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  • Page 1 PowerFlex 525 Network-Enabled Commissioning Lab...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Network-Enabled PowerFlex 525 Commissioning Lab Contents Before you begin ................................3 About this lab ................................3 Tools & Prerequisites ..............................3 Network Setup ................................4 About the Demo Box ..............................5 Exercise 1: Using the HIM Keypad and Display ......................6 Information ..................................

  • Page 3: Before You Begin

    Before you begin Please review the following information before starting this lab. About this lab Learn the basics of drive programming using the new PowerFlex 525 AC drive. Students will configure and commission the 525 drive utilizing a USB cable “Mains Free” with Connected Components Workbench™ and RS Logix 5000 version 20.01. Finally, this lab shows how Premier Integration enhances the use of the Network-Enabled PowerFlex 525 drive with Logix controllers.

  • Page 4: Network Setup

    Setup Network Ethernet Connections Connect From Connect To Laptop PC Switch on Demo L43/L35e E-net port Switch on Demo PF525 Drive E-net port Switch on Demo Laptop PC PowerFlex 525 Drive 1769-L35e Demo IP Addresses For Demos Laptop PC 100.100.100.100 1769-L35e/L43 100.100.100.35 PF-525 Drive...

  • Page 5: About The Demo Box

    About the Demo Boxes 1769-L35e Demo Switch Start Stop 1769-L43 Demo Stop Start Switch Page 5 of 64...

  • Page 6: Exercise 1: Using The Him Keypad And Display

    Exercise 1: Using the HIM Keypad and Display In this section you will perform the following: Review key information about the HIM keypad and display of the PowerFlex 525 • Reset the PowerFlex 525 drive to defaults • Configure several parameters •...
  • Page 7 Display and Control Keys AppView: Dedicated sets of parameters grouped together for the following applications • Conveyor Mixer Compressor Centrifugal Pump Blower Extruder Positioning Textile / Fiber CustomView: Parameter Groups can be customized specifically for your application • Add up to a max of 100 parameters Save new “CustomView”...
  • Page 8 Control and Navigation Keys Page 8 of 64...
  • Page 9 Viewing and Editing Parameters The following is an example of basic integral keypad and display functions. This example provides basic navigation instructions and illustrates how to program a parameter. Just read through the following. Page 9 of 64...

  • Page 10: Reset Drive To Defaults

    Reset Drive to Defaults Press the Esc button until you see on the keypad display. Press the Select button and use the Up or Down arrows until you see the Basic Program group on the HIM display. Press the Enter or Sel button to enter the Basic Program group.

  • Page 11: Configuring Drive Parameters

    Once is displayed, Press the Enter button. You will see “0 - Ready/Idle” scroll across the “2 – Factory Reset”. display. Press the Up or Down arrows until you see Press the Enter button to confirm. The drive will fault with a scrolling message of “F048 – Parameters Defaulted” See picture below.

  • Page 12: Exercise 2: Using The Usb To Access "Mains Free" Drive Configuration Files In The Control Module

    Exercise 2: Using the USB to access “Mains Free” Drive configuration files in the Control Module The purpose of this exercise is to access the drive configuration file (xxxxx.PF5) in the drive so it can be imported into the Connected Components Work Bench or RS Logix 5000 software program where you can make parameter changes. This file can then be exported out to a xxxxx.PF5 file which can then be down loaded back into the drive with the utility using the USB cable.
  • Page 13 Select or click on the “Upload” Button: Click on Next: Click on Browse: then select Libraries\Documents\MyDocuments\Network Expo Labs 8. Give the File your desired name and store it where ever you like. For this Lab please type in the following name: PF525_Drive.pf5.
  • Page 14 10. Click on the Upload button. 11. Click on the Close Button and close any other boxes or screens that may be open. Later we will use this utility to download the completed drive configuration file back into the drive. This utility is just used to upload and download the drive file and it cannot make any changes to the Parameters.

