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Needed equipment:

 PC with installed DriveComposer tool

 USB cable, Normal (male) - Mini (male)
 ACS880 demorack, democase or demo light

Objectives
After these exercises you are able to:
 Connect PC to ACS880 drive through a panel using USB
cable
 Check COM – port configuration on PC and set the COM port
on a Drive composer
 Modify parameters using Drive composer
 Run the ACS880 drive in local mode using Drive composer
 Set-up custom drive parameter sets
 Save and restore the Drive composer workspace
 Do basic monitoring using Drive composer
 Copy parameters from the drive to a PC using Drive
Composer
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Drive composer entry/pro

Drive composer entry/pro is an easy-to-use 32-bit Windows application for commissioning and
maintaining ABB’ common platform drives. There are 2 versions available.
The full version is called “Drive composer pro”. Limited version is called “Drive composer entry”. Both
versions include Demo, which allows testing user interface functionality without connecting to
physical drive.

The Drive composer versions are:

 Drive composer entry

 Drive composer pro

NOTE!
This EXE is focusing on the Drive composer entry version only, but can be done with pro version.

Drive composer entry/pro hardware requirements for this EXE

 One USB type B cable for connecting Drive composer entry/pro through control
panel’s USB port to the drive

Software

 Operating system Windows XP, Vista or Win 7 (32 or 64 bit operating system)
 .NET 3.5 SP1

PC – Drive connection through a panel

 Connect PC to ACS880 panel connection using USB cable and connect the other end of the cable
to your PCs’ free USB port.
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 Check the COM configuration on your PC after USB connection (Windows – 7 )

 Left click START

 Type devmgmt.msc on the

prompt and left click OK

 Look for Ports (COM & LPT), here the

panel has COM-6 in use  Close the device manager

Launch the Drive composer PC configuration tool

 Switch the power on to the Drive

 Double click the icon on your desktop

 Configure the COM port (here COM4) to the Drive composer Com port settings and click OK.
Click CONNECT on the next prompt. (Note! This configuration prompt does not appear if COM
port configuration was done already prior to this exercise to the same USB port)

Click Connect if the communication port dialogue

does not appear on the screen.

Select Communication port (set the com as In this case the communication port information
checked out earlier) and click OK was already given earlier and the Drive
composer tool remembers the previous setting.
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Drive composer main window after established PC to Drive connection

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Basic Parameter setting exercise

 Ensure that the parameter 95.1, Supply voltage is correct (400V in demos)

 Browse to the parameter 96.6 with control panel and choose “Restore defs” (to change application
parameter values back to defaults). Reload parameters.

 Go to Parameter group 12 and set the AI parameters 12.15 and 12.25 to V.

 Bolded values (e.g. 12.11) are signal parameters which cannot changed.
 Yellow values are different from default and default value is in the right column.
 Blue line is activated by user.

 Open the group number 1.

 Click the LOC button

 Start the drive from the START button. Observe the color change in status arrow at the left side.

 Type 1000 to the reference window. Send the reference 1000 rpm to the drive with Set button.
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 What is final speed in group 1? ____________rpm

 What is final frequency? ____________Hz
 Adjust the speed from the reference window. Set the reference to -1000 rpm.
 What is final frequency? ____________Hz

 Stop the drive from the STOP button

 Browse to the parameter group 23 (ramps) and set the parameters 23.12 and 23.13 as shown in
the picture below

 Browse to the parameter group 21 (Start/Stop mode) and set the parameters 21.3 shown in the
picture below

 Start the drive from START button, the motor will have fast (1sec) ramp to the reference
 Stop the drive from STOP button, the motor will have 10 second ramp to stop
 Start the drive again and stop the drive by pressing COAST STOP

 Did the drive follow a ramp to stop? (Y/N) _____________

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Parameter view features

 Search the parameters containing a word “stop” by writing the word to filter conditions window and
tick filter checkbox (this will take for a long time, parameter information is being fetched from the
drive)

Note! The parameter 21.3 (Stop mode is highlighted as an indication for non-default parameter)

 Change the parameter 21.3 Stop mode to “Coast”.(The parameter highlighting disappears)

 Uncheck the “Filter” and check the “Not at default” and see all non-default parameter values
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 Uncheck the “Not at default” and remove all the columns from the screen by setting the “Select
columns”

 Restore all the columns back to the screen after testing this feature

Custom parameter windows and workspace

 Go to File – New- menu and select “Customer parameter set” (or use ctrl+n) to create your own
set for parameters

 Name the custom parameter set and add parameters into your parameter set

Parameters can be selected by pressing the ADD

PARAMETER button
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 Select the parameters into your custom parameter window and finally click on APPLY CHANGES.

 Save the custom parameters into a file by clicking the SAVE button

 Name the Custom parameter file and click SAVE

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 Copy the custom parameter window by clicking the COPY WINDOW button

 Name the copied parameter window and press OK.

