines are separated by NewLine characters and sample values
in a sample value line are separated by Tab characters). The last
sample value line is always at the end of the file. When the record file
becomes full, then the oldest sample value line will be removed in
order to make room for the new sample value line.

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Stop Recorder The recording can be stopped by pressing the F8 function key (or by
selecting the Stop Recorder command from the ActValues menu).

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Figure 7 - 1. Pull-down menu for Params. Note that some menu

commands may be inactive if it is not possible to use them in the
current situation.

Processing the Use of the command Parameters (Immediate Update) in the

Params menu brings up on the screen a dialog box (if graphical
Parameters monitoring of the actual values is running, it must first be stopped by
(Immediate update) pressing the F4 function key).

Figure 7 - 2. Parameter dialog box. The text ON-LINE indicates that

all value changes you make are immediately transmitted to the DDC.

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The parameter list of the dialog box has the following columns:

ID Identification number of the parameter

Description Description text of the parameter

Actual Actual value (you can change this)

Min Minimum value

Max Maximum value

Init Default value

Type Data type:

I2 = 16 bit signed integer
PB = packed Boolean value (16 bits)
U2 = 16 bit unsigned integer

* Actual value has been changed after upload

or after file open

You can select a parameter from the parameter list by means of the
Up and Down arrow keys and/or the mouse. By means of the New
value data entry field and the OK push button (or the Enter key) you
can change the value of the selected parameter (an asterisk will be
displayed after changed parameters). This change is immediately
transmitted to the DDC. You can restore the previous value back if
you click the Undo push button (or press the F12 function key) as the
first operation after value change.

Sequential changes: You can change values of sequential

parameters in the ascending order as follows:

select the first parameter you want to change

press the Caps Lock key down and hold it down

write the new value of the selected parameter and press the
Enter key. Now the value of the selected parameter changes
and the selection moves automatically to the next parameter.

continue by writing the new value of the selected parameter and

pressing the Enter key untill all changes have been made
(you can skip parameters that you do not want to change by
pressing the Enter key wihout writing the new value).

release the Caps Lock key

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By means of the File Open push button you can read a parameter file
that has previously been saved (see below) and display the
parameters in the parameter list of the dialog box.

By means of the Upload push button you can upload all the DDC
parameters and display them in the parameter list of the dialog box.

By means of the File Save push button you can save the parameter
list of the dialog box to a disk file (extension must be .QDP). On the
Comment line you can write, for example, the customer's name, the
application, etc.

By means of the Download push button you can set all the DDC
parameters to the values specified in the parameter list of the dialog
box.

By means of the Compare push button you can compare the current
parameter list of the dialog box with another parameter list (saved by
the File Save push button).

By means of the Version Update push button you can convert an old
parameter list file into a new format when the parameter version
number in the DDC firmware has changed. The procedure is as
follows:

Upload parameters (click the Upload push button) from the new
firmware or open a parameter list file (File Open) that you have
uploaded from the new firmware.

Click the Version Update push button and select a parameter

list file that you have uploaded from the old firmware. After your
selection the DDCTool scans the new parameter list on the
screen and if it finds a parameter that is in the selected old file
then the DDCTool copies the actual value of that parameter from
the disk file to the the screen list. An asterisk (*) is displayed
after every modified parameter on the screen.

When all parameters have been processed the DDCTool

displays a list of all modified parameters. This list can be printed
or saved to disk.

Now you can download and/or save the updated parameter list
(check the correctness of the list before you do this!)

It is also possible to convert a new parameter list file into an old

format (simply change the words "new" and "old" in the previous
procedure).

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By means of the Print push button you can print the current
parameter list (if you have a printer connected to your PC).

Processing the Use of the command Parameters (No Immediate Update) in the
Params menu brings up on the screen a dialog box by means of
Parameters (No which you can execute the same operations as in the previous
immediate update) chapter. The only difference is that now a change made in the
parameter list (by the New Value data entry field and the OK push
button) is not transmitted to the DDC.

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Figure 8 - 1. Pull-down menu for Diagrams. Note that the menu

command may be inactive if it is not possible to use it in the current
situation.

