Advanced Motion Controls Digiflex® DriveSuite v. 2.2.6 Release Notes 9/3/02 Digiflex® DriveSuite is free software for use in commissioning and setup of Advanced Motion Controls Digiflex® digital drives. DriveSuite provides the ability to set drive limits, tune the current and velocity control loops, and assign automated functions to drive events. The fully functional two-channel oscilloscope eases system setup and assessment. Documentation and support are available on the Advanced Motion Controls web site (www.a-m-c.com), or contact Technical Support by phone at 805-389-1935 or by e-mail to techsupport@a-m-c.com. Requirements Windows operating system (Win 3.x, 95, 98 NT, 2000, XP) 6MB hard drive space Available COM port (COM 1, 2, 3, or 4) Added Features: Velocity Control Loop: Use of encoder, resolver, or tachometer (model dependant) as feedback to control motor velocity. The velocity control loop utilizes proportional, integral, derivative, and feed forward gains along with a configurable low-pass velocity feedback filter. Velocity Event Control: Now available in the Drive Control window is programmable functions for At Velocity, Velocity Following Error, and Positive and Negative Velocity Limits. Enhanced Auto Commutation: Auto Commutation results are compared with information in the Motor Data window. In the event of a discrepancy between Auto Commutation data and Motor Data, the user is given the opportunity to either edit the motor data or to override the Auto Commutation and utilize the values entered in Motor Data. Auto Commutation not required: The motor may be commutated utilizing the motor and feedback data. In this case, proper phasing of the motor is determined by testing motor rotation in each direction while cycling through all six possible motor phase combinations. If Encoder Only feedback is used, synchronization will not be available. Wiring Designations scratch pad for single color, multi-color, or numbered wires is available in the Motor Data window for the feedback and motor phase wires. Analog Motor Temperature Limits can be assigned and configured in General Drive Configuration and Drive Control. Enhanced Shunt Regulator Control: Support for internal only, external only, or dual shunts is available (model dependant). User can enter resistance, power rating, and inductance for external shunt resistor. The drive utilizes DC bus measurement to maximize the power dissipation of the shunt resistor. Power Board analog temperature measurement: (model dependant) Drive over-temperature disable and re-enable limits and actions are user configurable within the drive limits. Enhanced Phase Detection: (Encoder only commutation) Upon completion of the phase detection function, the drive will apply current at the Continuous Current setting to lock the rotor to the detected location. Current is removed when the Phase Detect digital input is cleared. Blank Project default settings are directly compatible with Advanced Motion Controls' SE series of sinusoidal analog amplifiers. Support files optimized to drastically reduce the size of the DriveSuite installation program. The latest Firmware files are now distributed with the setup software. Corrected Issues Indication of Analog Input scaling in I/O Configuration is unaltered when <tab> is pressed. Known Issues Firmware Upgrades must be performed at a communications rate of 9600 baud and drive address of 63. Higher connection rates or an improper drive address will result in the drive being unusable and will need to be returned to Advanced Motion Controls. User Units are not yet implemented. Changing the event action assigned to an event (Drive Control) while the event is still active will lock the action. The locked action will not be displayed in Drive Status. The drive must be restarted to clear the action. Internal Shunt Resistor specifications (General Drive Configuration/Voltage Limits) are "grayed out" even though the Shunt Regulator Enabled check box has been selected. Motor Data from previous versions of DriveSuite are not usable. Motor Data must be reentered. Phase Detect completion is not indicated in Drive Status. With motor type selected to Brush, the index check box clears every time the Motor Data window is closed. The index channel is not actively used by DR100 Series Digiflex® drives when controlling a brush type motor. When uploading from a drive in velocity mode at 9600 baud, the block diagram will not indicate an active velocity loop. Contrary to the indication, the velocity loop is active. This effect does not occur when uploading at other rates.
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