Yaskawa DriveWizard AC Drive - Manual (Page 8)

Introduction to DriveWizard ™
Introduction to DriveWizard
™
DriveWizard
™ is a PC software program designed to provide the tools necessary to make drive
installation, parameter record keeping, and maintenance as simple as possible. The following
features are provided:
• Upload and retrieve parameter data from a drive or file
• View and modify drive data with a simple user interface
• Download and save such data to a drive or file
• Ability to save parameter or graph data as comma separated variable (.csv) file for use with
other software applications such as Microsoft EXCEL
• Comparison of drive parameter values to saved values or compare 2 saved sets of values.
• Online monitoring for troubleshooting and diagnostic purposes
• Fault History
• Digital scope feature for graphing drive data
• Basic online control of the drive to test parameter adjustments, simulate events, and to
perform motor auto-tunes.
• Supports GPD515/G5, E7, F7, G7, GPD305/J7, P7, and GPD315/V7 series of Yaskawa
Electric manufactured AC drives.
• Supports off-line editing of the drive parameters stored in files on the PC.
• Supports multiple databases for special drive software’s
• Contains parameter conversion tools to convert one drive family parameter files to another
drive family. Example: GPD515/G5 parameter file to an F7 parameter file.
This manual describes the DriveWizard
™ environment and how to maneuver in it. It will also
describe how to use each feature in greater detail.
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