Diagrams A diagram is usually a schematic representation of the target DDC

software but in general diagrams can contain any graphical line and
text information. Diagrams are stored on the disk as diagram files
(filename extension is .QDD).

Use of the command Diagrams in the Diagrams menu brings up on

the screen a Diagram window with menu commands of its own
(if graphical monitoring of the actual values is running, it must first be
stopped by pressing the F4 function key):

Figure 8-2. Diagram window.

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Diagram Window By means of the Open Diagrams command in the File menu of the
Diagram window you read a diagram file.

One diagram file includes usually several separate diagram sheets

and you can select the diagram sheet you want to see on the screen
by the commands in the Other menu of the Diagram window (or by
pressing the CTRL key and either the right or the left arrow key).

Figure 8-3. A schematic diagram in the Diagram window.

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Mouse functions in the Diagram window work as follows:

if you press the CTRL key and click on a line that is connected
to a parameter/signal then the actual value of this
parameter/signal is shown on the screen in real time.
If you do this when the cursor is not on a parameter/signal line
(or there are no such lines at all in the diagram) then you can
define any parameter/signal you want to monitor in the click
position.
If you press the F10 function key then you can see in the
diagram the indeces of the parameters/signals you have defined
(press F10 again to restore the normal display state).
By means of the Save Diagrams As command in the File menu
of the Diagram window you can save the current diagram file
with the display definitions you have made.

if you click on a previously defined actual value display (see

above) then you see the information box of this parameter/signal
and you can change its value (or display format) ON-LINE.
If you click somewhere else on the screen (or press the F11
function key) then the diagram is minimized so that it is totally
visible. If you click anywhere on a minimized diagram then the
diagram is restored to its normal size and the click position is in
the center of the screen.

If you press the SHIFT key and click on a previously defined

actual value display then this display disappears from the
screen.

By clicking on the Done! menu command of the Diagram window you

can hide this window.

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Figure 9 - 1. Pull-down menu for DataLogger. Note that some menu

commands may be inactive if it is not possible to use them in the
current situation.

Use of the Data The data logger resides in the DDC. You can control its operation and
upload its contents by the DDCTool program.
Logger
Data logger has six logging channels. The maximum number of
sample values in one channel is 1000.

Copy Value Command Copy Value Definitions to Ch 1...4 in the DataLogger

menu copies the signal and scaling definitions of Values 1...4 to data
Definitions to logger channels 1...4 (see Chapter Using the DDCTool / Value Push
Ch 1 ... 4 Buttons and Chapter ActValues / Graph Display (Single DDC)).

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Define Channel A data logger channel is defined by means of a command Define

Channel 1 ... Define Channel 6 in the DataLogger menu.
1 ... 6

Figure 9 - 2. Definition of a data logger channel.

Common Command Common Definitions in the DataLogger menu is used to

set the data logger's common definitions: triggering condition,
Definitions triggering condition's reference value, number of samples to be
collected after triggering and sampling interval.

Figure 9 - 3. Common definitions of the data logger.

With the Codes button you can select the trig condition code.

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Control The data logger is controlled by means of the command Control in

the DataLogger menu. A dialog box will appear which displays the
data logger's status and the push buttons corresponding to possible
control functions in the given situation.

Figure 9 - 4. Control dialog box when the data logger is logging.

Figure 9 - 5. Control dialog box when the data logger is not logging.

Click the push button corresponding to the desired function (or the
Cancel push button if you only want to find out the data logger's
status and you do not wish to carry out any control action).

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Upload When the logging has stopped, the sample values logged to the data
logger channels are uploaded from the DDC by means of the
command Upload in the DataLogger menu (if graphical monitoring of
the actual values is in progress, it must first be stopped with the F4
function key).

Figure 9 - 6. Upload of the data logger sample values.

The sample values to be displayed graphically are selected from a list

that is displayed on the screen. When the selection is made, you
must define the scalings and offsets to be used in the display (the
computational formula is presented above the list).

