FAQ

Depends on control mode. Broadly speaking this bit isn't used for DS402 CSP,CSV, and CST control modes, for other control modes this is often related to the 'IDLE' status of the drive. See help file for more detail.

Yes, as long as the motor insulation class can withstand 1000 V peak voltages.

• EtherCAT (ABB AC500, Beckhoff CX9020, OMRON NX1P2, Innovance AM600, Delta DVP50)
• Ethernet POWERLINK (ABB Nextmove e100, B&R X20 series, TRIO Flex 6 nano)
• EtherNet/IP (Allen Bradley CompactLogix)
• PROFINET (ABB AC500, Siemens: ET200, S7-1200, S7-1500)
• Modbus RTU (ABB AC500)
• Modbus TCP (ABB AC500, Schnieder M221)

Asynchronous motors (open or closed loop), Rotary Permanent Magnet motors, Linear Permanent Magnet motors and Linear Induction motors.

No.

RTE Ethernet, Standard Ethernet, Analog, Internal control program, and PTI (5 V and 24 V).

Set switch SW1:2 on and power cycle. In this mode the drive will support the download of new firmware.

Set switch SW1:1 on and power cycle which set the drive to its default IP adrress of 192.168.0.1

No. Only "Fine Tuning" can be used.

Yes. Use key word "encoderresovlertrackingrate" to configure it.

Big-Endian byte order is the default, but this can be changed via Mint Workbench.

Yes.

No. A second power supply for motor brake is always needed.

Yes. You can create the controller archive and restore it to a different drive.

23 bits is possible to use in RTE mode with no limitations but may require some encoder prescale if using the GDI or Mint control.

No. Several generations of drives have used Mint V5 which is broadly the same as modern Mint yet some small differences will be seen. The Mint compiler will check for these differences and then the user can easily change them older code for newer equivalent keywords.

Yes.

All options should be compatible with all firmware versions.

Internally the position limit in most PLC's position range is usually 32 bits (±2,147,483,648 or expressed another way ±2^31) , whilst the local Mint position range is only 24 bits (±8388608, or ±2^23). ABB servo drives are capable of passing a 2^31 ABSENCODER value to any controlling PLC but has the internal limit of 2^23.

Yes. Parameter "INPUTACTIVELEVEL" or "OUTPUTACTIVELEVEL" can be used to change this.

Notch filters and Low pass filters are available parameter eliminates the low-frequency resonance.

The latest files can be downloaded from the drives webpage which can be accessed through Mint sidebar or by connected to the drive and using URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/.

No. One firmware version supports all fieldbuses. 

Yes. But considerations should be made for possible change over distortions such as a position jump (shown as a following error) for example.

The files in the controller project should always match the firmware version inside the drive. 

TuV, UL, PROFINET and EtherCAT conformance certificates are available on the website.

Ask your local ABB representative. They will check the revision number in the module label compatibility table found in the support one note database.

Modbus TCP, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, Ethernet POWERLINK and EtherCAT. Only for the e190 - the addition of OPT-SIO-01 will give the addition of RS485 support.

DS402 standard control commands and status signals are available for command and control.

It‘s protocol specific but generally speaking a communication fault is trigged when cyclic messages do not arrive from master station to drive’s main or auxiliary datasets on time.
Each fieldbus has a specific mechanism, which triggers a protocol specific timeout counter. The timeout value can usually be modified with a configuration file or set with a master station. 
Possible reasons for communication fault are:
Disconnected or broken communication cable between the drive and the master, Faulted master station, Faulted network component, Grounding problem and interference, Incorrectly configured master station, Incorrectly configured drive or fieldbus interface, if a comms loss is detected then the drive will go into error "E10027" and stop according to STOPMODE.

To make sure that XDD for Automation Studio (B&R) is integrated into your project but not standard version of XDD file.

Yes, though these should be class 2 hubs for use with POWERLINK, and designed for use in an industrial environment.

No.

IP20 (UL Type 1).

0 to +55 °C.

The -2 and -4 types are optimized for different voltage ranges. Nominal currents as well as over- and undervoltage default trip limits are different between the types.

For MFE190 The internal brake chopper will start braking at 1.05 x UDCmax. At 1.25 x UDCmax the drive will protect itself by tripping.
For MFE180 The internal brake chopper will start braking at 1.15 x UDCmax. At 1.21 x UDCmax the drive will protect itself by tripping.

The drive will attempt to operate the internal brake chopper if the voltage goes above the limits shown, if unable to dissipate the excess energy then it will trip on 10016 over voltage trip. If the voltage goes below the minimum limit it will trip on 10017 under voltage trip.

https://new.abb.com/drives/low-voltage-ac/servo-products

Use the Mint "GDI" program to convert comms signals into motion commands. Visit our website for more information: https://new.abb.com/drives/low-voltage-ac/servo-products.

It‘s protocol specific but generally speaking a communication fault is trigged when cyclic messages do not arrive from master station to drive’s main or auxiliary datasets on time.
Each fieldbus has a specific mechanism, which triggers a protocol specific timeout counter. The timeout value can usually be modified with a configuration file or set with a master station. 
Possible reasons for communication fault are:
Disconnected or broken communication cable between the drive and the master, Faulted master station, Faulted network component, Grounding problem and interference, Incorrectly configured master station, Incorrectly configured drive or fieldbus interface, if a comms loss is detected then the drive will go into error "E10027" and stop according to STOPMODE.

To make sure that XDD for Automation Studio (B&R) is integrated into your project but not standard version of XDD file.

Yes, though these should be class 2 hubs for use with POWERLINK, and designed for use in an industrial environment.

No.

IP20 (UL Type 1).

0 to +55 °C.

The -2 and -4 types are optimized for different voltage ranges. Nominal currents as well as over- and undervoltage default trip limits are different between the types.

For MFE190 The internal brake chopper will start braking at 1.05 x UDCmax. At 1.25 x UDCmax the drive will protect itself by tripping.
For MFE180 The internal brake chopper will start braking at 1.15 x UDCmax. At 1.21 x UDCmax the drive will protect itself by tripping.

The drive will attempt to operate the internal brake chopper if the voltage goes above the limits shown, if unable to dissipate the excess energy then it will trip on 10016 over voltage trip. If the voltage goes below the minimum limit it will trip on 10017 under voltage trip.

<1000 m without derating, 1000-2000 m with standard derating (1%/100 m), as described in the manual. Higher altitudes may be possible with special measures.

Yes.

Arrange the bus cables as far a way from the motor cables as possible and avoid parallel runs.
Fasten the grounding screw of the communication adapter.
Use correct cables.
Terminate the end of the cables properly.

An EtherCAT ESI file (.xml) that describes the drive to the EtherCAT manager can be uploaded from the controller using the Mint Workbench EtherCAT tool.

An GSDML file (general station description .xml file) is what the PROFINET controller uses to control and interact with the ABB servo drive and can be uploaded from the controller using the Mint Workbench sidebar tool.

An .xdd file (Electronic data sheet) is what the Ethernet POWERLINK controller uses to control and interact with the ABB servo drive and can be uploaded from the controller using the Mint Workbench sidebar tool. Two formats are supported, one for legacy Nextmove e100 motion controller and one for B&R X20 PLCs.

255 pcs.

250 μs for fast I/O (if used for PTI this increases to 2 MHz) and 1 ms for normal I/O.

The recommended position is in an upright position with the cooling section against a metal grounded (unpainted) back plane in a temperature controlled panel. It is not advised to deviate from this as no testing has been done by ABB. Confirm the free space requirements from hardware manual.