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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Safety precautions Safety precautions The expansion card must be installed and operated only by professionals who have taken part in professional training on electrical operation and safety knowledge, obtained the certification, and been familiar with all steps and requirements for the installing, commissioning, operating, and maintaining, and are capable of preventing all kinds of emergencies.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Product confirmation 1 Product confirmation Check the following after receiving Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card: Whether the expansion card is damaged. Whether the received expansion card is the one you purchase according to the bar code label on the PCB.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Product overview 2 Product overview 2.1 Expansion card introduction GD350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card (hereinafter called PLC card) works with the VFD to replace small-size PLC in certain application cases. We develop the...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Product overview Field Description Indicates the generation of technical version by using an ③ Technical version odd number. For example, 1, 3, 5, and 7 indicate the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th generations of technical version.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Product overview Category Symbol Name Function Digital input 5 5. Both source and sink inputs are allowed, but the input types must be the same Digital input 6 1. Input range: AI1 voltage and current range: 0–10V, 0–20mA...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Product overview Figure 2.3 PLC card 2.4 Status indicators The dial switch SW1 on the PLC card can control the running and stop of programs on the card. The PLC card provides five status indicators to represent the status.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Secondary development platform 3 Secondary development platform 3.1 Auto Station introduction We have developed the Auto Station as the secondary development platform of PLC cards. You can download the latest Auto Station from https://www.invt.com/.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Secondary development platform Generally, you only need to select the serial port (for example, COM5). Figure 3.2 Serial port setting for program download 3.3 How to edit programs on the Auto Station 1.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Secondary development platform Figure 3.4 Default option settings The interface that is displayed after the project creation is as follows: Figure 3.5 New project interface The interface can be divided into five areas: Area ①: Menu and toolbar area.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Secondary development platform Info… to view fault information and choose PLC > Clear PLC Error Information to clear fault information. After the clearing, LED4 turns off. You can also choose Debug > Monitor to monitor variables.
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Decryption method: Right-click an encrypted program, choose Encrypt/Decrypt, and enter the correct password. The program is decrypted. 5. To understand the instructions and soft elements for secondary development on the Auto Station, see INVT IVC Series Micro-PLC Programming Manual. The PLC card corresponds to IVC1L. -10-...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces 4 Auto Station programming interfaces The PLC card integrates the secondary development function by using the Auto Station. In addition to the functions equipped with the PLC card, the entrance parameters required for Auto Station programming also include the PLC card hardware functions, VFD hardware functions, and VFD parameters.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Figure 4.1 Importing global variables The imported global variable table is similar to the following: Figure 4.2 Global variable table When programming, you can directly use the variable names in the global variable table or use the corresponding D elements (after D elements are written, the system automatically replace the D elements with corresponding variable names).
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces D7400–D7599 for programming. The following is an example of saving the set frequency of the VFD to the element D100: Figure 4.4 Programming example of not using the global variable table 2.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station D/X/Y interface function Interface description element variable name code on the VFD: Bit0: S1 Bit1: S2 Bit2: S3 Bit3: S4 Bit4: S5 (VFD I/O expansion card input terminal S5)
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces 1. You can apply a bit contact instruction to I_DiState to perform terminal control. (The bit contact instruction is BLD, which can be found in the instruction tree. For details about how to use instructions, see the IVC Series Micro-PLC Programming Manual.)
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces The preceding instruction indicates that PRO1 (Y0) is connected when the PLC card PS1 (X0) terminal is connected. 4.3 Interfaces for analog inputs and outputs The VFD control board and PLC card provide a total of seven analog inputs and outputs for Auto Station programming.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface function Interface description element variable name code For SM174, the value 1 indicates current input, while the default value 0 indicates voltage input. SD173 specifies the sampling count.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Figure 4.10 Output configuration for AO1 on the PLC card The program indicates that AO1 output is enabled, and voltage output is selected (J5 connected to AVO). The output value of AO1 can be provided by writing a value to SD178 and can be obtained through D7634(C_Ao1Val).
