Quickstart Guide
ABB PLC and drives integration using Modbus RTU
Starting up ACSM1 drives with FSCA01 Modbus RTU adapter
Minimum required parameter settings (based on factory default settings)
Parameter Description
50.01
FBA ENABLE
51.02
PROTOCOL/PROFILE
51.03
STATION ID
51.04
BAUD RATE
51.05
EFB PARITY
52.01
FBA DATA IN1
52.02
FBA DATA IN2
53.01
FBA DATA OUT1
53.02
FBA DATA OUT2
51.27
FBA PAR REFRESH
10.01
EXT1 START FUNC
12.01
EXT1/EXT2 SEL
24.01
SPEED REF1 SEL
10.08
FAULT RESET SEL
Optional parameter settings
51.06
MODBUS TIMEOUT
51.07
TIMEOUT MODE
50.02
COMM LOSS FUNC
51.27
FBA PAR REFRESH
(25.02)
SPEED SCALING
Modbus RTU
Setting
Comment
Enable
Activates fieldbus module
ABB Drives
Communication profile "ABB Drives"
Classic
[Address]
Modbus RTU node address of the drive
19.2 kbit/s
Transfer rate of the link. Same baud rate must be
(example)
defined in the Modbus RTU master.
8 NONE 1
Parity and stop bits. Same parity and stop bits
(example)
must be defined in the Modbus RTU master.
4
Status word as Data Word 1 from the drive
5
Actual speed as Data Word 2 from the drive
1
Control word as Data Word 1 to the drive
2
Speed reference as Data Word 2 to the drive
REFRESH
Updates fieldbus settings (groups 50 to 53)
FBA
Fieldbus interface as source for start and stop
P.02.12 bit15 Fieldbus interface as source to switch to EXT2
control location
FBA REF1
Fieldbus interface as source for speed reference
P.02.12 bit 8
Fieldbus interface as source for fault reset
[optional]
Time between communication break detection
and the selected action. 1 = 100 ms.
CONTROL
How the drive reacts to a fieldbus communication
WRITE
break.
[optional]
Defines the drive operation after the
communication loss monitoring awakes.
REFRESH
Updates fieldbus settings (groups 50 to 53)
[Scale max]
Max speed/frequency scaling value (used in
function block/visualization input
"SPEED_REF_MAX"). Must be less or equal to drive
parameter max speed/frequency.
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PLC and drives integration