14   Start-up, control with I/O and ID run
How to start up the drive
 How to start up the drive using First start assistant on the Hand-Off-
Auto control panel   
Safety
Do not start-up the drive unless you are a qualified electrician. 
Read and obey the instructions in chapter Safety instructions at the beginning of the 
Hardware manual of the drive. Ignoring the instructions can cause physical injury or death, or 
damage to the equipment
Check the installation. See chapter Installation checklist in the Hardware manual of the 
drive. 
Make sure there is no active start on (DI1 in factory settings, that is, Water default 
configuration). The drive will start up automatically at power-up if the external run 
command is on and the drive is in the external control mode.
Check that the starting of the motor does not cause any danger. 
De-couple the driven machine if
• there is a risk of damage in case of an incorrect direction of rotation, or
•a Normal ID run is required during the drive start-up, when the load torque is higher 
than 20% or the machinery is not able to withstand the nominal torque transient during 
the ID run.
Hints on using the assistant control panel
The two commands at the bottom of the display 
(Options and Menu in the figure on the right), 
show the functions of the two softkeys   and 
 located below the display. The commands 
assigned to the softkeys vary depending on the 
context.
Use keys  ,  ,   and   to move the cursor 
and/or change values depending on the active 
view.
Key   shows a context-sensitive help page.
For more information, see ACS-AP-x assistant 
control panels user’s manual (3AUA0000085685 
[English]).