Ac 80 Ncb Support; Ncb Loader; Drivedebug - ABB Advant Controller 80 User Manual

Chapter 3 – AC 80 Software

AC 80 NCB Support

NCB Loader

DriveDebug

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Type circuits are made available to the application programs by copying
them to the directory C:\TCLEV1. The user can also create type
circuits using the Type Circuit Editor of the Application Builder.
PC and DB element options are made available for application
programming by selecting the respective option in the Application
Builder. Also note that the backtranslation of the source code will fail if
the application program contains unselected options.
The options are as follows:
Option
APCELEM Install if the application program has APC2-specific PC elements.
EVENT Install if the application program uses Event Send functions.
MODBUS Install if the application program uses Modbus (MultiVendor)
communication on the Panel/Printer Link (Ch2).
TOOLBOX Install if the application program has special tool PC elements.
NCB support requires a fibre optic link between the PC and the AC 80
(Tools Link). For this, a laptop PC must be equipped with a PCMCIA/
DDCS interface (type NPCM-xx), whereas a desktop PC must be
equipped with an ISA/DDCS adapter (NISA-xx).
AC 80 NCB support includes:
• NCB Loader
• Drive Debug PC tool.
The NCB loader downloads the NCBOS to the NCB board of the
AC 80. The loader is started through a shortcut (Windows 95/NT) or a
.PIF file (Windows 3.1). The shortcut matching the PC type and
selected fibre optic channel should be used.
The files to be loaded are AMC1.ABS and AMC1.CLD. They are
specific to the NCBOS version and revision. The .BAT, .EXE and
dummy files included are needed for correct operation of the loader
and should not be modified in any way.
Troubleshooting Note for Windows NT users: If the load starts normally
but stops during FLASH PROM initialisation, briefly press the INIT
button on the AC 80.
Drive Debug (DRIDEB) is a Windows-based diagnostic tool for the
AC 80, and it is delivered with every AC 80 software package. Several
Drive Debug versions can be installed on the same computer. Before
running Drive Debug , the PC must be equipped with a properly installed
PCMCIA/DDCS or ISA/DDCS adapter (see above).
The Drive Debug User's Manual is included in the AC 80 Software
Package (directory Drideb) as DRIDEB.DOC.
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