Chapter 1 - Overview - Parker LINKnet AC30 Series Product Manual

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Chapter 1 - Overview

This manual is used in conjunction with the AC30 Series Drive Product Manual
HA501718U002 which covers the installation, wring, safety, troubleshooting etc.
This manual covers the LINKnet portion only of the AC30V and AC30P&D drive.
The AC30 drive is a firmware based drive. The firmware in it can be changed so the
programming software available is DSE (Drive System Explorer) or Codesys based. This
programming software is the tool used to configure the drive. When either firmware is
changed, the configuration and application in the drive will be lost.
If the firmware in the AC30 drive is compatible with DSE, the drive will be a LINKnet drive.
The LINKnet option allows standard drives to be a part of the LINKnet Ethernet network. A
computer may be used to provide supervision and monitoring for each drive and other modules
in the system. With this option, the drive can be programmed with DSE or DSELite.
If the firmware in the drive is Codesys compatible, the drive can be programmed with PDQ
(Parker Drive Quicktool) or PDD (Parker Drive Developer).
The CoDeSys drive firmware can be changed to LINKnet via DSE (version 3.10 or later) or via
a SD card.
If the drive is converted from a Codesys platform to a LINKnet platform, it can be converted
back to a Codesys platform if desired and vice versa just by putting the desired firmware on SD
card and updating the drive. Since the configuration application will be lost when changing the
firmware, the appropriate tool DSE or the Codesys tool will be required to install a
configuration.
This manual is also located in DSE, in the menu HELP / LINKnet Support for the AC30.
AC30 Series LINKnet Product Manual HA474739U001