3 Installation
3.6 Electrical Installation
DC1 Variable Frequency Drive 04/16 MN04020003Z-EN www.eaton.com 89
Alternatively, in addition to the broad area gland plate, you can twist the 
screen braid at the end and connect to the protective earth with a cable lug. 
To prevent EMC disturbance, this twisted shielding connection should be 
made as short as possible
Prevent the screen from becoming unbraided at the other end of the control 
cable, e.g. by using a rubber grommet. The screen braid must not make any 
connection with the protective ground here because this would cause 
problems with an interference loop.
Control terminals
The DC1 variable frequency drive has four control inputs (control terminals 2, 
3, 4, and 6). Two of these are parameterizable as digital control inputs;
while the others can be set to work as digital or analog control inputs.
The variable frequency drive comes with the following default setting:
• Control signal terminal 2 as digital input 1 (DI1),
• Control signal terminal 3 as digital input 2 (DI2),
• Control signal terminal 4 as digital input 3 (DI3),
• Control signal terminal 6 as analog input 1 (AI1).
Control signal terminal 8 can be used as a digital or as an analog output.
It is used as an analog output (AO) in the default configuration that comes 
with the variable frequency drive when it is delivered.
Figure 54: Control signal terminals (D = digital
 
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A = analog)