Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the ICC MDB-100 Modbus RTU / ASCII Communications Interface for the Toshiba VF-S7 Series Micro Adjustable Speed Drive. Before using the MDB-100 interface, please familiarize yourself with the product and be sure to thoroughly read the instructions and precautions contained in this manual. In addition, please make sure that this instruction manual is delivered to the end user of the drive units with which the MDB-100 interface is connected, and keep this instruction manual in a safe place for future reference or drive/interface inspection.

This instruction manual describes the device specifications, wiring methods, maintenance procedures, supported functions and usage methods for the MDB-100 Modbus RTU / ASCII communications interface.

In conjunction with this manual, the following manuals are supplied by Toshiba, and are essential both for ensuring a safe, reliable system installation as well as for realizing the full communication and control potential of the MDB-100 interface:

Toshiba TOSVERT VF-S7 Series Instruction Manual

Toshiba VF-S7 Industrial Inverter Serial Communications Option Manual

If you do not have copies of these documents available, please contact Toshiba or your local Toshiba distributor to obtain them.

MODBUS IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF AEG SCHNEIDER AUTOMATION

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