Finally, click the OK push button, whereupon the program uploads

the logged values from the DDC and displays them graphically (since
there are only 500 pixels in the display area and there are 1000
sample values, the average value of two adjacent sample values is
displayed in one pixel).

The time scale is displayed below the X axis in such a way that the 0
point is at the triggering point (or at the right-hand edge if no
triggering has taken place). The short horizontal broken colour lines
at the right-hand edge of the graph display show the values of
Y-offset Bs.

Automatic If you click the OK (autoscal) push button then all selected channels
Scaling are autoscaled.

If you clear the Y-offset A, Y-scale and Y-offset B fields in one or

more channels and then click the "normal" OK push button then the
channels with the empty scaling fields are autoscaled.

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Graph Display of By means of the command Graph Display of Uploaded Samples in

the DataLogger menu the scaling and offset values of the uploaded
Uploaded Samples samples can be changed if needed.

You can copy the current graph curves of the uploaded data logger
sample values to the reference curve memory by means of the
command Copy Curr Graph to Ref in the Other menu (see Chapter
Other / Copy Curr Graph to Ref).

Expand Graph The sample value curves can be expanded horizontally by clicking in
the graph area at the X-point you want to expand (during the
Display expansion, the expansion point remains where it is on the screen).
With each click the curves expand to double their previous size until
they have expanded 64-fold compared with their initial size (with each
click the expansion point can be located in a different place). If a
mouse is not in use, the same function can be performed by means of
the Expand Graph Display command in the DataLogger menu.

An expanded display can be restored to normal size by clicking the

mouse's right-hand button anywhere in the graph area. If a mouse is
not available, the same function can be performed by means of the
Expand Graph Display command in the DataLogger menu.

NOTE: When the expansion is in effect then the graph shown is

based on actual sample values (instead of the average value of two
adjacent sample values).

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Numeric Display of The uploaded sample values can also be displayed in numerical form
by means of the command Numeric Display of Uploaded Samples
Uploaded Samples in the DataLogger menu.

Figure 9 - 7. Numeric display of the uploaded data logger samples.

By means of the Print push button you can print the sample values (if
you have a printer connected to your PC).

By means of the FileSave push button you can save the sample
values to a disk file (extension is .TXT). The save format is the same
as in the Excel program (sample value lines are separated by
NewLine characters and sample values in a sample value line are
separated by Tab characters).

You quit the displaying of the numeric values by clicking the Done
push button.

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Monitoring Command Monitoring in the DataLogger menu (available only with

ACV 700 version 60M or later) brings up on the screen a dialog box.
(ACV 700 only)

Figure 9 - 8. Start of the data logger monitoring operation (ACV 700

only).

Now you can select the number of the first sample file batch (1...99)
and the name and directory of the log file (all sample files will be
written to this directory, too).

When you click the Start push button then DDCTool continously polls
data logger statuses of connected DDC.

WARNING! If there are one DDC connected to the DDCTool then this
polling may increase processor load of this DDC too much. Load increase in
a DDC is (approx.) = 10 / 1 %.

After start the text on the Cancel push button is changed to Stop.

On the STATE line the current monitoring status information is

displayed.

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If a data logger of the DDC has been trigged then DDCTool:

upload data logger samples from DDC to disk files. The name
format of a sample file is:

DLSbb250.TXT

where bb is the batch number 01...99. The save format of

samples is the same as in the Excel program (sample value
lines are separated by NewLine characters and sample values in
a sample value line are separated by Tab characters).

If a sample file batch with this batch number already exists on

the disk then the sample files of this batch are overwritten.

If the disk becomes full then the sample files of the oldest file
batch are removed from the disk before the new sample files are
written.

writes log information (ID of the DDC that has been trigged,
date, time and batch number) to the log list on the screen and to
the user-specified log file.

increments the batch number (after number 99 comes number

1).

waits untill the triggering condition is off in the DDC that has
been trigged at the beginning of this sequence (no wait if the
condition is now on but it has been in the off state for a while
after the beginning of this sequence).

clears and restarts data loggers of DDC.

restarts the polling of data logger status of DDC.

This monitoring mode is on until you stop it by means of the Stop

push button.