  • Page 15: Exercise 3: Utilizing The File In Drive And Connected Component Workbench Offline With Usb Cable

    Go to the computer’s desktop and double click the Connected Components Workbench shortcut. If the shortcut is not on the desk top use the “All Programs” in the Start menu then select the Rockwell Automation folder, then the CCW folder and click on the CCW icon.
  • Page 16 The main screen for Connected Components Workbench is as follows. Note: You may want to maximize the Connected Components Workbench software to make viewing easier. Expand the Catalog box and select the “Drives” folder as shown above. Then select ”PF525 Drive” by double mouse clicking it.
  • Page 17 Your view will look like this: Click on the “Properties” button Then select the “USB Import Export Tab”. Page 17 of 64...
  • Page 18 Click on the “Import” button Select the PF525_Drive.PF5 file from the Network Expo Labs folder: Click on “Import Entire Device” 10. Close the Properties Box Page 18 of 64...
  • Page 19 11. Click on the “Parameters” Button. 12. Click on the “All Parameters” button and Select “Baic Program”. 13. The Basic parameters are where the majority of the drive settings will be made. Page 19 of 64...
  • Page 20 14. Populate your page with the drive settings as listed below: Note: if you want to view and or configure more drive parameters you can select the various programming groups. 15. Close the Parameters page 16. Click on the “Properties” button. You will now export the drive setting back to the PF525_Drive.PF5 file located in the Network Expo Folder.
  • Page 21 17. Then select the “USB Import/ Export Tab”. 18. Click on the “Export” button 19. Select the PF525_Drive.PF5 file from the Network Expo Labs folder then click on the “Save” button: 20. Confirm save by clicking on the “Yes” button do not close 21.
  • Page 22 22. Open the Explorer Folder window and click on the “Removable Drive”. Then double mouse click on the PF52xUSB.exe file. 23. Take what you have learned earlier from the uploading procedure and by selecting “Download” move the PF525_Drive.PF5 back to the drive. Note: Refer back to Execise 2.

  • Page 23: Exercise 4: Powerflex 525 Start-Up Wizard

    Exercise 4: Utilizing an E-net connection and online with the drive. Connected Component Workbench Connect to the PowerFlex 525 through the embedded Ethernet/IP via Connected Components Workbench  Explore the Startup wizard.  There are many features to Connected Components Workbench. You can set up a driver in RS Linx so that a 1203_USB cable can be used to connect to a PowerFlex drive or the LInx driver can be Ethernet I/P…...
  • Page 24 Select the Connect button and using the RS LInx Ethernet/IP driver that appears and find the PF525 Drive, Select it and acknowledge the connection. ( See step 5) The lab’s preconfigured RSLinx driver will appear. Click on the [+] to expand AB_ETHIP-1, Ethernet, click/highlight the 100.100.100.25, PowerFlex 525 1P 110V .50HP device.
  • Page 25 The lab’s preconfigured RSLinx driver will appear. Click on the [+] to expand AB_ETHIP-1, Ethernet, click/highlight the 100.100.100.25, PowerFlex 525 1P 110V .50HP device. 10. Press the OK button to initiate the connection process. For a quick moment, you might see a connection status window. Otherwise, once the connection process is complete, you will see the following main screen with a green highlighted “Connected”...

  • Page 26: Exploring Drive Parameters Via Parameter Groupings, Appview™, And Customview

