Book Description

How this Book can Help You This short book is part 2 of my 4-part series on PLC programming. It is an exhaustive collection of my tutorials and demo videos on how to advance your knowledge of PLCs by working with PowerFlex 525 family of Variable Frequency Drives. You will find this book very helpful if you are an electrician, an instrumentation technician, a manufacturing operator, an automation professional or engineer looking to looking to progress their career or level up their knowledge of PLC hardware and PLC programming skills. There are 5 chapters in this book, and are accompanied with 16 in-depth HD demo videos that you can download. These videos simplify everything you need to understand, and help you speed up your learning of Allen-Bradley''s PowerFlex 525 drives and how to install them within a manufacturing environment. There is also a link in this book for you to download my PLC programs (codes) for your revision. Since I assume you have little knowledge of PowerFlex 525 Drive and PLC programming, I prepared this book in such a way that when you read it and study the accompanying demo videos (16 episodes), you will not only have an in-depth knowledge of the different parameters which need to be configured in order to properly setup and utilize the PowerFlex 525 VFD, you will be able to make sense of the documentation, and gain a lot of job experience you need to build innovations and earn higher salaries. In this book, I start with the basics, that is, connecting power and turning on the PowerFlex 525 hardware, and move on to the control methods that don''t even require you have the hardware. Then I demonstrated the advanced control methods that utilize the EtherNet/IP protocol, as well as a CompactLogix 1769-L24ER-QB1B PLC. This will help you develop confidence in working with these Variable Frequency Drives. Table of Contents Hardware Overview & Getting Started 1.1. PowerFlex 525 Connecting Power & Turning On the VFD 1.2. PowerFlex 525 Hardware Overview 1.3. PowerFlex 525 Wiring a 3 Phase Motor to the Variable Frequency Drive 1.4. PowerFlex 525 Quick Start Documentation Walkthrough 1.5. PowerFlex 525 Basic Parameter Setting for Motor 1.6. Starting & Stopping the Drive through Digital Outputs of the PLC 1.7. Running the Drive in Reverse through a Digital Output 1.8. Setting a Speed Reference from the Keypad instead of Potentiometer Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Control from a PLC over EtherNetIP 2.1. EtherNet_IP and Other Methods of Control Introduction 2.2. Establishing an EtherNet_IP Connection to the PowerFlex 525 Drive 2.3. Verifying Communication, Setting Parameters & Visualizing RSLinx Communication 2.4. Adding the PowerFlex 525 Drive to the Studio 5000 Project and Going Online 2.5. Configuring Drive Parameters, Starting, Stopping & Using a Speed Reference Programming PLC Control for the PowerFlex 525 VFD Studio RSLogix 5000 3.1. Flashing the Firmware of the VFD 1.003 -- 5.002 - ControlFlash Software 3.2. Basic Ladder Logic Implementation of VFD Control - ControlFlash Software 3.3. PowerFlex 525 VFD Fault Handling and Status Logic - ControlFlash Software How to Download the Demo Videos, PLC Programs (Codes) & Demo Editions of RSLogix 5000 / Studio 5000 Logix Designer How to Get Further Help 5.1. More Helpful Resources One of the questions I get asked often by beginners is, where can I get a free download of RSLogix software to practice? I provide in this book links to a free version of the RSLogix Micro Starter Lite (which is essentially the same programming environment as the RSLogix 500 Pro) and a free version of the RSLogix Emulate 500. In Chapter 4, I also provide links to download the demo edition of RSLogix 5000 / Studio 5000 Logix Designer to your system.