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Figure 10 - 1. Pull-down menu for Control. Note that the menu

command may be inactive if it is not possible to use it in the current
situation.

Local/Remote Select the command Local/Remote Control from the Control menu.
The control window appears on the screen.
Control
You can move back from the control window to the main window, and
the control window will remain visible on the screen. If you wish to
hide the control window, click the Done push button.

Local Control

Figure 10 - 2. Local control (push buttons 1 and 0 are only with DC

drives).

By means of the Loc/Rem push button you switch from local control
to remote control.

By means of the 1 push button you switch the main controller ON (DC
drives only).

By means of the 0 push button you switch the main controller OFF
(DC drives only).

By means of the Start push button you start the DDC.

By means of the Stop push button you bring the DDC down as it is
programmed.

By means of the CoastStop push button you stop the DDC

immediately (stops modulation in AC; blocks firing pulses in DC).

By means of the Reset push button you reset DDC faults.

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By means of the RefVal push button you set the DDC's speed
reference value.

By means of the SpeedReference scroll bar you change the DDC's

speed reference value. The speed reference is changed by pressing
the control's left or right-hand button. The speed of change increases
the longer the button is held down.
The change increment size of the speed reference can be set by
means of the RefCoeff push button (the initial increment size is 100).
It is also possible to change the speed reference value by dragging
the thumb with the mouse.

WARNING! If the DDCTool is stopped while in the local mode, the

drive will be without any control.

If an ACV 700 drive is stopped in local mode the drive does not notice
it but continues to do what it was doing.

Remote Control

Figure 10 - 3. Remote control.

By means of the Loc/Rem push button you switch from remote

control to local control.

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Figure 11 - 1. Pull-down menu for Faults. Note that some menu

commands may be inactive if it is not possible to use them in the
current situation.

Reading the Last By means of the command Read Last Fault/Alarm Codes in the
Faults menu, you can read the fault/alarm code corresponding to the
DDC Fault/alarm last fault/alarm situation that has occurred in the DDC (if the
Code fault/alarm has already disappeared a copy of the fault/alarm code is
stored in the DDC). The read operation removes the fault/alarm
code's copy if the fault/alarm situation has already disappeared.

Figure 11 - 2. Latest fault and alarm codes.

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Uploading/clearing If the graphic monitoring of the actual values is running, it must first
be stopped with the F4 function key before you can do the upload. By
the Fault Logger means of the command Upload Fault Logger in the Faults menu,
you can read the content of the DDC's fault logger (a maximum of the
100 latest faults, alarms or events). When the entire content has been
read, above the fault list will appear the DDC's date and the clock
time at the instant of the last fault uploaded. In the Fault Logger the
date, time of the fault, the fault code and the description of it are in
the faults list; latest fault on top.

Figure 11 - 3. Fault Logger shows last 100 faults, alarms or events.

If the time of DDC has not been set (see Chapter Other / Set DDC
Time) or the APC board has not been connected to the DDC, times
and dates in the Fault Logger can be invalid.

The codes can be found in

ACV 700: Firmware 1.0 (code 58054399),
ACV 700: Service Instruction (code 58054499),
DCV 700: Software Description 1.0 (code 61101446) and
DCF 500/700 manuals.
Example: Codes under 99 are faults, code 99 is a reset and codes
over 100 are alarms. Some of the codes are events e.g. 110 is a
system restart. The outgoing alarm code has a minus (-) sign in front
of it.

By means of the Print push button you can print the content of the
fault logger (if you have a printer connected to your PC).

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By means of the FileSave push button you can save the content of
the fault logger to a disk file.

By means of the Clear push button you can clear the content of the
fault logger.

After you wish to leave the fault logger dialog box click the Done push
button

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Figure 12 - 1. Pull-down menu for Other. Note that some menu

commands may be inactive if it is not possible to use them in the
current situation.

Restart The DDC communication link can be restarted following a break in

the link by means of the command Restart Communication in the
Communication Other menu.
with the DDC

Read the DDC By means of the command Read Comm Statistics in the Other
menu you can see the number of communication errors.
Communication
Statistics

Clear Graph Area You can, if needed, remove the stopped graphical display from the
screen with the F5 function key (or by selecting the command Clear
Graph Area in the Other menu).

