How To Connect The Drive Composer - ABB ACQ80-04 Firmware Manual

262 Parameterization with drive composer
You can perform following actions with Drive composer:
• View and adjust drive parameters.
• Control a drive: start, stop, direction, speed/torque/frequency reference.
• Monitor the operation and status of a drive.
• Monitor signals in numerical and graphical (trending) format.
• Work simultaneously with multiple drives like master and follower drives (pro).
• Display control diagrams of a drive for parameter setting and diagnostic purposes
(pro).
• Create user-specific workspaces by customizing parameter windows.
• Configure the optional FSO-11 and FSO-12 safety functions module (pro).
• Handle workspaces.
• Create and execute macro scripts (pro).

How to connect the Drive composer

To establish a connection between the Drive composer and the drive you need to
meet the following requirements:
• Computer with drive composer installed
• Assistant control panel or Dummy panel
• Mini USB cable (assistant control panel) or BCBL-01 cable (dummy panel)
Communication devices
Use the following communication devices:
• BCBL-01 cable to connect the drive with a dummy panel. Connect BCBL-01 cable
to the RJ 45 port of the panel and the other end to the USB port of your computer.
You can order the BCBL-01 with the order ID 3AXD50000032449.
• Mini USB cable to connect the drive with an assistant panel.
• Ethernet-based fieldbus adapter modules for PC tool communication (one-wire
solution, Profinet, Ethernet IP) (pro) or a drive-embedded Ethernet port
• OPC-based commissioning and maintenance tool (pro).
Both versions include a demo that allows testing user interface functionality, edit
parameter files offline (pro) or open and analyze saved monitored files without
connecting to a physical drive.