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Engineering Information
Tools
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Overview
NXGpro ToolSuite
The NXGpro ToolSuite is a PC-based, high-level Graphic User
Interface (GUI) application that integrates various software tools
used for NXGpro-based drives. ToolSuite runs under the
Microsoft
®
Windows operating system. This allows you to
navigate through the drive functions using a PC and a mouse or
using a touch screen (instead of an operator panel), thus
enabling you to monitor and control these functions quickly and
easily. The NXGpro control and the PC running the NXGpro Tool-
Suite software communicate with one another using Ethernet
and TCP/IP protocol. ToolSuite contains the following tools: Drive
Tool, Debug Tool, and SOP Utilities.
Configuration
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Multilevel password to limit access
- Passwords are the same as used in the drive
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Folders for the individual drive configuration categories
(i.e., drive (VFD) menu system)
- Icon colors to differentiate between default and modified
parameter values
- On screen parameter identifier
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Parameter editing assisted by minimum/maximum limits and
defaults
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Logs, parameters and system program can be uploaded
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System program and/or configuration data files can be down-
loaded
Graphic representation
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Adjustable time scale
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Predefined variable list to select variables to be graphically
displayed
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Up to 10 variables can be graphically displayed
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Individual variable offsets
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Individual variable scaling
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Customizable layout: Fonts, colors, formats
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Screenshots can be made
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Screenshots can be made when faults occur
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Various triggers for screenshots
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Zoom function
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Printable graphics
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Exportable graphics
Status
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Programmable display variables
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Selection list with variables, exactly the same as the drive
operator panel display list
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First 4 synchronized to operator panel display
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Fault and alarm indicators (traffic lights: red = fault,
yellow = alarm, green = none)
Operator control (only if enabled via SOP)
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Manual start button
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Stop button
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Fault reset button
Drive Tool
It controls all of the drive functions and provides the user with a
user-friendly view of the drive.
The Drive Tool’s main functions include:
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Drive configuration
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Graphic display of the drive variables
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Drive status (provides real time status of various parameters,
measured values, and calculations)
Debug Tool
This application provides a distributed graphic user interface for
Siemens medium-voltage SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY
NXGpro drives. With the Debug Tool, the user can check drive
variables using a PC and a mouse, in a simple and quick man-
ner. The debug utility is intended to be used when testing, com-
missioning and troubleshooting the drive.
SOP Utilities
The System Operating Program (SOP) is the logic that assigns
the internal and external I/O to the functionality of the drive. In its
simplest form, it just assigns internal states to external points. In
more complex forms, additional complex logic, in the form of
Boolean logic, as well as timers, counters, and comparators,
represent the system functionality to the drive.
SOP Utilities is a set of utility programs under the main ToolSuite
program. Most of the program functions are executed on the PC
on which the ToolSuite is installed. However, SOP Utilities also
supports serial communication via an RS232 interface between
the drive and the PC, in order to directly upload the system pro-
gram to the drive or download it from the drive. The purpose of
the SOP Utilities tool is to convert logic statements into machine-
readable code for the integrated SOP interpreter.
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