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DriveWindow
Basics

ABB industrial drives,

eLearning
ACS800
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Objectives

Explain how to use DriveWindow for basic

operations, e.g.
– Browsing and setting parameters
– Monitoring signals
– Datalogger settings
– Backup and restore functions
– Saving and downloading parameters
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DriveWindow operations
A powerful PC tool for commissioning and maintenance
of ABB drives
– Control operations (start, stop, references, etc.)
– Monitoring (signals and parameters)
– Handle parameters
– Data Logger (controls, display)
– Fault Logger (display faults, controls)
– All functions over network (control, monitoring, etc.)
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Hardware and software requirements

IBM compatible PC
– Windows NT, 2000 or XP
– 1 free PCMCIA or PCI slot (with a PCI/PCMCIA adapter)

DDCS communication kit

– NDPA-02 PCMCIA-card (needs an NDPC adapter between the
drive and the PCMCIA board)
– DDCS cabling
– Network adapter (when using a remote connection)
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OR

PCMCIA-adapter (PCI) NDPA-02 (PCMCIA)

+ NDPA-02 (PCMCIA) + NDPC-12 (10Mb)
+ NDPC-12 (10Mb)
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Connections
Drive communication links
Local
Direct connection Ring
connection
Through an optical distributor
Ring

Remote Drive communication links

Network

Network server
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PC Remote PC
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Local connections

CH 3
1 3
CH 3

DDCS
CH 3
CH 3

GOF, HCS or POF 2

MSTR
NDBU-95/85
8 7 6 0

GOF = Glass Optic Fibre,

...
HCS = Hard Clad Silica Fibre
HCS or POF CH 3
MSTR
NDBU-95/85
8 7 6 0 POF = Plastic Optical Fibre
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CH 3
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Local connections
CH 3
3
1
CH 3
Ring

DDCS
CH 3 CH 3

GOF, HCS or POF 2

Constant power supply
Optical MSTR
NDBU-95/85
distributor 8 7 6 0
GOF = Glass Optic Fibre, Max 1000m
... (NOCR-01 required)

HCS = Hard Clad Silica Fibre, Max 200m

HCS or POF CH 3
MSTR POF = Plastic Optical Fibre, Max 30m
NDBU-95/85
8 7 6 0

... Set up unique drive addresses in group 70

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1 = reserved for spare part use

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CH 3 76…127 = reserved for optical

distributors
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Getting started
Select a server and click OK.
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The work area

Item Sets
Browse Tree

Trend Display
Trend Settings
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The toolbars and status bar

Title bar

Standard
toolbar
Monitor toolbar Logger toolbar

Drive Panel toolbar

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Status bar
ABB LIBRARY

DriveWindow User’s manual (large pdf-file)

Links open in a new window. Possible requirement: Adobe Acrobat Reader, ABB network connection.
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Item sets
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•Parameters in a drive •Fault logs •Monitored items •Monitored drive

•Parameters in a file •Event logs •Datalogger items •Copy to clipboard
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Context menu
Adding item sets
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Item set properties

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Item set properties

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Item set properties

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Drive panel toolbar

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1. Name and address of the selected drive

2. Take/release control (Local/Remote)
3. Clear faultlogger
4. Reference edit field and reference value (DW 2.1)
5. Set reference
6. Step button (DW 2.1)
7. Reset
8. Start
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9. Stop
10. Direction of rotation

11. Coast stop

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Desktop preferences
Specifying default settings (for all Item Sets):

Specifying custom settings (for individual Item Sets):

Right-click
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Editing parameters

(double-click) (double-click) (double-click)

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Write-protection
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Reading actual signals

Open group1
Activate signals
Online signals are
shown in yellow
Lock signals

Activate/Deactivate

Lock
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Monitoring signals
Monitor settings
Graph preferences
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Selecting monitored items

Typical situation: monitor 5-6 channels
Select signals, add Monitored Items

Add monitored items

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Settings and scaling

Monitor modes
– Normal (min. sampling interval 10ms)
– Fast (min. 1ms)

Monitoring interval (ms)

History buffer (in seconds)
Coordinate lengths (s)
Scaling of each channel

= Can be set at any time

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= Can be set when monitoring is cleared

= Can be set when monitoring is stopped or paused

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Graph preferences
Graph appearance and settings
– How points are connected
– Graph scaling
– Are values shown with the graph cursor
– Show scaled/unscaled cursor values
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Operating the monitor

Use the monitor toolbar to
1. Add/remove item
2. Start/continue monitoring
3. Stop monitoring
4. Pause monitoring
5. Clear monitoring

From the file menu

– Open or save the graph
– Comment or print the graph
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– Export data
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– Copy graph into the clipboard

– Set graph preferences
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Workspace
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Fault logger
Browsing the fault DRIVE STATUS

history OFF-LINE or COMM. BREAK

NOT RUNNING

Opening the Fault RUNNING (forward)

logger FAULT

WARNING

Log 00 = most recent

log
Updating values
Clearing the fault
logger
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Saving a parameter file

1. Saving parameter
files (with comments)
2. Download into a
drive
3. Compare to other
files
4. Export to other
applications
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Restoring parameters
Open the file and select the drive

Select Download command and then the Restore type

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Creating a backup of the motor control board

System Software > New > Backup Package
System Software > Backup

System Software > Save As…

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Restoring the motor control board

System Software > Open
System Software > Restore

System Software > Close

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Overview of the Datalogger

Location Of The Datalogger Control Of The Datalogger

DriveWindow
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Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4

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Value 1 Value 1 Value 1 Value 1

Value 2 Value 2 Value 2 Value 2

Value n Value n Value n Value n

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Datalogger settings
Status of the drive and the reason
why the datalogger was triggered are
shown
Interval and pre-trigger time (ms)
Trigger conditions, variable, level
and hysteresis
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Datalogger example
1. Delete signals 1
2
2. Select the new signal
3. Add the signal to the datalogger
4. Make your datalogger settings
5. Start the datalogger 3
4
6. Upload the data from the
datalogger 5
7. View the recorded data

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