Control panel ACS-AP

ABB industrial drives

ACS880

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 “Enhanced usability, appealing appearance and competitive cost”

ACS-CP

ACS-AP

CDP312R
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ABB Drives Control Panels
Offering
ACS-AP-I
Available for all new drives

Also industry specific versions

(e.g. ACH-AP-H aka HVAC etc)
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Door Mounting Kit

DPMP-01: Flush mounted with status leds and RJ45 connector, IP55
(same fixing method as in current ACS800 door mounting kit)

Offering will also include:

DPMP-02: Surface mounted fixing part, IP55
DPMP-03: Surface mounted fixing part, IP65

One (female) RJ-45

connector
Status LEDs

Brand plate area

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All compatible options: ACS-AP control panels
Learn it once, use it everywhere

Common elements:
 User interface layout and structure familiar for all new
products
 Hardware platform (including 32Mbit Flash)
 RS-485 electrical interface
 Maximum distances:
 USB cable 3 meters
 RJ-45 standard Ethernet cable 3 meters
 Control panel software is based on UNICOS
 Note!
The main content comes from the drive, e.g. parameters,
assistants, and languages)

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Mechanical structure

 Dimensions: 73 x 130 x 25 mm
Ultrasonic
 Injection molded plastics, rubber keypad welding
 IP55 when attached to drive
 Ultrasonic welded body with detachable
visual cover and keypad
 As a standard without ABB logo

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Physical Structure
RJ-45 connector

Panel label

Display
(240 x 160 pixels)

Left softkey Right softkey

Status LED
RTC battery lid
(green & red)

Help key
Up / Down / Left / Right
Arrow keys

USB adapter
Stop connect PC to drive via panel
Start connect panel to PC

Local / Remote
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USB adapter

 Use control panel as a USB adapter

for PC tools

 Save data from a drive to the control

panel and transfer it to a PC (and
vice versa)

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Navigation

Home view

Reference
Direction change

Select drive

Edit Home view

Active faults/warnings

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Navigation

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Flash demo

 The panel demo will open in a new

window. Please wait.
 The simulator is for demo purposes
only. All panel functionality is not
available in the simulator.
 Try out some practice tasks, eg:
 Add some parameters to the Favourites list
(Parameters  Favourites  Edit this list)

 Add a signal below the Flow rate graph

(Options  Edit display contents)

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Example: key combinations

Contrast
Names value
Default
Snapshotand numbers
(in or
names onlyedit mode)
parameter

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Parameters menu

 Possibility to view new harmonized parameters in different

ways, e.g. Favorites and groupings based on parameter
functionality etc.

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Enhanced Assistants

 Same assistant scripts used for both the control

panel and the PC tool (Drive composer)
 Assistants are saved onto drive firmware
 Assistant framework including:
 Possibility to move forwards and backwards
 Ability to carry out tasks without knowledge of specific
parameters
 A context-sensitive help key

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ACP-AP control panels
Enhanced Assistants

Example images from ACS880-01 Basic Set-up Assistant

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Text editor

Possible to edit short texts:

 Drive name
 Rename the Home view
signals
 Add contact information to
Fault messages

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Status LED

Continuous green
Normal operation

Flickering green
When the control panel is used as
a USB adapter, the LED indicates
data transfer between the drive
and the PC tool

Blinking green
There is an active warning in the drive

Continuous red
There is an active fault in the drive

Blinking red
There is an active fault that
requires restarting the drive

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Backups

 Both manual and automatic

backups are possible
 Certain content can be
restored

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Panel bus

 Up to 32 drives simultaneously in the network

 Connecting multiple drives to a control panel:
 Connect the control panel (a) to the first drive (b) on
the panel link
 Connect the first drive (c) to the second (d), the
second to the third, and so on.

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Highlights 1/2

 Intuitive and appealing user interface

 Help key: context sensitive help with parameters, displays, etc.
 Robust construction: IP55 enclosure class as standard, easy to
attach/detach allowing quick parameter copy from drive to drive
 Some panel texts can be edited/customized
 Appealing and informative Home View (customizable)
 Multiple ways to view parameters: user definable favourites list,
parameter grouping by functions, modified parameter list

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Highlights 2/2

 Extensive display performance

 Event animation and visualizations
 Trend graphs, histogram display, gauge
and bar displays
 Flashing backlight (warning/fault)
 Customized home and progress views
 A single user interface for all new drives
 Powerful Assistants
 Quick and easy configurations
 Automatic and manual backups
 USB for PC connection
 The control panel works as an RS485–USB
adapter for the PC tool; it can also be used
as a portable memory device.
 Configure on your PC and download settings
to the drive on site, or vice versa

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