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24   Basic operation

Common user tasks

This following tables list common user tasks and describes how to complete them. 
See 

Functions in the main Menu

 an

Functions in the Options menu

 for detailed 

descriptions of functions in the menus.

Basic operation of the drive

Parameters

System information and help

Task

Actions

Start and stop the drive.

In local control, press 

 to start the drive and 

 to stop the drive.

Set the reference (for example, speed) in 
the 

Home

 view.

In local control, go to 

Options > Reference

. Set 

the reference with the arrow keys. For detailed 
instructions, see 

Setting the reference

 on page 

38

.

Switch between local and remote control. Press 

.

Change the direction of motor rotation.

In local control, go to the 

Home

 view, press 

 

(

Options

) to open the 

Options

 menu and select 

Direction change

.

Task

Actions

Choose parameters displayed on the 
Favorites list.

Go to 

Menu > Parameters > Favorites > Edit

See also 

Editing the list of favorites

 on page 

28

.

View/edit parameters.

Go to 

Menu > Parameters

 to view parameters.

See 

Editing parameters

 on page 

29

 fo

instructions on editing parameters.

Add parameters to the Home view.

See 

Editing the contents of the Home view

 on 

page 

38

.

Show/hide parameter index and group 
numbers.

Press  

+ .

Restore parameter default value.

In the editing mode, press 

 + 

To save the default value, press 

 

(

Save

).

View parameters that differ from 
Application Macro defaults.

Go to 

Menu > Parameters > Modified

.

Task

Actions

How to get help.

Press 

 to open the context-sensitive help.

View control panel version.

Go to 

Menu > System info > Control panel

.

View drive information.

Go to 

Menu > System info > Drive

.

Loc/Rem

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Assistant Panel Guide Rev B.book  Page 24  Tuesday, April 10, 2012  12:08 PM

Summary of Contents for ACS-AP Series

Page 1: ...Options for ABB drives User s manual ACS AP x Assistant control panels Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 1 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

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Page 3: ...s manual ACS AP x Assistant control panels 3AUA0000085685 Rev B EN EFFECTIVE 2012 04 10 2012 ABB Oy All Rights Reserved Table of contents Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 3 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

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Page 5: ... Display keys and parts 15 Display 16 Keys 17 Status LED 19 USB connector 19 RJ 45 connector 19 Type code label 19 Battery cover 19 4 Basic operation What this chapter contains 21 User interface overview 21 Control panel navigation 22 Navigation memory 22 Home view 22 Navigating in the Home view 23 Help 23 Common user tasks 24 Basic operation of the drive 24 Parameters 24 System information and he...

Page 6: ...ckups 34 Creating a parameter backup 34 Restoring a parameter backup 34 System info 35 Settings 35 6 Functions in the Options menu What this chapter contains 37 Sub menus 37 Setting the reference 38 Editing the contents of the Home view 38 7 Control of multiple drives What this chapter contains 41 Connecting multiple drives to a control panel 41 Select drive menu 42 Enabling or disabling panel bus...

Page 7: ...n 51 Making the control panel to PC USB connection 52 Connecting a PC tool to a drive through the control panel 53 When connecting in local control mode 53 When connecting in remote control mode 53 Transferring files between the control panel and a PC 54 11 Technical data What this chapter contains 55 Connectors 55 Display 55 Battery 55 Dimensions and weight 56 Degrees of protection 56 Materials 5...

Page 8: ...8 Table of contents Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 8 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 9: ...e images and instructions are based on the use of the control panel with an ACS880 drive equipped with the Primary control program If you use the control panel with another equipment or program version note that some details may differ from what is presented here Compatibility ACS AP x Assistant control panels can be used with ABB ACS880 drives Refer to the appropriate product manuals Safety Follo...

Page 10: ...ves with one control panel Fault tracing describes how to identify the different the fault and warning messages and how to solve problem situations Service and maintenance describes service related functions and routine maintenance tasks Panel to PC USB connection describes interaction between a PC and the control panel Technical data describes the parts dimensions and materials of the control pan...

Page 11: ... a separate mounting kit for example for cabinet door mounting To attach the control panel 1 place its bottom end into the bottom of the slot in the drive A 2 pivot the control panel and push the upper part B until you hear a click To detach the control panel 1 release the control panel by pressing the clip B 2 pull the upper end of the control panel out of the slot in the drive A B Assistant Pane...

