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3ADW000395R0100 DCS550 Quick guide edisf a
73ADW000395R0100 DCS550 Quick guide edisf a
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Brief instructions for CD and documents overview 
We appreciate that you purchased an ABB DC drive power 
converter and thank you for the trust you put in our products.
This brochure was put together to make sure that you con-
tinue to be satisfied with our product. It is intended to provide 
you with a brief overview of the product's key data, EMC 
notes, typical applications, start-up and trouble-shooting.
If you need more information about the product you are pro-
vided with a CD-ROM in addition to this brief documentation. 
The CD-ROM is part of the delivery and features the following 
contents:
Technical catalog (3ADW000378)
Comprehensive information to engineer complete DC drive 
systems.
Manual (3ADW000379)
Detailed information, with all important particulars about the 
individual components, like module dimensions, electronic 
boards, fans and auxiliary components. 
Information for mechanical and electrical installation are also 
included. 
Detailed information with all important issues about firmware 
and setting of parameters. The manual includes information 
for start-up and maintenance of the entire drive, in detailed 
form. 
This manual also includes Fault and Alarm codes and informa-
tion for trouble shooting.
Service Manual (3ADW000399)
for maintenance and repair of the converters.
Additional information about applications and technical 
accessories (e.g. Hardware extension or Field bus interfaces) 
are handled by separate manuals.  
See table DCS550 manuals.
System requirements to use the CD-ROM
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System configuration
WINDOWS 98, NT, 2000, XP
Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher 
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
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System confirmation
Win2000, WinXP
Before installation of PC tools 
remove previous version by 
CONTROL PANEL of your 
PC
Read more details in 
Quick Guide 3ADW000191
Content
This CD ROM provides
information about DCS550 and 
contains PC tools:
  DWL 2.93 for DC drives
   +Commissioning Wizard 1.0
   +DWL AP 2.2
  FDT 2.2 Firmware 
    download kit 
    + workspace
  Firmware 1.1
DCS550
Ver.: 1.10
System confirmation
Win7, Win2000, WinXP
Before installation of PC tools 
remove previous version by 
CONTROL PANEL of your PC
 − Operating system  
WINDOWS 7, 2000, XP
 − ACROBAT READER
 
In case the CD ROM does not 
start automatically, please  
double click on Setup.exe.
Further support
In addition we offer further support, since we can only be 
satisfied when you, as our customer, are satisfied with us and 
our products.
Internet
On the ABB homepage under  
www.abb.com/dc 
you'll find abundant information for 
 − DC products
 − service support
 − the latest updates
 − tools 
 − downloads, etc.
Please don't hesitate to visit us. 
Contacts
If you require any further information, please contact your 
nearest ABB Drives office or send an email to:
DC-Drives@de.abb.com
Please give us your name, your company address and phone 
number. We immediately put you in contact with our special-
ist.