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Installing DriveAP Software ..................................................................................................................... 2-1
Installing DriveAP Hardware.................................................................................................................... 2-1
Installing the DDCS PCMCIA Card ............................................................................................... 2-1
Installing the DDCS ISA Board ..................................................................................................... 2-1
Installing the PCI / PCMCIA adapter............................................................................................. 2-2

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Stand Alone Mode ................................................................................................................................... 3-1
Off-Line Mode.......................................................................................................................................... 3-1
On-Line Mode.......................................................................................................................................... 3-2
Program Modification............................................................................................................................... 3-3

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File Menu ................................................................................................................................................. 4-1
Open Program… ........................................................................................................................... 4-1
Save Program ............................................................................................................................... 4-1
Save Program As…....................................................................................................................... 4-1
Print Program…............................................................................................................................. 4-1
Exit................................................................................................................................................. 4-1
Drive Menu .............................................................................................................................................. 4-1
Connect ......................................................................................................................................... 4-1
Disconnect..................................................................................................................................... 4-1
Upload Program ............................................................................................................................ 4-2
Download Program ....................................................................................................................... 4-2
On-Line Mode................................................................................................................................ 4-2
Off-Line Mode................................................................................................................................ 4-2
Start Program ................................................................................................................................ 4-2
Stop Program ................................................................................................................................ 4-2
Edit Program ................................................................................................................................. 4-2
Parameter List - Upload Values .................................................................................................... 4-2
Help Menu ............................................................................................................................................... 4-3
Contents… .................................................................................................................................... 4-3
About DriveAP… ........................................................................................................................... 4-3

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 Chapter 1 - Introduction

DriveAP is a Windows based tool program for Adaptive Programming

(AP). It can be used without a drive or with one or more drives.

DriveAP is designed to run under the Microsoft Windows XP,

Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 operating environment on IBM-
compatible PCs.

Adaptive Programming is possible without a PC but DriveAP makes

the
• development
• testing and
• documentation

of Adaptive Programs considerable faster and easier.

By using the DriveAP program it is possible to:

• Make a connection to a drive. If there are more than one drive
connected to the PC, the user can select the drive from the list of
available drives.
• upload values of AP parameters from the connected drive and
display them graphically on the screen in the format similar to the
Template Sheet of Adaptive Programming
• display actual values of user-selected block pins on the screen in
real time
• modify the program on the screen by selecting the program item to
be modified by the mouse and by entering new values to the item-
specific dialog box that appears to the screen
• download the program on the screen (i.e. values of AP
parameters) to the connected drive
• print the program on the screen
• save the program on the screen (i.e. values of AP parameters) to a
disk file
• Open program file saved earlier and display it graphically on the
screen. The program can then be modified, downloaded, saved
etc.

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The DriveAP program has three operating modes:

• Stand Alone Mode:
- this is the default operating mode after the start-up of DriveAP
- the mode can be used without a drive
- the following functions are available:
- open a program file and display it graphically on the screen
- modify the program on the screen
- print the program on the screen
- save the program on the screen to a disk file
• Off-Line Mode:
- the mode is started by menu command Connect
- the following functions are available:
- upload the program from the connected drive and display it
- download the program on the screen to the connected drive
- the functions of the Stand Alone Mode
• On-Line Mode:
- the mode is started by menu command On-Line Mode
- all modifications to the program on the screen are automatically
copied to the program in the connected drive
- actual values of user-selected block pins are displayed on the
screen in real time
- the state of the program in the drive (Running, Stopped or Edit) is
displayed on the screen and can be changed by the user
- the drive status information is displayed on the screen
- values of non-AP parameters can be read from the drive and the
user can change the values in the drive

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Installing DriveAP Note: You must have Administrator privileges to your PC.
Software
Insert the DriveAP CD-ROM into the CD drive of your PC.

If you have autorun enabled installation starts automatically.

If not start the Control Panel program and double click its
“Add/Remove Programs” icon.

Click the Install button.

Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

Installing DriveAP Note: No DriveAP hardware is needed if you use only the Stand
Hardware Alone Mode of DriveAP.

Install DriveAP software first and DDCS hardware after that, if you
have hardware already installed then you can install software
afterwards.

DriveAP can be used with DDCS PCMCIA(NDPA-02) cards or with

DDCS ISA(NISA-03) boards or with PCI / PCMCIA adapter and
DDCS PCMCIA card. You cannot start using DDCS ISA(NISA-03)
boards immediately after installing DriveAP under Windows 2000 and
Windows XP. You have to tell Windows their presence first (Add
Hardware).

Installing the Insert the DDCS card into a vacant PCMCIA slot of the PC.
DDCS PCMCIA
Card Connect optical cables between the PCMCIA card and the drive(s).

