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Connecting to an avdv series drive – GE Industrial Solutions Control System Toolbox For AV-300, DV-300, AV-300i (AVDV Series) Drives User Manual

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GEH-6405A Toolbox for an AVDV Series Drive

Chapter 4 Configuring an AVDV Series Drive

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Connecting to an AVDV Series Drive

Choose the Window menu to
view multiple drive windows,
when drives are offline.

Multiple drives can be wired on the same network through an RS485 link. Each
drive on the network has a unique name and address. The drive displays in the Select
Drive dialog box when you select to go online.

Note

Only one drive at a time can be selected to go online. To select a different

drive, you must choose to go offline.

Or click

À

To connect to an AVDV Series drive

w

From the

Device

menu, choose

Online

. The

Select Drive

dialog box displays

(see the next section, Select Drive).

When the drive first goes
online or requires
updating, adjust the range
of addresses to be
scanned on the RS485
link.

Click the Start Scanning
button. A list of drives
displays in the list box.

Select the drive to
connect to. Click OK.
Or, double-click on the
drive name.

To change the device’s
multidrop system, click
on the desired drive and
click Change Address.
Select the new address.

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