3.4 Guide to Setup
Only professional personnel with extensive knowledge of control and drive technology are
allowed to setup the drive.
WARNING
Automatic Restart
Risk of death or serious injury for humans working in the machine. Drives
with EtherCAT are remote-controlled machines. They can start to move at
any time without previous warning. The drive might restart automatically
after power on, voltage dip or interruption of the supply voltage, depend-
ing on the parameter setting.
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Place a warning sign ("WARNING: Possible Automatic Start" or
similar) to the machine.
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Ensure, that power on is not possible, while humans are in a
dangerous zone of the machine.
Refer to chapter "Important Configuration Parameters" (
p. 16) for fieldbus parameter set-
ting (FBUS.PARAMx).
1. Check assembly/installation. Check that all the safety instructions in the product manual
for the drive and this manual have been observed and implemented. Check the setting for
the station address and baud rate.
2. Connect PC,start WorkBench. Use the setup software WorkBench to set the parameters
for the drive.
3. Setup basic functions. Start up the basic functions of the drive and optimize the current,
speed and position controllers. This section of the setup is described in the in the online
help of the setup software.
4. Save parameters. When the parameters have been optimized, save them in the drive.
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