590 Series DC Digital Drive Serial Communications
A-7
MMI Dump Procedure
The MMI dump can be used to transfer all of the drive’s parameters to a host computer. The format of the data is human readable and may be used as
documentation of the drive’s configuration.
DUMP MMI (TX)
This is the transfer of all parameters.
1. Connect the Drive to the host using the appropriate lead.
2. Using a standard communications package prepare the host to receive an ASCII file. Remember to set up the host's serial port first.
3. On the host computer, direct data received on the serial comms port to a file.
4. Start the transfer on the Drive by selecting DUMP MMI (TX) on the MMI and pressing the UP (↑) key, as instructed. The drive says
REQUESTED..
5. When the transfer is finished, terminate the capture of serial data on the host computer.