    Exploring Drive Parameters via Parameter Groupings, AppView™, and CustomView™ There are many features supported by Connected Components Workbench™ for the PowerFlex 525 as shown below. Take some time to explore them. Click on the Parameters icon to view the PowerFlex 525 drive parameters as seen below. The PowerFlex 525 Drive Add-On Profile has a nice new feature from Connected Components Workbench™...
  • Page 27 An upload progress window will pop up. Once the upload has completed you will see the parameters window update to just show only the non-default parameters. Take a look, you will notice that the parameters you changed in Lab 1 appear in this list. Example shown below. Click the Show All button to return to viewing all of the PowerFlex 525 drive parameters.
  • Page 28 Try some other examples such as Dig , Speed, 10 and see the results. Note: Remember to clear/delete the entry field when finished. Under the Group: dropdown selection box, you can scroll through the different drive parameter groups, AppView™ and the CustomView™.
  • Page 29 These are the most simplistic parameters that are needed to start up/commission a PowerFlex 525 drive. Take some time to explore some of the other parameter groupings such as Terminals, Communications and Advanced Program for more startup/commission parameters. 11. The PowerFlex 525 drive has several AppView™ groupings that are tailored for a specific application to make the respective drive startup/commission simpler.
  • Page 30 Note: You can also select/highlight multiple parameters then click the Add - > button. This makes adding parameters go a lot faster. 14. Add the following parameters: Parameter 30 - Language Parameter 43 - Minimum Freq Parameter 31 - Motor NP Volts Parameter 44 - Maximum Freq Parameter 32 - Motor NP Hertz Parameter 45 - Stop Mode...
  • Page 31 15. Notice how the parameters entries from above are all now in the ABC’s Group CustomView for easy parameter viewing and editing. Click [X] in the upper right hand corner to Close the Parameters – PowerFlex 525_1* window. Page 31 of 64...
  • Page 32 Exercise 4: PowerFlex 525 Start-Up Wizard Click on the Wizards button and Select the PowerFlex 525 Startup Wizard and Click the Select button to launch the PowerFlex 525 Startup wizard. Below is the Welcome screen for the PowerFlex 525 Startup Wizard. Click the Next > button to proceed with exploring the startup wizard.
  • Page 33 Below is the Reset Parameters page. Here you have a couple different options. Reset all settings to factory defaults but retain the custom parameter group. • Reset all settings to factory defaults (including the custom parameter group). • Reset only the “Power Parameters”. •...
  • Page 34 Go through, verify and if needed, modify the parameters according to the following screenshots. Remember to Click the Next > button to proceed to the next page. If Connected to the drive, and the PLC is not in controll you may execute the Direction Test and if not, you can skip this by Clicking the Next >...
  • Page 35 Press Stop button to Clear Faults if the drive is faulted. PRESS and HOLD the Jog button to run the Direction Test. If the following window pops-up, Click “Yes”. If the direction is correct, Click on the Yes radio button and Click the Next > button.
  • Page 36 If desired, you may skip the AutoTune Test by Clicking the Next > button. Click on the StaticTune button to initiate the AutoTune Test. (see next page) Note: This may take up to a minute to complete. Once finished, you will see the Test Completed: Yes result. Note: This may take up to a minute to complete.
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  • Page 38 This can be any IP Adress of course… Select how you want the Terminal Block inputs to behave. Notice how The GUI shows you which terminals are configurable. Page 38 of 64...
  • Page 39 10. Once changes have been made, Go to the Pending Changes page for a summary of the planned programming changes you have made to the PowerFlex 525 drive. Page 39 of 64...
  • Page 40 Make sure all the Pages have the black check to the left of the page name / icon. Click the Finish >> button to accept pending changes. 11. The main PowerFlex 525 window will be present. Click the Reset button for the Ethernet communication settings to take affect.
  • Page 41 When prompted, Click No. When prompted, Click No. Page 41 of 64...

  • Page 42: Exercise 5: Powerflex 525 Drive Add-On Profile With Rs Logix 5000 Software

    Exercise 5: PowerFlex 525 Drive Add-On Profile with RS Logix 5000 Software. This section will provide a preview of the PowerFlex 525 Drive Add-On Profile as well as the PowerFlex 525 Drives and Motion Accelerator Toolkit Add-On Instructions and Faceplates for the PowerFlex 525. About Integrated Drive Profiles and Premier Integration Integrated Drive Profiles were designed to save system development time and to make systems easier to maintain.