Installing the Note: If you do not know how to install option boards into your PC,
DDCS ISA Board consult a service technician.

Unplug the power cord of the PC.

Open the cover of the PC.

Insert the DDCS board into a vacant ISA-bus slot of the PC.

Close the cover of the PC.

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Connect optical cables between the DDCS board and the drive(s).

Installing the PCI Please follow installation instructions of PCI / PCMCIA adapter.
/ PCMCIA These installation instructions located in adapter readme.txt file.
adapter
Installation order is:
• Software,
• PCI / PCMCIA adapter,
• DriveAP software and
• DDCS PCMCIA card.

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 Chapter 3 - Use of DriveAP

You start the DriveAP program by double clicking the DriveAP icon.

DriveAP is now in the Stand Alone Mode. In this mode DriveAP can
be used without a connection to a drive.

Stand Alone Mode By menu command File - Open Program you read and display the
content of a previously saved AP file. The filename extension of all
AP files is AP.

If desired, the AP program on the screen can now be modified (see

Section Program Modification in this Chapter).

By menu command File - Save Program or File - Save Program As

you save the program on the screen to a disk file. The filename
extension of all AP files must be AP.

By menu command File - Print Program you print the program on

the screen.

If there is a drive connected to your PC hardware, you can make a

software connection to this drive by menu command Drive - Connect
(if there are more than one drive connected to the PC hardware, you
can select the drive from the list of available drives).

This command changes the operating mode of Drive AP to the Off-

Line Mode.

Off-Line Mode By menu command Drive - Upload Program you upload and display
the AP program of the connected drive.

If desired, the AP program on the screen can now be modified (see

Section Program Modification in this Chapter).

By menu command File - Download Program you download the

program on the screen to the connected drive.

In addition to the above-mentioned menu commands for upload and

download, commands in the File menu are available in this operating
mode.

If you want to use another drive connected to your PC, first

disconnect the currently connected drive by menu command Drive –
Disconnect, then make a connection to the new drive by menu
command Drive - Connect.

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By menu command Drive - On-Line Mode you change the operating

mode of DriveAP to the On-Line Mode.

On-Line Mode Note: The AP program of the connected drive is automatically

uploaded and displayed during the start-up of this operating mode.

All modifications to the program on the screen (see Section Program

Modification in this Chapter) during this mode are automatically
copied to the program in the connected drive

Note: Do not change values of AP parameters by the panel during

the On-Line Mode since these changes are not displayed on the
screen!

If a parameter (or a bit of a parameter) is connected to an input pin of

a block and you click by the mouse on this input pin (or on any output
pin) while holding down the Shift key, the actual value of this
parameter (or this output pin) is displayed on the screen in real time.

The value display can be removed by clicking again (while holding

down the Shift key) on the same pin.

The state of the AP program (Running, Stopped or Edit) in the

connected drive is displayed on the screen and can be changed by
menu commands Drive - Start Program, Drive - Stop Program and
Drive - Edit Program.

The status information of the connected drive is displayed on the

screen in real time in the DRIVE STATUS box. The reference value
display can be removed by clicking on it while holding down the Shift
key.

The list of all non-AP parameters is displayed in the list box below the
function blocks.

Current values of all these parameters can be read from the drive by
menu command Drive - Parameter List - Upload Values (the
current value of a parameter can be read by single clicking on this
parameter in the list box).

You can change the value of a non-AP parameter in the drive by

double clicking on the desired parameter in the list box.

On-Line Mode is stopped by menu command Drive - Off-Line Mode.

The operating mode of DriveAP will now revert to the Off-Line Mode.
Program modifications on the screen are no more copied to the
connected drive and the real time monitoring of block pins (if defined
by the user) is removed from the screen.

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Program You display an AP program on the screen by menu command File -

Open Program or Drive - Upload Program.
Modification
Now you can modify the program on the screen by clicking the
desired program item on the screen while holding down the Ctrl key.
This opens an item-specific dialog box and you can enter the needed
values to this dialog box.

Note: If the operating mode of DriveAP is On-Line Mode, all

modifications to the program on the screen are automatically copied
to the program in the connected drive.
• If you click on a function block then you can either insert a new
block or remove or change the selected block.
If you insert a new block, the last block in the block chain will be
dropped out.
If you remove a block, a new empty block will be added to the end
of the block chain.
If you insert or change a block, the connections of its input pins are
asked, too.
• If you click on an input pin of a block, you can change the
connection of this pin.
• If you click on the time level box, you can change the time level of
this program.
• If you click on an user constant (in the highest part of the left side),
you can change the value of this constant.
• The lowest part of the left side is used for user-specified (non-AP)
parameters and their user-specified values.
When this AP program is downloaded to the connected drive, the
values of these parameters (if any) are downloaded to the drive,
too.
If no parameters have been specified, you must click on the lowest
(empty) box of the left side in order to insert the first user-specified
parameter and its value otherwise you click on an user-specified
parameter to insert a new parameter or to remove or change the
selected parameter.

