Danfoss VLT MCD 200 Installation Instructions Manual Download Page 10

AP ASCII Protocol 

 

MCD Modbus Module Instructions 

 

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10.2.

 

Status Retrieval 

Soft starter status can be retrieved using the following format: 

ACK

NAK

177HA3

16.

12

Send

Address

Send

Request

Receive

Status

Invalid LRC

Possible error responses

= Master

= Slave (MCD)

 

Request 

ASCII 

Receive Status (ssss) 

Trip code 

C18 

See the trip code table. 

Starter status 

C22  

Bit 

Description 

 

 

0 to 3 

1 = Ready 

 

 

 

2 = Starting 

 

 

 

3 = Running 

 

 

 

4 = Stopping (including braking) 

 

 

 

5 = Restart delay (including Temperature check) 

 

 

 

6 = Tripped 

 

 

 

7 = Program mode 

 

 

1 = Positive phase rotation  (only valid if bit 6  = 1) 

 

 

1 = Current exceeds FLC 

 

 

0 = Uninitialised 
1 = Initialised 

 

 

0 = Communications are OK 
1 = Communications device fault 

 

10.3.

 

Data Retrieval 

Data can be retrieved from the soft starter using the following format: 

ACK

NAK

177HA313.10

Send

Address

Send

Request

Receive

Data

Invalid LRC

Possible error responses

= Master

= Slave (MCD)

 

 

Request 

ASCII 

Receive Data (dddd) 

Motor current 

D10 

Requests motor current. The data is four byte decimal ASCII. Minimum value 
0000 A, maximum value 9999 A. 

Motor 
temperature 

D12 

Requests the calculated value of the motor thermal model as a % of motor 
thermal capacity. The data is four byte decimal ASCII. Minimum value is 
0000%. Trip point is 0105%. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for VLT MCD 200

Page 1: ...ion with a Remote Operator This document describes Modbus and AP ASCII messaging and Appendix A describes how to connect the Remote Operator and use it as a Modbus RTU or AP ASCII slave device 2 Insta...

Page 2: ...o accept serial commands a link must be fitted across terminals A1 N2 on MCD 200 Series starters In order for the MCD 500 to accept commands from the serial network the soft starter must be in Auto On...

Page 3: ...ns link between the module and the network LED operation is as follows LED 177HA263 11 Off On Flashing No connection or soft starter not powered up Communication active Communication inactive N B If c...

Page 4: ...Jog forward 9 Jog reverse 4 1 Positive phase sequence only valid if bit 6 1 Always 0 5 1 Current exceeds FLC 6 0 Uninitialised 1 Initialised 7 Always 0 40004 Trip Code Multiple Read See Trip Code tab...

Page 5: ...mplete parameter list The first product parameter is always allocated to register 40009 The last product parameter is allocated to register 40XXX where XXX 008 plus total number of available parameter...

Page 6: ...tantaneous overcurrent 8 Power loss Power circuit 9 Undercurrent 10 Heatsink overtemperature 11 Motor connection 12 Input A trip Auxiliary input A 13 FLC too high FLC out of range 14 Unsupported optio...

Page 7: ...Configuration For standard Modbus 11 bit transmission the Master must be configured for 2 stop bits with No Parity and 1 stop bit for odd or even parity For 10 bit transmission the Master must be conf...

Page 8: ...ister not allowed for data reading 04 Not writable data Register not allowed for data writing 05 Data boundary fault Multiple data transfer across data boundary or data size more than 125 06 Invalid c...

Page 9: ...r nn two byte ASCII number representing the soft starter address where each decimal digit is represented by n lrc two byte longitudinal redundancy check in hexadecimal ccc three byte ASCII command num...

Page 10: ...pped 7 Program mode 4 1 Positive phase rotation only valid if bit 6 1 5 1 Current exceeds FLC 6 0 Uninitialised 1 Initialised 7 0 Communications are OK 1 Communications device fault 10 3 Data Retrieva...

Page 11: ...5Ah 0101 1010 1 s COMPLEMENT 01h 0000 0001 1 5Bh 0101 1011 2 s COMPLEMENT 3 ASCII 5 B ASCII CONVERT 4 or 35h 42h LRC CHECKSUM The complete command string becomes ASCII STX B 1 0 5 B ETX or 02h 42h 31h...

Page 12: ...le This resistance should match the cable impedance typically 120 Do not use wire wound resistors Network Master RS485 Remote Operator RS485 Soft Starter Module RS485 GND B8 B6 B7 B3 B1 B2 68 B8 69 B6...

Page 13: ...parity 5 Timeout No timeout 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 16 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 DIP SWITCH A DIP SWITCH B 177HA543 10 1 2 3 4 5 The Remote Operator internal parameters must be set as follows Parameter...

Page 14: ...30 VAC VDC 1 2 POWER SUPPLY The Serial Timeout setting on the MCD 3000 Parameter 24 applies to communications between the Remote Operator and the MCD 3000 See the MCD 3000 Operating Instructions for s...

Page 15: ...op function disable 0 0 Remote Operator and Network start stop quick stop function enabled 1 Remote Operator start stop quick stop function enabled Network start stop quick stop function disabled 2 Re...

Page 16: ...on is restored To clear nEt from the display press the Data Prog pushbutton momentarily or send a Reset command from the network Master SP flashing on display Soft starter is off and being programmed...

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