  • Page 43: Using Rs Logix 5000 With The Powerflex 525 Drive Add-On Profile

    Using RS Logix 5000 Version 20.01 with the PowerFlex 525 Drive Add-On Profile Start the program. Double-click the Studio 5000 icon on the desktop, or from the Start menu, select All Programs > Rockwell Software > RSLogix 5000 Enterprise Series> RSLogix 5000. After the splash Screen you will see something like this: A pre-configured RS Logix 5000 program has already been created for your convenience.
  • Page 44 *NOTE* Lab files are located within Libraries>Network Expo>L35ePF525_Lab or Libraries>Network Expo>L35ePF525_Lab folders depending on which demo you are using. Note: May take a minute or two for the RS Logix 5000™ software to open. Open the PowerFlex 525-EENET module properties by double-click on the PowerFlex 525-EENET node in the I/O Configuration folder to display the Module Properties screen.
  • Page 45 Click on the Properties button. This opens the properties window and the Setup tab, which shows some basic drive information, such as configuration, revision, device language and electronic keying. = Creates device database from online drive to add new revisions and configurations = Reset device data to factory defaults = Print Page 45 of 64...
  • Page 46 Click on the Communications tab to view the settings; you can manually configure the PowerFlex 525 drive Ethernet network settings or obtain via BOOTP or DHCP. The details page. There is also Import / Export for the PF525 USB connection file format, .pf5. It can be used for saving/restoring configurations.
  • Page 47 10. The Parameters icon launches the Parameters window. This is the same as what you performed in the previous section with using the Connected Components Workbench™ software to go online with the drive, view and modify parameters with the Parameter, AppView™ and CustomView™ groups 11.
  • Page 48 Select the drive rating Set the firmware revision Set the Electronic Keying Configure the Input and Output Datalinks Create Database from the online drive or download from the web. The PowerFlex 525 Add-On Profile provides the ability to configure Up to 4 words of Input Data and 4 words of Output Data can be defined for the embedded Ethernet connection.
  • Page 49 Click on the [X] in the upper right hand corner to Close the Module Definition window and then the Module Properties window. 15. If your application required multiple duplicate drives, you could right-click on the PowerFlex 525-EENET to copy it and then right-click on the Ethernet network and paste it as many times as needed.
  • Page 50 Where do you think the drive configuration data gets stored? The drive configuration data for each node is actually stored in your Studio 5000 project (the .ACD file)! It also resides in the ControlLogix when the .ACD is downloaded to the controller. This provides a convenient local resource for a node’s configuration settings should the node need replacing.
  • Page 51 18. View the output tags. Now expand the PF525_Drive:O output to view the output tag names. Descriptive tag names have been created for the configured I/O. The Logic Command bits (BOOLs) are clearly defined as well as the Reference. Note that the proper data types are used for every tag. Close the Controller Tags window by clicking the lower [X] button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
  • Page 52 20. Open the PowerFlex 525-EENET module properties by Double-click on the PowerFlex 525-EENET node in the I/O Configuration folder to display the Module Properties screen. Your view will have the correct Processor indicated. Click on the Drive tab. 21. View the PowerFlex 525-EENET Drive tab. 22.
  • Page 53 24. For a brief moment, you will see a downloading progress bar while the parameter settings are being sent to the drive. Your IP address will be 100.100.100.25 25. Click back to the Connections Tab and Select the Inhibit Box by giving it a Check mark. Note: By inhibiting the drive The PLC is prevented from having full ownership of the drive which will let us finish the commissioning process.
  • Page 54 29. Put the controller in Run mode. If prompted to confirm Remote Run, click “Yes” Click on the mode drop-down arrow and select Run Mode. Open the PowerFlex 525-EENET module properties by Double-click on the PowerFlex 525-EENET node in the I/O Configuration folder to display the Module Properties screen.
  • Page 55 Click on the Drive tab. 32. View the PowerFlex 525-EENET Drive tab. With the PLC on line you are now allowed to go on line with the drive and while the connection is being made you should see something like this. 33.
  • Page 56 Start the PowerFlex 525 Start-Up Wizard Again so we can use it to Bump the motor and Auto Tune. 34. Click on the Wizards button and Select the PowerFlex 525 Startup Wizard and Click the Select button to launch the PowerFlex 525 Startup wizard. 35.
  • Page 57 Note: The direction of the rotor can be predicted in advance so long as the installer is aware of the lead terminations. The motor as you face the shaft will rotate clockwise (CW) when T1, T2, T3 on the drive is connected with Motor leads T1, T2, and T3.
  • Page 58 42. Click on the connection Tab and remove the inhibit or uncheck the box. Click on the Apply button. 43. Then Click on the OK Button. Verify you are still on line with the processor and that you are in Run. 44.
  • Page 59 46. Have some fun while monitoring the drive status. 47. You have now completed the PF525 Commisioning lab. Exta Credit:: If you have time and want to learn about ADC or Automatic Device Configuration. See next Section Page 59 of 64...

  • Page 60: Exercise 6: Automatic Device Configuration (Adc) With The Powerflex 525 Ac Drive

    Exercise 6: Automatic Device Configuration (ADC) with the PowerFlex 525 AC drive About Automatic Device Configuration (ADC) Automatic Device Configuration (ADC) is an RSLogix 5000 (version 20) and Logix Designer (version 21 or greater) feature that supports the automatic download of configuration data upon the Logix controller establishing an EtherNet/IP network connection to a PowerFlex 525 drive and its associated peripherals.

  • Page 61: Exploring The Setup Of Automatic Device Configuration (Adc)

    Exploring the setup of Automatic Device Configuration (ADC) Open the PowerFlex 525-EENET module properties by Double-click on the PowerFlex 525-EENET node in the I/O Configuration folder to display the Module Properties screen. Click on the Drive tab. The drive AOP requires user action to enable ADC. This helps ensure that the user understands ADC operation prior to turning it on.
  • Page 62 Click the OK button to Close the PowerFlex 525 Module Properties. Download the PF525_Lab project to the controller by clicking on Communications then Who Active. Make sure the path to the CompactLogix controller at 100.100.100.35 via the AB_ETHIP-1 ethernet driver is selected and click Download.
  • Page 63 11. Automatic Device Configuration (ADC) will cause the transition to run to be longer. Click the OK button to confirm / acknowledge the following window. NOTE: ADC will cause the tranistion to run to be longer 12. Notice that the PowerFlex 525 drive will get a F048 – Parameters Defaulted fault on the LCD Keypad display. This is normal and the first step of the Automatic Device Configuration process.
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