7. Interfaces and Communication                                                                                                            
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Chapter 7  Interfaces and Communication
7.1  About Use of MD500 Terminals
 
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Use of DI Terminals
There are ve digital inputs on control board, DI1 to DI5. There are ve extra digital inputs on 
optional I/O extension board, DI6 to DI10,which are available to use if you have this option 
installed.
All digital input terminals on the drive are two-state. DI conguration is set by F4-38 (for DI1 to 
DI5) and F4-39 (for DI6 to DI10). Default value for these two parameters is 00000, which means 
all DI terminals use the following logic conguration:
 ● Logic 0 (terminal is inactive) is when DI terminal 24 V line is not shorted to COM.
 ● Logic 1 (terminal is active) is when DI terminal 24 V line is shorted to COM.
If necessary, you can change logic conguration for any of DI terminals by setting relevant bit in 
correct parameter. 
Parameters F4-00 to F4-09 dene which of the 50 available functions is allocated to each of the 
ten DI terminals.
Only DI5 is allowed to receive high-speed pulse signals. If your application uses 
high-speed pulse counts, then you must use DI5 for this input.
 
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Filter Time and Delay Functions
F410 sets a lter time on the DI signal to improve performance of the drive in conditions of strong 
electrical interference.
The drive also provides a signal delay function on digital inputs DI1 to DI3 to support some 
applications that require a delayed digital input. You can set the delay separately for each of the 
three DI terminals:
 ● Function code F4-35 controls the delay on DI1.
 ● Function code F4-36 controls the delay on DI2.
 ● Function code F4-37 controls the delay on DI3.
 
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Use of DO Terminals
There are three digital output terminals on control board:
 ● FM is a transistor output capable of driving a 24 V DC low-voltage circuit.
 ● DO1 is a transistor output capable of driving a 24 V DC low-voltage circuit.
 ● TA/TB/TC is a relay output that can drive a 250 V AC control circuit.
There are two additional digital outputs on the optional I/O extension board, which are available 
to use if you have this option installed.
 ● DO2 s a transistor output capable of driving a 24 V DC low-voltage circuit.
 ● PA/PB/PC is a relay output that can drive a 250 V AC control circuit.
Function codes F5-01 to F5-05 dene how DO terminals indicate the running status and alarm 
information for the AC drive. There are 40 functions available to use for these function codes.