ABB AC500 Application Manual - Using Visualizations

Manual is about: Scalable PLC for Individual Automation

Summary of AC500

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    Application guide acs355 and ac500-eco.

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    List of related manuals 1) delivered as a printed copy with the starter kit. 2) delivered on the sd memory card in the folder \ps553-drives\documentation. 3) can be accessed through the codesys program. See using the online help in codesys on page 15 . Drive and plc hardware manuals and guides code ...

  • Page 3: Application Guide

    Application guide acs355 and ac500-eco 2cdc125152m0201 rev a en effective: 2011-01-21 © 2011 abb. All rights reserved. Table of contents.

  • Page 5: Table of Contents

    5 table of contents list of related manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. About the manual what this chapter contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 starter...

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    6 program structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 main program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 prg_drive1 program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

  • Page 7: About The Manual

    About the manual 7 1 about the manual what this chapter contains the chapter describes the contents of the manual. It also contains information on the compatibility, safety and intended reader. Starter kit overview the acs355 and ac500-eco starter kit is designed for controlling up to seven acs355 d...

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    8 about the manual contents the manual consists of the following chapters: • configuration describes how to install and configure the software needed for using the acs355 drive with the ac500-eco plc. • customization describes optional configuration and customization options. • function blocks and p...

  • Page 9: Configuration

    Configuration 9 2 configuration what this chapter contains this chapter describes how to install abb ps501 control builder on your computer, and how to configure the acs355 drive and ac500-eco plc for use. The instructions in this chapter are intended to be used after the mechanical and electrical i...

  • Page 10: Acs355 Drive Configuration

    10 configuration acs355 drive configuration the ac500 modbus application macro makes the necessary changes to parameter default values for use in the starter kit. To activate the macro, set parameter 9902 applic macro to ac500 modbus (10) as shown below. The macro is available in acs355 drives with ...

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    Configuration 11 installing abb control builder ac500 this section describes how to install the control builder and a driver for the tk503/504 cable. Note: for more information on the cable driver installation, see \cd_ac500\driver\tk503_tk504\tk503_tk504_driver_installation.Pdf on the installation ...

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    12 configuration configuring communication parameters the below instructions demonstrate how to configure communication parameters with the example project. Opening the example project 1. In the windows start menu, open the codesys programming tool by clicking programs > 3s software > codesys v2.3 >...

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    Configuration 13 checking the com port of tk504 1. In windows start menu, go to settings > control panel > system. 2. Select the hardware tab and click device manager. 3. Expand ports (com & lpt) and check to which com port tk503_504 programming cable is assigned. The com port is shown in parenthese...

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    14 configuration the status of the function blocks is displayed..

  • Page 15: Customization

    Customization 15 3 customization what this chapter contains this chapter describes how to add more drives, customize the program further in codesys and work with visualizations. Getting help using the online help in codesys to open the online help, click help > contents…. See the sections below for ...

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    16 customization getting help on a specific function block in codesys, select the title of the function block and press f1. The library view also contains information on the function blocks and their inputs and outputs. Press alt + enter to enter the library view. Configuring the modbus settings of ...

  • Page 17: Adding Another Drive

    Customization 17 configuring the slave address of the drive the default slave address of the drive is 2, but if several drives are used, the address must be unique in each drive. On the drive side, you can choose the slave address in acs3xx drives with parameter 53.02 efb station id. You can use the...

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    18 customization copying the program for another drive the instructions below outline how to copy the program of a drive in codesys for a second drive. 1. In the left pane, in the pous tab, right-click prg_drive1 (prg) and click copy object. A copy object dialog opens. 2. Change the name if necessar...

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    Customization 19 1. Open the resources tab. 2. Select global_variables. 3. See declaration of linecom1 of type acs_mod_token_type. Creating a visualization for a copied drive program you can copy the visual elements of a drive for another drive to enable monitoring each drive through the visualizati...

  • Page 20: Using Visualizations

    20 customization using visualizations the visualization of a project can be used to monitor states in the function blocks, and errors and actual values. See the image below. Controlling the drive with the visualization to use the visualization to control the drive, disconnect all inputs of the funct...

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    Customization 21 configuring parameters to be read from the drive the acs3xx_com_mod_rtu function block can read up to 8 parameters from the acs3xx drive. The acs3xx drive parameters 53.10…53.17 determine which parameters are read from the drive. Give the values in the format xxyy, where xx is the p...

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    22 customization the value of the nvar_read input is changed accordingly. Because there are six parameters to be read (plus one for the status word), nvar_read is changed to 7 as instructed above. Once the program is back online, the visualization changes to show the values of the parameters read fr...

  • Page 23: Function Blocks and Program

    Function blocks and program structure 23 4 function blocks and program structure what this chapter contains this chapter presents an overview of the function blocks of the acs drives libraries. Function block programming overview the main advantage of using function blocks is that it is easy to cont...

  • Page 24: Program Structure

    24 function blocks and program structure program structure main program in the example project, the main program is named plc_prg. The main program includes a call to prg_drive1 (see below). If there are multiple drives, add a program for each additional drive (see adding another drive on page 17 )....

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    Function blocks and program structure 25 driveref the driveref (drive_data) variable must be connected to all function blocks of the drive to exchange data. Main components of the example program modbus rtu communication function block (fb_com) fb_com is a communication function block for modbus rtu...

  • Page 26: Other Control Blocks

    26 function blocks and program structure speed reference generation in the example program, speed reference is generated according to the dip switches (di_faster, di_slower and di_revers) and the maximum reference limit. The maximum reference limit is read from the drive parameter 11.05 (ref1 max) a...

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    Function blocks and program structure 27 acs_drives_ctrl_eng for system applications, the engineering block acs_drives_ctrl_eng can be used. Refer to the online help for a detailed description of the function block..

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    28 function blocks and program structure.

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