Product category:
Industrial Drives/Controls
News Release from: ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors) | Subject: Flashdrop
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 09 February 2006
Drive parameters downloaded in seconds
Hand-held device can select and set parameters and copy configurations between drives, streamlining the configuration process so users can download parameters in two seconds.
Drive parameters can be set an installed in seconds with a new hand-held device from ABB Flashdrop can select and set parameters and copy configurations between drives, without even powering up the drive
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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It streamlines the drive configuration process, allowing users to download a set of parameters in two seconds.
The device comprises a control panel base unit and programming tip.
It can be used to choose and edit parameters and can store several sets of parameters.
No specialised knowledge is required and the user interface will be familiar to users of ABB drives.
It is available for the company's ACS350 general machinery drive and ACS150 component drive.
Stored parameter sets can be named to identify the associated end-user or application.
As well as setting parameters, Flashdrop allows certain parameters to be hidden to simplify the end-user interface and protect application hardware.
To transfer parameters between the Flashdrop unit and a drive, the user plugs the programming tip into a socket in the drive's front panel.
It can all be achieved without even removing the drive from its packaging, since the process does not require the drive to be connected to a power source.
This allows wholesale distributors to pre-configure drives before delivery, or enables high volume OEMs to speed up the parameter setting process.
Parameters can be copied from one drive to another by uploading them to the Flashdrop unit and downloading them to the second drive.
It can also be used with a PC to take advantage of the PC's user interface and storage capacity.
ABB's Drive PM software is installed on the PC and communication between the PC and Flashdrop unit is via the serial port.
Parameter sets can then be created using the PC or the Flashdrop unit.
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