Introduction
Getting Started
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Introduction
Main Features Congratulations on your purchase of an L300P 
Series Hitachi inverter! This inverter drive features 
state-of-the-art circuitry and components to provide 
high performance. The housing footprint is excep-
tionally small, given the size of the corresponding 
motor. The Hitachi L300P product line includes 
more than twenty inverter models to cover motor 
sizes from 2 horsepower to 175 horsepower, in 
either 230 VAC or 480 VAC power input versions. 
The main features are:
• 200V Class and 400V Class inverters
• U.S. or European version available
• Variable frequency control
• Optional regenerative braking circuit
• Different operator keypads available for RUN/
STOP control and setting parameters
• Built-in RS-422 communications interface to 
allow configuration from a PC and for field bus 
external modules
• Sixteen programmable speed levels
• PID control adjusts motor speed automatically to 
maintain a process variable value
The design of Hitachi inverters overcomes many of 
the traditional trade-offs between speed, torque and 
efficiency. The performance characteristics are: 
• Continuous operation at 100% rated torque 
within a 1:10 speed range (6/60 Hz / 5/50 Hz) 
without motor derating
• Models up to and including 11kW and 15kW
(15 and 20hp) have built-in dynamic braking 
units
• Cooling fan has ON/OFF selection to provide 
longer life
A full line of accessories from Hitachi is avail-
able to complete your motor control application. 
These include:
• Digital remote operator keypad
• Expansion card for digital inputs
• Braking resistors
• Radio noise filters
• CE compliance filters
• Additional factory I/O network interface cards 
(to be announced)
Model L300P-110HFU2 (U.S. version)
Model L300P-110HFE2
(European version)
Expansion Card - Digital Inputs