Set Y-axis Zero to... The height of the graphical display area is 300 pixels, and it is divided
into six parts by broken lines. By means of the Set Y-axis Zero to...

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commands in the Other menu the zero point on the Y axis can be set
to the top of the area, to the middle, or to the bottom. By scaling the
display curves can be placed inside the area in the Y direction. You
can use these commands only if the graph area is empty.

Copy Curr Graph You can copy the current (stopped) graph curves (actual values or
data logger samples) to the reference curve memory by means of the
to Ref Copy Curr Graph to Ref command in the Other menu (in addition to
this you can copy the graph curves from a saved disk file to the
reference curve memory, see Chapter File / Open Graph). Each copy
replaces the previously copied reference curves.

Show/Hide Ref You can show (or hide) the reference curves on the screen with the
F6 function key (or by means of the Show/Hide Ref Graph command
Graph in the Other menu). The display of the reference curves is impossible
if the current X- and Y-axis values are not the same as they were
when the graph curves were copied to the reference curve memory.

Ref Graph Shift If normal curves hide the reference curves, then you can temporarily
raise the reference curves higher with the F7 function key (or by
means of the Ref Graph Shift command in the Other menu).

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Window Calculator The window calculator is started by means of the command Window
Calculator in the Other menu.

Figure 12 - 3. Window calculator.

The calculator allows you to carry out addition, subtraction,

multiplication and division with signed integers, unsigned integers and
hex numbers. You can also use the calculator to carry out
conversions between the different forms of numbers.

When you no longer need to use the calculator, click the Done push
button.

Set DDC Time The command Set DDC Time in the Other menu copies the date and
time of the PC to the date and time of the DDC.

NOTE: If an APC is connected to the DDC, it will send date and time
every two seconds to the DDC and this overrides the date and time
sent by DDCTool.

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Lock Value By means of the command Lock Value Changes in the Other menu
you can prevent all changes of DDC values by the DDCTool program.
Changes

Figure 12 - 4. Lock operations.

When the dialog box appears, write the current password.

If you want to lock/unlock then click the OK push button (or press the
Enter key).

If you want to change your password then select Change password,

write your new password and click the OK push button. Password
length must be 4...8 characters, passwords are case-insensitive.

Remember your new password because you cannot lock/unlock

without it!

The default password after the installation of the DDCTool program is

DDCTOOL. You must change this before you can use the lock.

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I/O Test (ACV 700 Use of the command I/O Test in the Other menu brings up on the
screen a dialog box where the values of the analog and digital inputs
only) and outputs of the DDC are displayed (if the graphic monitoring of the
actual values is running, it must first be stopped with the F4 function
key).

Figure 12 - 5. I/O test dialog box (ACV 700 only).

By means of the Normal/Test push button you can start the test
mode. In this mode you can change state of the analog and digital
outputs by the controls in the dialog box. By clicking the Normal/Test
button again you return to the normal mode.

By means of the Scaling push button you can set the maximum and
minimum values used in the scaling of the analog channels.

Finally, click the Done push button.

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Figure 13 - 1. Pull-down menu for Exit.

Exit The Exit command in the Exit menu is used to stop the program. If
desired, the current configuration settings of the DDCTool can be
copied into a CONFIG.QDC file in the DDCTOOL directory.

Figure 13 - 2. You can save the current configuration when you exit.

You can stop and restart the DDCTool program (and PC) without
stopping the DDC when the DDC is running in the remote control
mode.

WARNING! If the DDCTool is stopped while in the local mode, the

drive will be without any control.

If an ACV 700 drive is stopped in local mode the drive does not notice
it but continues to do what it was doing.

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If the DDC is in local mode, DDCTool wants to know if it is really your

intention to exit the program because the DDC(s) then has no control.

Figure 13 - 3. If you exit the DDCTool while in the local mode the
DDC has no control.

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Startup Parameters By startup parameters you can customize your copy of the DDCTool
program. Startup parameters are used in the Target line of Properties
of DDCTool 4.x shortcut.

