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Release Notes

PowerFlex 753 Drives (revision 10.003)

These release notes correspond to major revision 10, minor revision 3 of
firmware for PowerFlex® 753 drives.

Introduction

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Determining Firmware Revision Level

Using the Drive LCD HIM

Using DriveExplorer Lite/Full

Using DriveExecutive

Firmware Flashing

Installing the Flash Kit

Using DriveExplorer Lite/Full to Flash Update

Using DriveExecutive to Flash Update

Using ControlFLASH to Flash Update

Using HyperTerminal to Flash Update

Enhancements

Corrected Anomalies

Known Anomalies

Restrictions and Compatible Revisions

Rockwell Automation Support

Summary of Contents for Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 753

Page 1: ...Determining Firmware Revision Level 2 Using the Drive LCD HIM 2 Using DriveExplorer Lite Full 3 Using DriveExecutive 3 Firmware Flashing 4 Installing the Flash Kit 4 Using DriveExplorer Lite Full to Flash Update 5 UsingDriveExecutive to Flash Update 6 Using ControlFLASH to Flash Update 8 Using HyperTerminal to Flash Update 10 Enhancements 15 Corrected Anomalies 15 Known Anomalies 18 Restrictions a...

Page 2: ...o Port 00 for the Host Drive 3 Press the key to display its last viewed folder 4 Use the or key to scroll to the DIAGNOSTIC folder 5 Use the or key to select Device Version 6 Press the Enter key to display device version information FW Revision is listed under Main Control Board see Figure 2 Figure 2 Device Version Information Screen 00 00 Stopped 0 00 Hz AUTO Host Drive 480V 2 1A 20F D2P1 ESC REF...

Page 3: ...ve use a 1203 USB converter a 1203 SSS converter or an EtherNet IP network connection 2 In the Drives hardware view select the PowerFlex 753 drive in Figure 3 on page 4 3 Click the information icon in Figure 3 to display the drive s Properties dialog box In the Properties dialog box the Revision field in Figure 3 will show the drive s current firmware revision number IMPORTANT You need DriveExplor...

Page 4: ...ter For information on connecting either converter to your drive refer to the 1203 USB USB Converter User Manual publication DRIVES UM001 or the 1203 SSS Smart Self powered Serial Converter User Manual publication 20COMM UM001 Installing the Flash Kit 1 Install the flash kit utility from the Allen Bradley Web Updates site for the PowerFlex 753 drive which includes the latest version of the Control...

Page 5: ...SSS converter with the PowerFlex 753 drive 2 In the Drives hardware view select the PowerFlex 753 drive in Figure 3 on page 4 3 Click the information icon in Figure 3 to display the drive s Properties dialog box 4 In the Properties dialog box click the Details tab 5 With the Main Control Board selected click Flash Update IMPORTANT Flash updating the device firmware may cause the device to load def...

Page 6: ...sing DriveExecutive to Flash Update 1 With the Flash Kit installed see Installing the Flash Kit launch DriveExecutive and go online via a 1203 USB or 1203 SSS converter with the PowerFlex 753 drive 2 In the Drives hardware view select the PowerFlex 753 drive in Figure 3 on page 4 3 Click the information icon in Figure 3 to display the drive s Properties dialog box 4 In the Properties dialog box cl...

Page 7: ...lex 753 drive and click Next 7 From the list of available updates select v10 003 xxx and click Next 8 Follow the remaining prompts until the flash update procedure completes and displays the new firmware revision IMPORTANT Flash updating the device firmware may cause the device to load defaults ItisrecommendedthatyousavethesettingtoyourPCbefore proceeding ...

Page 8: ...e 4 launch ControlFLASH by selecting Start All Programs Flash Programming Tools ControlFLASH 2 On the ControlFLASH Welcome dialog box click Next 3 The Catalog Number dialog box appears From the list choose the communication device you will use to update the PowerFlex 753 drive In the figure below the embedded EtherNet device is selected Once the appropriate communication device is selected click N...

