Appendix D: Easyview For Windows® For The Cps6000 Controller; Overview; Loading The Easyview Application; Making The Connection - ABB CPS6000 Product Manual

Appendix D: EasyView for Windows® for the CPS6000
Controller

Overview

EasyView® for Windows OS (EasyView) is a program that runs on an IBM®-compatible PC with an
RS-232 port or laptop computer and provides access to a CPS6000 Controller. (Hereafter the term PC is
used to refer to a PC with an RS-232 port or laptop computer.) The program provides access to
controller alarms, system status, control and configuration. To use EasyView you will have to load the
EasyView application onto your PC, connect your PC to the controller, and run the EasyView application.

Loading the EasyView Application

The EasyView software may be freely downloaded from the ABB Power web site
abbpowerconversion.com

Making the Connection

To use EasyView to access a CPS6000 controller you will need a PC, and a CPS6000 controller
programming cable (comcode 848658100). Connect the cable to the serial port of your PC and to the
controller programming connector of the CPS6000.

Configuring a Site

Start the EasyView program by selecting its icon. Once started, you will enter the Default screen. This is
where the system alarms, warnings, and site descriptions are displayed. To configure a site, press the
F11 key from this screen, or select Setup Sites from the Options menu. The Site List popup screen is
displayed.
On this screen, hit the Add button and then the Modify button.
On the Description field, type in an identifier, e.g., CPS6000 Controller Connection. Then select Set
Default Passwords button. To view controller status information without being able to change any
settings, select User in the Connect Password field. If you will be changing parameters, select Super
User. Super-users have configuration privileges.

Serial Port Setup

This selection defines the entire connection method except for password. If a suitable Serial Port Setup
choice is not listed, you must define one by:
Clicking on Show Serial Port Setups.
Clicking on Add.
Clicking on Modify.
You will be making a direct connection to the CPS6000 controller. Look for the Set Default Values for:
field and hit either Com 1 direct, Com 2 direct, Com 3 direct, or Com 4 direct depending on which
communications port you will be using to connect to the controller.
Hitting the button will automatically set all other parameters for you. Hit the OK button to exit this
field. Hit OK again to exit the Site field. Then hit the Close button.
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