Glossary-4
DriveTools Software
A software suite designed for Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, and
Windows NT (4.0 or greater) operating systems. This software suite
provides a family of tools that you can use to program, monitor, control,
troubleshoot, and maintain Allen Bradley products. DriveTools 2000
(version 1.xx) can be used with PowerFlex drives. Information about
DriveTools can be accessed at http://www.ab.com/drives.
E
Electronic Data Sheet (EDS) Files
EDS files are simple text files that are used by network configuration
tools such as RSNetWorx for DeviceNet to describe products so that you
can easily commission them on a network. EDS files describe a product
device type, revision, and configurable parameters. EDS files for many
Allen-Bradley products can be found at http://www.ab.com/networks/
eds.
Explicit Messaging
Explicit Messages are used to configure, monitor, and diagnose devices
over DeviceNet.
F
Fault Action
A fault action determines how the adapter and connected product act
when a communications fault (for example, a cable is disconnected)
occurs or when the scanner is switched out of run mode. The former uses
a communications fault action, and the latter uses an idle fault action.
Fault Configuration
When communications are disrupted (for example, a cable is
disconnected), the adapter and PowerFlex drive can respond with a
user-defined fault configuration. The user sets the data that is sent to the
drive in the fault configuration parameters (
Parameters 15 - [Flt Cfg
Logic]
through
24 - [Flt Cfg D2]
). When a fault action parameter is set
to use the fault configuration and a fault occurs, the data from these
parameters is sent as the Command Logic, Reference, and/or
Datalink(s).
Faulted Node Recovery
This DeviceNet feature lets you change a configuration of a device that
is faulted on the network. For example, if you add a device to a network
and it does not have a unique address, it will fault. If you have a
configuration tool that supports faulted node recovery and your adapter
is using parameters to set its node address and data rate, you can change
the node address.
Summary of Contents for PowerFlex 20-COMM-D
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