Page 9: ...ith the Select the PowerFlex dialog box displayed follow these steps a Expand the hardware view for the communication path you are using in Figure 4 b Select the drive icon that represents the PowerFlex 753 drive you are updating in Figure 4 c Click OK in Figure 4 Figure 4 Selecting the Correct Drive to Flash 5 In the Multiple Assemblies Found display box select Port x PowerFlex 753 from the list ...

Page 10: ...f available updates and click Next 7 Follow the remaining prompts until the flash procedure completes and displays the new firmware revision number Using HyperTerminal to Flash Update 1 With the Flash Kit installed see Installing the Flash Kit on page 4 access and launch HyperTerminal as shown below IMPORTANT The HyperTerminal process takes at least one hour to complete ...

Page 11: ... New Connection dialog box appears a Enter the connection device name in the Name field or select an icon from the library b Click OK once you have finished 3 A Connect To dialog box appears a Use the Connect using drop down menu to select the appropriate connection device b Click OK once you have finished ...

Page 12: ...t a blank screen Press Enter on your computer keyboard so the following test screen appears 6 From the Main Menu select the flash upgrade in Figure 5 on page 13 by pressing the number 3 key on your computer keyboard 7 Additional text appears From the Flash Upgrade menu select the PowerFlex 753 drive in Figure 5 by pressing the number 0 key on your computer keyboard 8 Additional text appears After ...

Page 13: ...en have one minute to start the transfer 9 Select Transfer Send File to display the Send File screen 10 Click Browse and navigate to C Program Files ControlFLASH 0001 0086 0490 11 Search through the subfolder until the PF753_LP_App_v10_003_xxx dpi file appears in the Select File to Send list IMPORTANT You have one minute to complete steps 9 14 or HyperTerminal will return to step 5 where you must ...

Page 14: ... the Filename data field in the Send File dialog box 13 In the Protocol box select Xmodem 14 Click Send A dialog box appears and reports the progress of the update This process takes at least one hour for HyperTerminal to complete When it is complete the message Flash Complete appears 15 Press any key to continue 16 Press the Enter key to return to the main menu ...

Page 15: ...n High Torque with IPM Motors This revision of drive firmware increases the max allowable percentage of motor toque for IPM motors The calculation for torque in previous firmware revisions did not accommodate for the derived formula used with IPM motors which have different d and q inductance values This limited the max percentage of motor torque that could be applied to 150 With this release of d...

Page 16: ...tion In previous revisions of drive firmware when Inertia Compensation LPFBW 698 is set to 0 the inertia compensation would become unstable on a current limit stop and may not always ramp to 0 This revision of drive firmware corrects this behavior to ensure the current limit stop ramps to 0 under the condition previously described PTC Status on 22 Series I O Cards This revision of drive firmware r...

Page 17: ... drive firmware corrects an anomaly when a drive has a communication card in port 6 and configured in manual mode and a start command is given with a digital input configured for run level This revision of drive firmware has corrected the drive logic to allow the communicated command word to start drive in manual mode when there is a discrete digital input configured for run level ...

Page 18: ...roll past the multiple copies of Port 0 to reach the desired feedback module Press the Esc soft key to back up one screen then select Feedback and press the Enter soft key to display the port selection screen a second time This time the correct list will be shown Persistent Stop Command with Profile Message Fault Action In an application with the use of a PowerFlex 753 along with the 20 750 ENETR ...

Page 19: ...he flashing of firmware files that have not been digitally signed by Rockwell Automation When flashing from a revision of firmware that is not digitally signed users will first need to flash up to V11 001 to enable the secure flash feature to read the digital signature Once at V11 001 a customer can flash to any desired firmware revision level that has a secure digital signature Previous versions ...

Page 20: ...ation provides technical information on the web At http www rockwellautomation com support you can find technical manuals a knowledge base of Frequently Asked Questions FAQs technical and application notes sample code and links to software service packs and a MySupport feature you can customize to make the best use of these tools Rockwell Automation also provides complimentary phone support for dr...

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