Page 12: ...e selection view only appears during the first start up of the control panel but it is possible to change the language later in the Settings menu see page 35 or with the Basic set up assistant 4 Use or to select a language 5 Press OK to confirm your selection Wait until the control panel completes uploading the language file Its progress is indicated by a progress bar If there is a Basic set up as...

Page 13: ...Installation and start up 13 Once you are in the Home view the control panel is ready for use Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 13 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 14: ...14 Installation and start up Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 14 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 15: ...Display keys and parts 1 Display 8 Start see Start and Stop 2 Left softkey 9 Local Remote see Loc Rem 3 Right softkey 10 USB connector 4 Status LED 11 Clip 5 Help 12 RJ 45 connector 6 The arrow keys 13 Type code label 7 Stop see Start and Stop 14 Battery cover 12 11 13 14 1 4 3 6 7 8 5 10 2 9 Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 15 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 16: ...us of the drive and the motor The direction of the arrow indicates forward clockwise or reverse counter clockwise rotation Note For non rotating driven equipment the numbers 1 and 0 are used to indicate that the drive is running or stopped respectively Status icon Animation Drive status Stopped Stopped start inhibited Blinking Stopped start command given but start inhibited Blinking Faulted Blinki...

Page 17: ...cribed below Left softkey The left softkey is usually used for exiting and canceling Its function in a given situation is shown by the softkey selection in the bottom left corner of the display Holding down exits each view in turn until you are back in the Home view This function does not work in special screens Right softkey The right softkey is usually used for selecting accepting and confirming...

Page 18: ... is adopted See the drive specific firmware manual for more details Key shortcuts The table below lists key shortcuts and combinations Simultaneous key presses are indicated by the plus sign Shortcut Available in Effect any view Save a screenshot Up to fifteen images may be stored in the control panel memory For instructions on how to transfer the images into a PC see section Transferring files be...

Page 19: ...45 connector The RJ 45 connector is used to electrically connect the control panel to the drive Mechanical connection is achieved with the clip on the top Type code label The type code label contains revision information The revision letter and the software version of the control panel are highlighted in the image below Battery cover Underneath the cover there is a compartment for the battery that...

Page 20: ...20 Control panel overview Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 20 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 21: ...s of the control panel The Menu functions are described in detail in chapter Functions in the main Menu page 31 The Options menu through which you can set a reference change the motor direction select the drive edit Home view pages and see the fault and warning status The Options menu is described in detail in chapter Functions in the Options menu page 27 The Help view page 22 which provides advic...

Page 22: ...eatedly you move forward along the path in the menu structure you had previously accessed Home view The main view of the control panel is called the Home view In the Home view you can monitor the status of the drive such as its speed torque or power The Home view has one or more pages each of which can display up to three signals The number of pages and the signals shown on each page are customiza...

Page 23: ...minutes Tip You can return to the Home view from any view except special screens by holding down the left softkey Navigating in the Home view Use and to move between the different pages of the Home view The page numbers are shown while you scroll between pages Use or to adjust the reference visible in the top right corner See also Setting the reference on page 27 Press Menu to open the main Menu s...

Page 24: ...tions to open the Options menu and select Direction change Task Actions Choose parameters displayed on the Favorites list Go to Menu Parameters Favorites Edit See also Editing the list of favorites on page 28 View edit parameters Go to Menu Parameters to view parameters See Editing parameters on page 29 for instructions on editing parameters Add parameters to the Home view See Editing the contents...

Page 25: ...rning by pressing Hide it automatically reappears if the warning is still active after 60 seconds of no key presses Open help page on a warning Press How to fix or to view the help page Reset an active warning Warnings disappear automatically once the condition that has triggered it goes away View past warnings and faults Go to Menu Event log Other events Task Actions Adjust backlight brightness P...

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Page 27: ...ollowing sub menus are generally included in all products Parameters page 28 View and edit parameters Assistants page 28 Launch an assistant Energy efficiency page 33 Use energy saving features Event log page 33 View information on faults and warnings See also Fault tracing on page 45 History graphs page 33 View the load profile Backups page 34 Save settings in the control panel memory and restore...

Page 28: ...t be edited but you can view them by pressing View Favorites In the Favorites sub menu only user selected parameters are listed The order is determined by the parameter number Editing the list of favorites 1 Select Edit 2 Check parameters you want to be shown on the list by pressing Select 3 Press Done to exit and save changes By function This functionality is available in a future release Complet...