Set or change values of startup parameters as follows:

stop DDCTool (if it is running) and click (only once!) the

DDCTool 4.x shortcut with the right mouse button.

select Properties in the File menu of the Program Manager

add the required startup parameters to the end of Target line as

follows :

<path>\DDCTOOL.EXE /Xnnn /Ymmm ...

where X and Y are identifier letters of the startup parameters

(see below) and nnn and mmm are the values to be assigned to
these parameters.

click the Apply and OK push button

start DDCTool (double click the DDCTool 4.x shortcut)

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PARAM MEANING AND VALUES

M The message transmit interval (in 3 ms multiples) of the

values transmitted by the DDC.

The permissible values are 1...250.

The default is 1 (= 3 ms).

If the parameter/signal upload in your computer does

not work (e.g. PC OVERLOAD error or PC halts) with
the default value of this startup parameter (and you
cannot use the Standard mode of Windows) then you
must increase the value of M until the parameter/signal
upload works without errors.
NOTE: If your PC includes a Power Management
feature then turn it off and restart the program (without
changing the M parameter).

Example: /M2

PARAM MEANING AND VALUES

C The length of the optical cable with the SNAT624.

The default is 10 metres (or shorter).

If the cable is longer than 10 metres then you must use

this startup parameter followed by the length of cable (in
metres).

Examples:

/C1 (up to /C10) low optical power (default value)

/C11 (up to /C20) medium optical power
/C21 (and larger) high optical power

The lengths are in metres.

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PARAM MEANING AND VALUES

F Upload mode of parameters, signals and faults (ACV

700 only).

The permissible values are 0 (fast) and 1 (slow).

The default is 0.

The value of this parameter must be 1 if the version of

your ACV 700 is older than 60A.

Example: /F1

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Error Messages If you make a mistake when you use the DDCTool then the program
displays an error message box. These error messages are self-
explanatory.

On the STATE line of the main window there can be one of the
following error messages:

SAMPLE INTERVAL (n/m ms) IS TOO SHORT.

You specified a shorter sample interval than it is possible to use
because of communication timing limitations
(see Chapter ActValues / Start Value Recorder).
Value n is the shortest possible sample interval and value m is
the interval you specified.

PC OVERLOAD (text).
Your PC is so slow (or some other simultaneously running
program causes a high processor load) that it cannot receive all
the messages the DDC is transmitting.
NOTE: If your PC includes a Power Management feature then
turn it off and restart the program.
If graphical monitoring or file recording of actual values was
running then you must increase the sample interval (this error
stops the monitoring).
Otherwise, you must stop the DDCTool program and increase the
value of startup parameter M before restarting the program (see
Appendix 1).

DDC CONNECTION IS BROKEN.

Communication between the DDCTool and DDC(s) is broken. The
same text is shown in a dialog box, which has to be
acknowledged before going on.

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Monitoring of In addition to the actual values of a DDC, it is also possible to monitor

numerically and graphically (min sample rate is 3 ms) values of the
Single APC output pins of APC function blocks as follows:

add a DRTRA function block to the APC application program

and connect the output pins to be monitored (max. 8) to the IN
input pins of this block. The execution cycle time of the DRTRA
block will be the sample rate of the actual values (min 3 ms). Set
values 12108...12115 to the IND input pins of the DRTRA block.
The value of call parameter C1 must be 1 and the value of call
parameter C2 is the number of the output pins to be monitored
(1...8).

when the APC application program is executing, define the

desired Value push buttons of the DDCTool so that the data
location of a button is one of the signals 12108...12115. The
actual value of the APC output pin corresponding to this signal
will now be displayed on the right side of the Value push button.
If desired, this value can also be displayed graphically.

it is possible to connect more output pins to the IN pins of the

DRTRA block by using MUX blocks. You can control the
operation of the MUXs from the DDCTool by signals 12116 and
12117 and function block DRREC.

if you want to monitor an output pin that is not connected to an

IN pin of the DRTRA block then you can connect the desired
output pin to an IN pin of the DRTRA block by the APC.

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