It is easy to move between the different parameter

views by clicking the tabs.
 Try to move between the parameter sets
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 Adjust the column by pulling the handle to see all the parameter values on the screen

 Click on the DI status (Value column) and change one of the DI value from demo. See the DI-
status changes after click on REFRESH button. What is the value when DI2 and DIIL is on in
binary mode? ____________________________ In HEX mode? ______________________

 Close the Binary parameter editor by clicking the CANCEL button

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 Save the current workspace, File – Save workspace (or use ctrl+s), name your workspace and
click SAVE

 Close the Custom parameter windows with Right click on the tab and choose “Close”

 Open the saved workspace, File – Open and select “Workspace” (or use ctrl+o)
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 Select the workspace file which was saved earlier and click OPEN

Note! After opening the saved workspace all the settings were restored

 Close the Custom parameter windows with Right click on the tab and choose “Close”
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User interface configurations

 Go to main menu and look for “View”, select from the menu “Floating windows” (or use alt+f)

 Click on the System info to open information about the system to the workspace

 Go to “view” menu and choose “Tile horizontally” (or use alt+h) to arrange the windows
 Go to “view” menu and choose “Tile vertically” (or use alt+v) to arrange the windows
 Go to “view” menu and choose “Cascade” (or use alt+c) to arrange the windows
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 Close Parameter and System info windows by pressing the close button

 Bring the parameters back to the screen by pressing the “Parameters” selection and then select
“Tabs” from the view menu (or use alt+t).
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 Select Chinese language from the EDIT menu and restore English language after testing.

Chinese language activated

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Analog signal monitoring

 Slide the monitor window up from the bottom of the window

Monitor controls

Open button allows opening saved monitored

file to graph

Save button saves the accumulated monitor

data to a monitored

Chart configuration can be used to set colors

for grids, number of grids, colors of signals,
colors of grids
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Monitor configuration button brings up the

Monitor Settings window where the monitor
settings can be modified and the monitored
signals selected. You can also select the
method how monitoring is started and/or
stopped.
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Monitor controls (continues)

Add arithmetic signals button allows user to

create own signal for monitoring by using 2 of
used signals in monitoring. ADD, SUB, MUL
and DIV operations are possible. Note:
Remember to save settings in a workspace.

Add signal button brings up dialog which user

can add or remove one or several signals from
monitor configuration. Note: Can be used only
when monitoring is stopped

Show numerically button shows the signal

values in text format

Export graph button exports the graph to a file

Reset zoom button resets the view to the

defaults

Enable Auto scaling button scales y axis

automatically. Note zooming is not possible in
auto scaling mode

Copy monitoring view to clipboard button copies Start button begins recording data in the
monitoring graph to clipboard selected drives and displaying it on the
screen.

Stop button ends recording data in the selected Pause button continues recording but pauses
drives. The graph or numerical values remain on or resumes scrolling the screen.
the screen.
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Button Description
Show measuring points button allows seeing measuring points
of active signal.
Show measuring point values button allows seeing measuring
points numeric values of active signal.
Search to left direction. Searching condition is selected from
dropdown menu. Those are Above, Below or Either.
Search to right direction. Searching condition is selected from
dropdown menu. Those are Above, Below or Either.

 Set the monitoring for Motor speed, Motor current, Motor torque

 Click ADD SIGNAL

button

 Press ctrl button on your keyboard down and select the

signals for monitoring (M.speed, M.current and M.torque).
 Click on ADD to add the signals for monitoring.
 Remove the other signals if exist.
 Click ‘Apply changes’ after the selections

 Scale the monitored signals as shown in the picture. To scale click on the Min and Max value and
set the preferred scaling.
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 Set the X-scale to 120 (seconds) and start the monitoring by pressing the ARROW button.

 Start the drive with reference 1400 rpm

 Stop the drive after 1400 rpm is achieved. Pause the monitoring.
 Ensure that Stop mode parameter (21.03) is ramp.
 Start monitoring again. Start the drive.
 Activate the Auto scaling feature by clicking AUTO SCALING button

Auto scaling performed.

Note! The graph scaling changes but Min and Max values remain the same. After pressing again the
AUTO SCALING button the original graph settings will appears.
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 Stop the drive. Stop the monitoring after 0 speed is achieved.

 Zoom picture by left click and draw the area of the picture for zooming.
 Reset zoom by clicking “Reset zoom” button

 Save the monitor file by clicking the SAVE MONITOR DATA INTO FILE button and choose a
location for your monitor file (eg. desktop)
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 Click on the CLOSE LEGEND button to gain an access to pen settings.

 Settings for speed graph :

o Colour : “Navy”
o Pen type : “Dash-Dot-Dot”

 Open legend again and remove all other signals from the graph, leave Motor speed and current
signals visible.

 Select the Motor speed as an active signal from the monitor settings and check monitored values
using cursors ( - on top of the graph window)
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 Move the PC-cursor on top of the monitor

cursor and drag the arrow to the monitor data
(here the left cursor setting Y1)

 Move the PC-cursor on top of the  Move the cursor to see the monitored signal
monitor cursor and drag the arrow to value, date, real time and monitor time (here
the monitor data (here the right cursor x=77,53 and y=975,93)
setting Y2)
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Save parameters to file and download saved file to a drive

 Make a full parameter copy of the drive to a file with your name (firstName_sureName_date)

Change acceleration time to 7s from the drive.

 Restore parameters to a drive. First open you saved parameter file
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 Click download to device button to write values to a drive

Click OK.
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If the following restore report appears, just close the window.

 Check the acceleration time of the drive: ________s

 Close the Drive composer tool. Unplug USB cable from the panel and close the USB port
protective cover.
END OF EXERCISE