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces protection state. In this case, the VFD will not run until the running command is revoked and a new running command is given. (To disable running protection, stop the VFD.) To prevent the VFD from entering the running protection state during power-on, it is recommended that the running command be given with a delay of 500ms–1000ms after...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces default value is 1. This command is only used for channel selection. Each multi-step speed must be set through P10 and require the setting of P00.06/P00.07. 3. ACC/DEC time setting command Table 4.5 ACC/DEC time setting command interface...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface D element function Interface description variable name code To enable the PLC card to set reverse frequency upper limit, set P03.32=1, P00.00 to a value rather than 2, and P03.15=11.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface D element function Interface description variable name code To enable the PLC card to set the VFD PID feedback value, set P00.00 to a value rather than 2, P00.06=7 and P09.02=9.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface D element function Interface description variable name code I_HDIA_Frq D7410 P17.21 HDIA input frequency of the VFD. It is read only. I_HDIB_Frq D7411 P17.22 HDIB input frequency of the VFD. It is read only.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface variable function Interface description element name code Frequency upper limit of forward running in torque I_TorqFrqUpFwd D7548 P17.43 control. It is read only. Frequency upper limit of reverse running in torque...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces of which are the same as corresponding parameters in group P17. Table 4.10 Interface for viewing VFD current status and parameters Auto Station interface D element function Interface description...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Table 4.11 PLC card user-defined fault interface Auto Station interface D element function Interface description variable name code PLC card user-defined fault. It is readable and writable. 0: No fault (fault cleared)
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface D element function Interface description variable name code Value that the VFD writes to WrP2 on the PLC I_WrP2 D7536 P27.02 card. It is read only.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface D element function Interface description variable name code MoP5 value monitored by the VFD. It is readable C_MoP5 D7618 P27.16 and writable. MoP6 value monitored by the VFD. It is readable...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces 2. If the RUN/STOP switch is turned to RUN: if the Auto Station is being used for monitoring now, the RUN/STOP button on the Auto Station is valid and turned to the RUN state; PLC programs resume running, but the hardware PLC output activates with a delay of 0.5s, and the...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Function Function name Description Default Modify code 3: 36+24+60 4: 48+24+60 5: 60+48+60 6: 72+24+60 7: 84+24+60 8: 96+96+96 Tens place: Card that communicates with the programmable card through PZD (valid only when the ones place of P27.26...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces interface variables I_WrSend_PZD1–I_WrSend_PZD12) on the PLC card. ③ You can use the Auto Station to perform secondary programming on D7424–D7435 (corresponding Auto Station interface variables I_WrSend_PZD1–I_WrSend_PZD12) on the PLC card.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code C_WrRece_PZD4 D7639 PZD4 sent to the VFD C_WrRece_PZD5 D7640 PZD5 sent to the VFD C_WrRece_PZD6 D7641 PZD6 sent to the VFD...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code C_RdRece_PZD1 D7648 SW sent to the DP/CANopen/PN card C_RdRece_PZD2 D7649 PZD2 sent to the DP/CANopen/PN card C_RdRece_PZD3...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Auto Station programming interfaces elements in the power-outage saving range is automatically read and restored to the corresponding elements. The power-outage saving function is applicable to the M, S, D, and C elements.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Programming cases 5 Programming cases 5.1 For PLC card digital input/output terminals Requirement: When the PS1 terminal of the PLC card has an input signal, the RO1 terminal of the VFD has output. When both the S2 and S3 terminals of the VFD have an input signal, the RO2 terminal of the VFD has output.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Programming cases The following figure shows the code example and partial testing result (about fault occurring): Figure 5.2 Programming case for terminal-based running/fault control 5.3 For multi-step setting and running Requirement: An unsigned 16-bit variable APPLE is defined, which increases by 1 circularly (rang: 0–65535).
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Programming cases Figure 5.3 Defining a global variable APPLE VFD function code setting: P00.01=2, P00.02=4, P00.06=6, multi-step speed settings in P10 The following figure shows the code example and partial testing result: Figure 5.4 Programming case for multi-step setting and running...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Programming cases As shown in the preceding figure, APPLE may be negative. This is because the system considers the single D element (APPLE) as an integer during the increase and therefore uses signed display.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Programming cases -39-...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Programming cases Figure 5.6 Programming case for RS485 communication -40-...
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Appendix 1 D elements for exchange between the PLC card and VFD Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code I_SetFrq D7400 P17.00 Set frequency of the VFD. It is read only.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code 0.00–10.00V/0.00–20.00mA. It is read only. I_AI3 D7409 P19.09 VFD I/O expansion card analog input terminal AI3, corresponding to 0–1000/0–1000...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code I_RdSend_PZD11 D7446 PZD11 sent from the VFD I_RdSend_PZD12 D7447 PZD12 sent from the VFD D7448–D7 I1_Reserve8–55 Reserved I_OutputVolt D7500 P17.03 Output voltage.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code It is read only. Output voltage at most recent fault. It is read I_FaultOutVolt D7526 P07.35 only. Output current at most recent fault. It is read...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code Value that the VFD writes to WrP1 on the PLC I_WrP1 D7535 card. It is read only. Value that the VFD writes to WrP2 on the PLC...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code 4: Jog reversely 5: Decelerate to stop 6: Coast to stop 7: Reset the fault 8: Quick and emergency stop...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code To enable the PLC card to set the VFD torque, set P03.11=12 and P03.32=1. 0–63000 (corresponding to 0–630.00Hz). It is readable and writable.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code PLC card user-defined fault. It is readable and writable. 0: No fault (fault cleared) 1: PLC card user-defined fault 1...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code and writable. MoP8 value monitored by the VFD. It is readable C_MoP8 D7621 P27.19 and writable. MoP9 value monitored by the VFD. It is readable...
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code It displays the current running status of the PLC card. It is read only. C_RunStopState D7630 P27.11 0: Stopped 1: Running 0x00–0x3F.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 1 Auto Station interface variable D element function Interface description name code function and cannot be used for programming. That is, writing a value to D7634(C_Ao1Val) does not change the output value of AO1.
Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 2 Appendix 2 Function codes for the PLC card (Group P27) Function Function name Description Default Modify code 0–1 ◎ P27.00 PLC card enable Indicates whether to enable the PLC card function, which is reserved.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 2 Function Function name Description Default Modify code 0: Stopped 1: Running 0–65535 ● P27.12 C_MoP1 MoP1 value monitored by the VFD. 0–65535 ● P27.13 C_MoP2 MoP2 value monitored by the VFD.
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Goodrive350 series VFD Auto Station programmable expansion card Appendix 2 Function Function name Description Default Modify code sent from the PLC Ones place: Quantity of data sent from card and PZD the programmable card and VFD (that communication is, quantity of data sent from the...
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