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• The right side contains the Connection and Pointer Parameters of

the application of the drive.
An X character in a Connection Parameter means that on a
program download DriveAP sets the value of this parameter to the
value that selects the associated Pointer Parameter(s).
If the X character is missing, DriveAP does not modify the value of
this Connection Parameter during download (i.e. its value after
download will be the same as before download).

If you click on a Pointer Parameter (i.e. source selection

parameter), you can either set its value or leave its value
undefined.

If you click on a Connection Parameter, the response depends on

the operating mode of DriveAP as follows:
• On-Line Mode: The Connection Parameter dialog box is always
displayed with a list of the available parameter values. The
current value is highlighted.
If the associated Pointer Parameter(s) have been defined, the
value that selects the associated Pointer Parameter(s) is
marked by an X character. Otherwise this value is removed
from the value list.
• Other Modes: If the associated Pointer Parameter(s) have been
defined, the Connection Parameter dialog box is displayed and
you can specify if on a download the value of this parameter is
set to the value that selects the associated Pointer
Parameter(s).
• If you click on the header block, you can change the header block
information.

The modified program can be saved to a disk file by menu commands

File - Save Program or File - Save Program As or it can be
downloaded to the connected drive by menu command Drive -
Download Program (the download is unnecessary if the
modifications have been made in the On-Line Mode).

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 Chapter 4 - Menu Commands

File Menu
Open Program… Using this command you can read and display the contents of a
previously saved AP file.

The filename extension of all AP files is AP.

The name of the opened file is displayed at the top of the screen.

If desired, the AP program on the screen can now be modified (see

Section Program Modification in Chapter 3 - Use of DriveAP).

Save Program This command saves the program on the screen to the disk file. The
name of this file is displayed at the top of the screen.

Save Program Using this command you can save the program on the screen to a
As… disk file. The filename extension of all AP files must be AP.

Print Program… Using this command you can print the program on the screen.

Exit This command stops the execution of DriveAP.

Drive Menu
Connect Note: The execution of this command may take about one minute.

If there is a drive connected to your PC hardware, you make a

software connection to the drive by the command. If there are more
than one drive connected to the PC hardware, you can select the
drive from the list of available drives.

The identifier of the connected drive is displayed at the top of the

screen.

This command changes the operating mode of DriveAP to the Off-

Line Mode (see Section Off-Line Mode in Chapter 3 - Use of
DriveAP).

Disconnect If you want to use another drive connected to your PC, first
disconnect the currently connected drive by this command and make
then a connection to another drive by command Drive - Connect.

This command changes the operating mode of DriveAP to the Stand

Alone Mode.

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Upload Program This command uploads and displays the AP program of the
connected drive.

Note: When DriveAP uploads the connection information of an input

pin that is connected to a parameter and its bit number is 0, DriveAP
does not know if this input pin is connected to bit 0 of this parameter
or to the whole parameter value. In this case DriveAP assumes that it
is connected to the whole value and drops out bit number 0. If the
user knows that it is actually connected to bit 0, (s)he can click on this
input pin (while holding down the Ctrl key) and write bit number 0 to
the Bit number field of the dialog box that appears on to the screen
and click the OK button. Now bit number 0 is displayed in the block
diagram.

If desired, the AP program on the screen can now be modified (see

Section Program Modification in Chapter 3 - Use of DriveAP).

Download The command downloads the program on the screen to the

Program connected drive.

On-Line Mode The command changes the operating mode of DriveAP to the On-
Line Mode (see Section On-Line Mode in Chapter 3 - Use of
DriveAP).

Off-Line Mode The command changes the operating mode of DriveAP to the Off-
Line Mode.

Start Program The command sets the state of the AP program in the connected
drive to Running.

Stop Program The command sets the state of the AP program in the connected
drive to Stopped.

Edit Program The command sets the state of the AP program in the connected
drive to Edit.

Parameter List - The command uploads the values of all parameters in the parameter
Upload Values list box from the connected drive.

This list box contains all non-AP parameters and it is visible only in
the On-Line Mode.

The current value of a single parameter in the parameter list box can
be read from the drive by single clicking on this parameter.

The value of a non-AP parameter can be changed in the drive by

double clicking on the desired parameter in the parameter list box.

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Help Menu
Contents… This command displays the main index of the DriveAP Help.

About DriveAP… This command displays the DriveAP information box.

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