Installation manual

Epsilon EP-B Base Drive Reference Manual

Identification Group

The identification group consists of the Axis and the Axis Address.

Axis

Enter a 24 character alpha/numeric name for the device you are currently setting up. Assigning a unique name for each

device in your system allows you to quickly identify a device when downloading, editing and troubleshooting. All

keyboard characters are valid.

Axis Address

Enter the “Axis Address” to which you wish to download the configuration file information. Unless you have changed the

Modbus address of your device, leave this parameter set to the default value of 1.

Configuration Group

Drive Type

Select the drive model for the application you are currently setting up.

Motor Type

Select the motor type for the application. PowerTools Pro software will display all the motor models that are available

and any user defined motors.

Selecting the wrong motor type can cause poor performance and may even damage the motor and/or drive.

Drive Encoder Output Group

Encoder Output Scaling Enable Check Box

Select this check box to enable the Encoder Scaling parameter of the Drive Encoder Output.

Encoder Scaling

This parameter defines the encoder resolution (lines per revolution) of the drive’s encoder output. This feature allows

the user to change the drive encoder output resolution in increments of 1 line per revolution up to the density of the

encoder in the motor. If the Encoder Output Scaling parameter is set to a value higher than the motor encoder density,

the drive encoder output density will equal that of the motor encoder. The default is to the motor encoder density.

Operating Mode

Disabled

Selecting this radio button to put the drive in the disabled mode. This is equivalent to removing the Drive Enable input.

Velocity Mode

Selecting this radio button puts the drive into Velocity mode which includes three sub-modes: Analog Velocity, Preset

Velocity and Analog + Preset Summation.

Velocity Mode Setup Tab

Velocity Sub-Mode Selection Group

Analog Velocity

Selecting this radio button puts the drive into Analog Velocity sub-mode. In Velocity mode the drive develops velocity in

proportion to the voltage received on the Analog Input. The Analog Input is scaled to the Analog Velocity Command by

the Full Scale Velocity, Analog Input Full Scale, and Analog Input Zero Offset parameters.

For example:

+5V = 2000 RPM CW

-5V = 2000 RPM CCW

Analog Input Full Scale = 10V