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Created by: tomvarker at: 10/24/2018 12:35 PM (3 Replies)

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10/24/2018 12:35 PM	Rate (0)
tomvarker Regular Member Joined: 6/27/2016 Last visit: 7/5/2023 Posts: 33 Rating: (0)	Hello, I am having issues with one of our siemens G120 drives, it has a cu240e profibus drive module. We are coontrolling the drive over profibus, the drive unit stays powered up and in the event of an E-stop the main contactor drops out. Due to the main contactor dropping our and the external supply keeping the drive unit powered i get an alarm due to low DC link voltage. How ever as this is an alarm and not a fault I am having problems with the feedback on our DCS system. Is it possible to change an alarm priority to make it act as a fault? or does anyone have any suggestions. A last resort would be to take a signal from the line contactor and wire it into a spare input on the drive module.

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10/25/2018 8:09 AM	Rate (0)
Technology Team Platinum Expert Joined: 10/11/2006 Last visit: 12/8/2023 Posts: 5725 Rating: (771)	Hello, unfortunately you can`t change the alarm A30016 to act as a fault. But a possibility would be to use r2129 and an inverting block of the free function blocks to trigger an external fault (e.g. external fault 1; p2106). The alarm number in p2128[x] sets the corresponding bit r2119[x] = 1 when the alarm is present. You have to use an inverting block because of the inverse logic of the external fault parameters. You can find more information about the parameters in the list manual of the CU240E-2 https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109751314 and in the following FAQ about the free function blocks. https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/85168215
	With best regards, Technology Team Application consulting and pre sales support for SINAMICS, SIMATIC Technology, SIMOTION, SIMOTICS and MOTION CONNECT
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10/29/2018 5:35 PM	Rate (0)
tomvarker Regular Member Joined: 6/27/2016 Last visit: 7/5/2023 Posts: 33 Rating: (0)	Hi, Thanks for your help, I have managed to get alarm A30016 to activate the external fault parameter P2016 but now i can not acknowledge this, the original fault is not longer present but the external fault is still active. Thanks

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10/29/2018 5:57 PM	Rate (0)
tomvarker Regular Member Joined: 6/27/2016 Last visit: 7/5/2023 Posts: 33 Rating: (0)	Update - I found that the runtime of the block was not being calculated.

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