Impulse PCW-5181 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 - IMPULSE OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................1-1

CHAPTER 2 - SHIPPING CONTENTS .............................................................................................2-1

CHAPTER 3 - CONNECTING AND INSTALLING YOUR IMPULSE ...............................................3-1

A. CONNECTING A MOTOR TO THE IMPULSE ................. ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...3-3

B. SERIAL COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS ...................................................................................3-4

Making RS-232/RS-485 Connections ...................................................................................3-4

Daisy-Chaini ng Impu lse Drives ................... .......................... .......................... ...... ................3-5

Multi-Dropping with RS-485 ..................................................................................................3-5

Troubleshooting RS-232C Communication Problems ...........................................................3-6

C. CONNECTING AN IDC KEYPAD ..................................................................................................3-7

Using a Keypad with Impulse RS232C .................................................................................3-7

Using a Keypad with Impulse RS485 ....................................................................................3-7

D. CONNECTING AC POWER .........................................................................................................3-8

E. LED DIAGNOSTIC INDICATIONS .................................................................................................3-8

F. CONNECTING INPUTS AND OUTPUTS .........................................................................................3-9

G. MOUNTING THE IMPULSE DRIVE ...................... .......................... .......................... .................... 3-1 0

Environmental and Installation Requirements .....................................................................3-10

Mounting Arr ange men ts .... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... .......................... .......................... .3 -10

Impulse Dim ensio ns .... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... .......................... .......................... .......3-11

Inserting and Removing Mounting Brackets from the Impulse ............................................3-12

Impulse DIN-Rail Moun tin g ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... .......................... ...... .......................... .3 -1 3

CHAPTER 4 - CONFIGURING IMPULSE WITH APPLICATION DEVELOPER™ ..........................4-1

INSTALLING APPLICATION DEVELOPER ON WINDOWS 95/98/2000/ ME/ NT .......... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...4-1

USING APPLICATION DEVELOPER ...................................................................................................4-2

FINE-TUNING YOUR APPLICATION ......................... .......................... .......................... .................... 4-10

AXIS SETUP ...................................... ...... .......................... ...... ....... .......................... ...... ..............4-10

MOTOR .......................................................................................................................................4-11

MECHANICS .................................................................................................................................4-12

COMMAND ...................................................................................................................................4-13

X-SMOOTHNESS (XTREME SMOOTHING™) ...................................................................................4-15

ADVANCED (ADVANCED TUNING) ..................................................................................................4-17

I/O SETUP ...................................................................................................................................4-18

I/O DESCRIPTIONS ............................................................ .................................................... .......4 -18

STORED MOVE SETUP - EDITING STORED MOVES ........................................................................4-21

FILE MENU ..................................................................................................................................4-23

EDIT MENU ................................ .......................... ....... ......................... ....... ...... ...........................4-23

SETUP MENU ..............................................................................................................................4-23

COMMUNICATIONS MENU .............................................................................................................4-24

RUN MENU ..................................................................................................................................4-25

VIEW MENU ......................................................................................... ........................................4-26

UPDATING YOUR IMPULSE OPERATING SYSTEM: ...........................................................................4-27

CHAPTER 5 - CONFIGURING IMPULSE WITH AN IDC KEYPAD .................................................5-1