Starting up the MOVIKIT® software module

The MOVIKIT® Velocity software module from the "SingleAxis" category is used for this example. MOVIKIT® Velocity provides a standardized functionality and interface for a typical speed-controlled drive.

INFORMATION

For more detailed information on MOVIKIT® software modules, refer to the corresponding documentation.

Proceed as follows:

  • You have integrated the devices of the MOVI-C® modular automation system in a MOVISUITE® project and configured the drive train.
  1. Click [Add software module] in the circle view of the inverter and select "Velocity" from the catalog in the "SingleAxis" category. Accept the suggested version of the software module.
  2. Open the configuration of the inverter and activate the fieldbus connection of the software module in the [MOVIKIT® Velocity] > [Fieldbus interface] parameter group.
  3. Configure the start address and the process data length.
    • The start address of the first inverter is 1. If you have subordinated several inverters to a MOVI-C® CONTROLLER, the start address of the following inverters is shifted by the total length of the preceding process data.
    • The different MOVIKIT® software modules have different process data lengths. For example, MOVIKIT® Velocity has 5 process data words and MOVIKIT® Positioning has 8 process data words.
    • The following example shows the dependence of the start addresses on the number of process data words in a device topology with 3 subordinate inverters:

Device

Assigned software module

Start address

Inverter 1

MOVIKIT® Velocity (5 PD)

1

Inverter 2

MOVIKIT® Positioning (8 PD)

6 (= 1 + 5 from inverter 1)

Inverter 3

MOVIKIT® Velocity (5 PD)

14 (= 1 + 5 from inverter 1 + 8 from inverter 2)

INFORMATION

The MOVIKIT® software modules of the "SingleAxis" and "Motion" category are calculated in MOVI-C® CONTROLLER. Therefore, diagnostics and monitoring of the software modules in these categories are not performed on the inverter but in the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER.