ACH580 E-Clipse bypass and packaged drive user manual 161
Fieldbus adapter
Fieldbus adapter
Overview
The ACH580 can be set up to accept control from an external system using standard 
communication protocols. When using fieldbus communication, the ACH580 can 
either:
• Receive all of its control information from the fieldbus, or 
• Be controlled from some combination of fieldbus control and other available 
control locations, such as digital or analog inputs, and the control panel.
Two basic fieldbus communications configurations are available:
• Embedded fieldbus (EFB) – See Embedded fieldbus on page 75.
• Fieldbus adapter (FBA) – With one of the optional FBA modules in the drive’s 
expansion slot 2, the drive can communicate to a control system using one of the 
following protocols:
– Profibus-DP®
– LonWorks®
– DeviceNet®
– Ethernet/IP
– Modbus TCP/IP
The E-Clipse Bypass detects automatically which communication protocol is used by 
the plug-in fieldbus adapter. The default settings for each protocol assume that the 
profile used is the protocol’s industry-standard drive profile (e.g. PROFIdrive for 
PROFIBUS, AC/DC Drive for DeviceNet). All of the FBA protocols can also be 
configured for the ABB Drives profile.
Configuration details depend on the protocol and profile used.These details are 
provided in a user’s manual supplied with the FBA module. 
Details for the ABB Drives profile (which apply for all protocols) are provided in ABB 
drives profile technical data on page 175.
 Fieldbus
Fieldbus Controller
Other Devices
Connect using either:
•
Standard embedded fieldbus (EFB) at 
terminals X2:26…30
•
Fieldbus adapter (FBA) module 
mounted in slot 2 (option Fxxx)