Communication between ACS880 and APC2 over Drive Link protocol

Hello everybody!

I've a customer that want to link one ACS880 on a APC2 controller.

It's possible? and if it's, the necessary DB is DRL00 using DRTRA and DRREC blocks?

Thank you in advance!

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Matheus Rank: 1274

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APC can talk to ACV700, DCV700 by Drive Link from main CPU board or by Drive Bus through YPQ112A extension card. YPQ112A works with DCS600 ACS600, so likely it should work with ACS880. I hope there is no modification in Drive Bus protocol since 600 series drives.

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by Matheus Rank: 1274 on 5/10/2019 10:24:18 AM | Like (0) | Report

Thank you for your answer Mr. Herman. It's exactly what i was looking for.

by kamil.herman Rank: 30 on 5/10/2019 11:15:08 PM | Like (1) | Report

Your welcome. I forgot to say that other PC elements ACSRX, ACSPW, ACSPR shall be used for communication with ACS through YPQ112A. On the other hand it is very unusual if customer still wants to keep obsolete APC. Try to suggest your customer to replace APC by AC800M. If there are also 700 series drives, you can use DriveBus to DriveLink converter module PE1376 (I have good experience with this module). You can use also conversion tool Ampl2m developed by me for APC logic translation to AC800M controller. I have used it for 14pcs APC conversion already at Push Pickling Line, commissioning was short and smooth.

by Matheus Rank: 1274 on 5/13/2019 6:15:50 PM | Like (0) | Report

I completely understand your point about keep using APC, but, my customer is facing some financial problems right now and a AC800M system it's quite an expensive in Brazil, on the other hand, I also told then to not use YPQ112A, cause it's an obsolete solution.

I suggested and they decided to upgrade one by one the DCV700 drives to DCS800-R (or DCS880-R if ABB starts sell that here) and turning off the APC's, about the controller, they'll migrate to an AC80 already installed in part of the machine. I really appreciate your suggestion, PE1376, this can be very useful in this migration.

The ACS880 will be connected to this AC80 controller at this moment.

Thank you again for your support,

Kind regards!

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