Page 29: ...t parameter values with the arrow keys 1 Select the desired parameter from the list by pressing Select 2 Press Edit 3 Use and to change the value 4 Press Save to save the value or press Cancel to exit the parameter view and discard any changes 5 Press to restore the default value of the parameter this does not save it See the sections below for more information on editing specific parameter types ...

Page 30: ...option To cancel and exit press Cancel Some selection list parameters allow you to choose another parameter as its value such as Output Frequency Current Torque or Power as shown in the picture on the right In addition to a preset list of options you may be able to select a parameter freely represented by the selection Other on the list Follow the instructions below to select a parameter Assistant...

Page 31: ... there is also an arrow on the right hand side of the selection you can choose an individual bit or all the bits in that parameter Press to move to a bit selection list If you want select all the bits in the parameter press Save instead 4 Select a bit if applicable see the previous step Pressing inverts the selected bit and Save saves the selection The parameter or bit is now selected as the param...

Page 32: ...e If a trigger value is defined for the counter the counter s progress from zero to the trigger value is shown as a bar graph Assistants In the Assistants menu you can launch an assistant An assistant is a sequence of steps that help you complete a task such as setting up the control panel to be used with the drive and the motor or fixing a fault 1 Use and to highlight the desired assistant 2 Pres...

Page 33: ...d profile Trends This functionality is available in a future release Load profile In the Load profile submenu you can view and configure load profiles The menu contains the following sub menus Amplitude logger 1 opens a Histogram view which displays the motor current as a distribution histogram This logger cannot be reset Amplitude logger 2 opens a Histogram view which displays the contents of an ...

Page 34: ... If the backup process is canceled or interrupted the previously saved backup file is not deleted or damaged Thus if you accidentally start a backup process you can safely cancel it before its completion Restoring a parameter backup 1 In the Backups menu select the backup file you want to restore 2 Select View backup contents and check that it is the correct backup file and that it is suitable for...

Page 35: ...select time and date display settings and whether the control panel automatically adjusts the time for daylight savings changes The time and date display setting determines how time stamps are formatted Edit texts You can customize editable user interface texts such as the drive name Display settings You can set backlight power save on off and adjust display contrast and brightness Reset to defaul...

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Page 37: ...tting the reference below Direction change Change the direction of the motor s rotation in local control mode Select drive Enable or disable the panel bus and if enabled view the status of drives in the panel bus and select which drive to control with the control panel See chapter Control of multiple drives on page 41 Edit Home view Edit the contents of the Home view See Editing the contents of th...

Page 38: ...anging it If you hold down the arrow key the rate at which the value changes accelerates Editing the contents of the Home view 1 In the Options menu select Edit Home view This opens the Home view in the editing mode In the editing mode you can add edit and delete the displayed parameters When finished press Done in the Home view to confirm the changes to exit the editing mode and to return to the ...

Page 39: ...Empty is selected the parameter is removed from the Home view Display style Select how the signal values are displayed It is possible to use different display types on the same page Numeric The parameter values are displayed as numbers see picture 3 below If there is only one parameter on the page a bar graph is also displayed Gauge bar When there is only one parameter on the page the parameter va...

Page 40: ...f you want to specify the value range Display signal min as and Display signal max as Select the minimum and maximum values shown in the Home view This feature allows application specific scaling to be applied If the parameter value goes below the minimum or above the maximum the text Off the scale is displayed In the graph format small arrows are shown instead to indicate values off the scale Dis...

Page 41: ...Connecting multiple drives to a control panel 1 Connect the control panel A to the first drive B in the panel bus 2 Connect the first drive C to the second D the second to the third and so on by daisy chaining RJ 45 leads A C B D This picture shows a panel bus example with ACS880 01 drives Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 41 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 42: ...us you can select which drive to control with the control panel 1 In the Options menu select Select drive to open a list of connected drives 2 Use and to move the cursor When a drive is highlighted the green LED on the drive blinks for one second 3 Press Select to change control to the highlighted drive Panel features with multiple drives Panel views In a panel bus configuration the control panel ...

