Quickstart Guide
ABB PLC and drives integration using Modbus RTU
ModbusRTU‐45‐ PLCanddrivesintegration
Goonline againbychoosing “Login”fromthe“Online”menuandthen “Run”fromthe samemenu(ifthePLC is
notalreadyinrunmode).
The status of the function block inputs and outputs are now displayed in the visualization window. Block in
puts
which have not been connected to the function blocks in the program “PRG” can be changed from the
visualizationwindow.
Note! In this example all block inputs have already been connected to the function blocks, so they cannot be
changedfromthevisualizationview.
Someex
amplesofwhatcanbeseeninthevisualization:
READY:ifthedriveisready tostart.
OPERA
TING:ifthedriveisoperating(magnetizingthemotor).
TRIPPED:ifthedrivehasanactivefault.
ACT_SPEED:actualspeedvalue.
ACT_SW:actual16‐bitStatusWordfromthedrive.
USED_CW:actual16‐bi
tControlWordsentfromthePLCtothedrive.
MESSAGEfield:informationabouttheactualstate,e.g.“Operation”or“WaitforrisingedgeofSTART”.