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Release Notes

PowerFlex 700S Drives with Phase II Control (30.001)

Bulletin 20D

These release notes correspond to major revision 30, minor revision 1 of 

firmware for PowerFlex® 700S drives with Phase II control.

IMPORTANT

Firmware revision 30.001 is compatible with PowerFlex 700S drives with Phase II 
control series A main control boards only. To determine your main control board 
version, see Determine Your Main Control Board Version on page 

5

.

Topic

Page

Determine the Firmware Revision

2

Determine Your Main Control Board Version

5

Firmware Upgrades

6

New Features and Enhancements

10

Corrected Anomalies

10

Known Anomalies

10

Restrictions

12

Summary of Contents for PowerFlex 700S

Page 1: ...Firmware revision 30 001 is compatible with PowerFlex 700S drives with Phase II control series A main control boards only To determine your main control board version see DetermineYour Main Control BoardVersion on page 5 Topic Page Determine the Firmware Revision 2 DetermineYour Main Control BoardVersion 5 Firmware Upgrades 6 New Features and Enhancements 10 Corrected Anomalies 10 Known Anomalies ...

Page 2: ...the Up Arrow or Down Arrow to scroll to the PowerFlex 700S 2 drive 4 Press Enter to select the drive The main menu for the drive displays 5 Press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow to scroll to Diagnostics as shown in the example to the right 6 Press Enter to enter your selection 7 Press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow to scroll to DeviceVersion 8 Press Enter to display the Product Data screen 9 PressEnteragai...

Page 3: ...1 Example DriveExplorer Window 3 Click the information icon to display the Properties screen of the drive 4 The Revision field shows the present revision for example 4 002 of the drive firmware 5 The Series field shows the series for example A of the control board of the drive Figure 1 Example DriveExplorer Window TIP When clicking on the drive using version 5 01 or higher DriveExplorer Lite Full ...

Page 4: ... treeview click on the PowerFlex 700S 2 drive as shown in Figure 2 Example DriveExecutive Window 3 Click the information icon to display the Properties screen of the drive 4 The Revision field shows the present revision for example 4 002 of the drive firmware 5 The Series field shows the series for example A of the control board of the drive Figure 2 Example DriveExecutiveWindow Step 3 Step 2 Step...

Page 5: ...ive 2 Open the Properties window and select the Component Details tab 3 View the Main Control Board Product Series UseConnectedComponentWorkbenchSoftware Follow these steps to use Connected Component Workbench software to view the main control board version 1 Connect to the drive 2 In the Device Details window select Device Info 3 View the Main Control Board Product Series UsetheHIM Follow these s...

Page 6: ...nal 2 You are now ready to use DriveExplorer DriveExecutive ControlFLASH or HyperTerminal to update the drive See the respective section below and follow the instructions UseDriveExplorerLite Full Follow these steps to used DriveExplorer Lite or Full to upgrade your firmware 1 With the Flash Kit installed see Install the Flash Kit above launch DriveExplorer and go online via EtherNet IP using Driv...

Page 7: ...Then click the information icon as shown in Figure 2 on page 4 to display the Properties screen of the drive 3 On the PowerFlex 700S Phase II Properties screen click the Component Details tab 4 To start the flash update click the Flash Update button 5 Select the PowerFlex 700S Phase II drive from the list of available devices and click Next 6 Select 30 001 from the list of available updates and cl...

Page 8: ...y until the main menu Figure 3 Main Menu appears Figure 3 Main Menu 3 In the main menu press 3 to flash upgrade Then press the number key that corresponds to the PowerFlex 700S 2 in the list and press Y for Yes to update the flash code The terminal program will start displaying the letter C This signals the XMODEM protocol that the download may proceed You then have one minute to start the transfe...

Page 9: ...ame now appears in the Filename box in the Send File screen 7 In the Protocol box select Xmodem 8 Click Send A dialog box appears and reports the progress of the update When it is complete the message Flash Complete appears Press any key to continue 9 Press the Enter key to return to the main menu Important Keep thedevice powered for15 secondsafter theoperation has completed oruntilthe adapter MOD...

Page 10: ... threshold of percent of drive rated current for ground fault detection This parameter is used for frame 9 14 drives only Note This parameter was added for firmware version 30 001 Default Min Max Units 25 0 25 0 45 0 295 HiHp GrdFlt Dly Determines the time delay for the ground fault detection This parameter is usedfor frame 9 14 drives only Note This parameter was added for firmware version 30 001...

Page 11: ...the 5730 controller may lose its program OverloadFaultsforFrames9andUpDrivesDuetoPowerLimits The Power Limits directly set the Torque Limit value for frame 9 and up drives running in the Encoder or Sensorless modes The Power Limit also directly controls the value of Torque Limit for frames 1 6 drives in the Sensorless mode Thus the divide by speed term is not used to determine the Torque Limit The...

Page 12: ...ablish the proper speed limits values and could set parameters 30 and 31 too high RandomInstantaneousOvercurrent IOC Trips The direction bit may prevent nuisance IOC trips If the drive is running and experiences random IOC trips the direction bit can be set to a zero to possibly eliminate this issue Restrictions The following restrictions apply to this revision of firmware FirmwareCompatibility Po...

Page 13: ...r for high horsepower drives when executing a flying start within 2 seconds of a commanded stop with no or light loads HomingtoaSwitchandThentoaMarkerNotFunctionalwithDriveLogix When using the Homing function with a PowerFlex 700S Phase II drive with DriveLogix you can either Home to a Switch or Home to a Marker However you cannot Home to a Switch and a Marker in the same command MotionRegistratio...

Page 14: ...when using the Position Control Communication Format via the static assembly If it is necessary to have a controller connect to these bits the User Defined or Custom User Defined Communication format or explicit messaging must be used SpeedLimitedAdjustableTorque SLAT BitsNotAvailableforController Bits 7 SLAT Minimum and 8 SLAT Maximum were added to parameter 110 Speed TorqueMode as part of the Sp...

Page 15: ...Rockwell Automation Publication 20D RN047A EN P October 2019 15 Notes ...

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