Attaching The Flex+Drive; Reattaching The Power Connections; Installing Workbench V5 - Baldor Flex+DriveII Operating Manual

A.3.4

Attaching the Flex+Drive

1. Take the Flex+Drive
The motor power cable and brown/blue/earth power cable group should be positioned above the Flex+Drive
The I/O cable, the master encoder cable and the motor resolver cable should all be positioned below the
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Tighten the three mounting bolts.
2. Connect the 9-pin female D-type connector of the motor resolver cable to connector X8 on the Flex+Drive
3. Connect the 9-pin male D-type connector of the master encoder cable to connector X9 on the Flex+Drive
4. Connect the 20-pin Phoenix plug to connector X3 on the Flex+Drive
A.3.5

Reattaching the power connections

It is important to connect the power and motor cables in the correct manner. Failure to do so could result in an
unsafe demonstration unit or unwanted electrical noise.
1. Reconnect the 9-pin Phoenix plug to connector X1 on the Flex+Drive
remained securely fastened into the Phoenix plug.
2. If the existing motor power cable on your demonstration unit has an individual earth lead (a green/yellow wire not
connected to the Phoenix plug) reattach it to the earthing point on top of the unit.
If the existing motor power cable on your demonstration unit has been earthed using an exposed section of
screen near the end of the cable, this should be clamped to the earthing point on the top of the Flex+Drive
To finish the upgrade, use cable ties to secure cables where necessary.
A.3.6

Installing WorkBench v5

The Flex+Drive
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demonstration unit. See section 3.1.4.
A-4 Upgrade Kit
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is supplied with WorkBench v5, a Windows application for controlling, testing and programming the
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