EPA M700 DemoBasicDriveMotorSetupusingMConnectSoftware
EPA M700 DemoBasicDriveMotorSetupusingMConnectSoftware
Instruction manual
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This Application Note applies to the M700 & M702 Drive Series
Basic M700 Demo Drive and Motor Setup using MConnect Software
This application note will demonstrate how to set up the M700 demo for Analog Velocity Mode using
MConnect software. The application note will focus specifically on using the MConnect software and
will assume the user has an Ethernet patch cable connected to the drive with a PC static IP address set
to be able to communicate to drive IP address 192.168.1.100 along with a M700 demo unit connected
to 230 Vac input voltage.
After opening the MConnect software select ‘New project’. Keep the default ‘Empty Project’ enter a
Name for the project or accept the default name shown by Selecting ‘OK’.
Enter an optional ‘Name’ and make selections for the Model, Mode, Region, and
Communications as shown below. When finished select ‘Ok’:
Select ‘Save to project’ in the upper right hand corner to save the motor data to the project:
Make the Drive P1 setup selections as shown below. Then select ‘Save to project’:
Uncheck the box shown below to turn ‘DHCP’ Enable ‘Off’ in Pr 4.02.005:
Once successfully Online with the drive the drive name, IP address, and the Drive Dashboard
will be highlighted in Green. The ‘Online’ button will be illuminated yellow as shown:
For best results select type ‘2. Rotating’. Then select ‘Next’:
Follow the Online prompt and activate drive enable (T31) to begin the rotating Autotune:
At this point all of the changes made from performing the Autotune are saved in the drive,
however, these changes do not reside in the MConnect project. While the drive is still Online go
back to the Drive dashboard and select ‘Upload from drive’.
The demo can now be enabled by activating the Drive Enable (T31). Then either Run Forward (T26) or
Run Reverse (T25) can be activated and the demo Analog potentiometer turned from full CCW (zero
speed) to full CW (full motor speed) in the direction selected, and will provide the required analog
speed command.