Page 43: ... the panel bus has its own custom content because all the customizations are stored in the drive Assistants Assistants are drive specific which means that different drives in the panel bus can have different assistants However the assistant framework is the same for all assistants in all drives Faults and warnings with multiple drives Faults and warnings in the currently selected drive Faults and ...

Page 44: ...Only warnings active in the selected drive are shown in the control panel To view warnings in another drive you must select that drive in the Select drive menu Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 44 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 45: ...e drive detects a problem in its operation The display message backlight and LED indications help you identify the problem Refer to the table below to identify faults and warnings Display LED Type continuous red See Faults below blinking red See Faults below Faults of this type require stopping and restarting the drive before it continues to function normally continuous red A fault has occurred in...

Page 46: ... reappears after 60 seconds if no keys have been pressed Press Reset to reset the fault and return to the previous view Press the key to open the context sensitive help The help page has a shortcut to the Fault Diagnostics Assistant which helps you solve the fault situation Display LED Type blinking green See Warnings below continuous green The connection between the control panel and the drive is...

Page 47: ...ide to hide the warning message and go back to the previous view If the warning is still active after 60 seconds of no key presses the Warning view reappears automatically Press the key to open the context sensitive help Note If multiple warnings are active the total number of active warnings is displayed Use and to scroll through the warnings Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 47 Tuesday April...

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Page 49: ...nel cover to clean any dust inside the cover or to change the cover to customize the control panel The cover consists of two parts both of which can be removed You do not need tools to remove the covers 1 Open the USB connector cover 2 Remove the lower part of the control panel cover 3 Remove the upper part of the cover Reinstall the covers in the reverse order 1 2 3 Assistant Panel Guide Rev B bo...

Page 50: ...e control panel 1 Turn the lid on the back of the control panel counter clockwise until the lid opens 2 Replace the battery 3 Put the lid back and tighten it by turning it clockwise Control panel software updates If the control panel software needs to be updated contact ABB Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 50 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 51: ...USB connection are The control panel acts as an USB adapter allowing the PC tool to interact with the drive See Connecting a PC tool to a drive through the control panel below It is possible to transfer data for example screenshots and backups between the control panel and the PC When connected the control panel appears as an MTP device on the PC Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 51 Tuesday Ap...

Page 52: ...oes not respond to key presses In this mode you can only interact with the control panel or the drive through the PC tool To connect the control panel to a PC 1 open the lid of the USB connector 2 plug in a USB cable 3 connect to a PC The control panel displays the USB screen 1 2 Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 52 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

Page 53: ...cal control is transferred to the PC tool and the control panel displays the USB screen The drive retains its present reference and direction When you have finished using the PC tool close the connection through the PC tool first and then disconnect the USB cable Local control is transferred back to the control panel and the drive retains its present reference and direction Note If you disconnect ...

Page 54: ...control panel appears as an MTP device in Windows Explorer 3 Open ABB Drives Assistant control panel with Windows Explorer and go to the directory where the files are stored Screenshots are stored in ABB Drives Assistant control panel ABB Drives Assistant control panel_a screen Backup files are stored in ABB Drives Assistant control panel ABB Drives Assistant control panel_a backup You can copy fi...

Page 55: ... a panel bus the combined maximum length of the panel bus cables is 100 m 328 ft Type B mini USB connector for connecting the panel to a PC USB 2 0 MTP protocol The maximum cable length is three meters 9 8 ft Display The control panel has a monochrome 240 x 160 pixel resolution LCD display with a white backlight Battery At an ambient temperature of 25 C 77 F the change interval of the real time cl...

Page 56: ...l Do not dispose the control panel with municipal waste Check local regulations for disposal of electronic products Operation Storage Transportation Installation site altitude 4000 m 13123 ft Air temperature 20 C to 55 C 4 F to 131 F 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F Relative humidity 95 non condensing Contamination levels IEC 60721 3 3 IEC 60721 3 2 IEC 60721 1 3 1 3C3 Assista...

Page 57: ...ss 2M3 in acc with EN 60082 2 6 Shock class 3M4 in acc with EN 60062 2 27 class 2M2 in acc with EN 60082 2 27 Free fall IEC 60068 2 32 drop height 1 m 3 3 ft EMC compliance EN 61800 3 2004 IEC 61000 4 2 IEC 61000 4 3 IEC 61000 4 4 IEC 61000 4 6 Assistant Panel Guide Rev B book Page 57 Tuesday April 10 2012 12 08 PM ...

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