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Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Application Notes including:
Line Reactors, Software (SyPT and CTNet) and more

 

Legend:  Focus 1=F1 | Focus 2=F2 | Focus 3=F3 |Unidrive Classic=UC | Unidrive SP=SP | Commander SK=SK | Commander GP20=GP20 | Commander SE=SE |
Mentor I=M1 | Mentor II=M2 | Quantum III=Q3 | Digitax ST=ST |

for a complete list of application notes - see the Application Note Directory.

Line Reactor Application Notes

         
Product Name Description P/N File Rev
ALL Line Reactors Overview of Line Reactors (sometimes called Line Chokes) CTAN132 pdf 1.5
AC & DC Drives Application of Line Reactors and Isolation Transformers for AC and DC Drives The installation of either line reactors or an isolation transformer between an AC power source and a drive provides several advantages that improve the reliability of a drive system
CTAN144
pdf 1.4

 

Miscellaneous Application Notes

         
Product Name Description P/N File Rev
Regenerative Drives Regenerative Drives and Common Bus The intent of this guide is to provide the reader with a good understanding of regenerative ac and dc drives along with their use in system applications
RDCBAG0400
pdf n/a
ALL S-Ramp Accel/Decel Ramps - All CT Products Illustrates the dramatic positive effects that S-Ramps can have on a drive system versus using standard linear ramps. This Application Note is pertinent to the entire Control Techniques Drive range
CTAN120
pdf 1.3
ALL Programmable Time Delays Illustrates the dramatic positive effects that S-Ramps can have on a drive system versus using standard linear ramps. This Application Note is pertinent to the entire Control Techniques Drive range
CTAN122
pdf 1.4
ALL Mentor, Quantum, Unidrive & Commander SE Filtering for Digital Displays Filtering/Smoothing for Digital Displays - Applies to Mentor/Quantum, Unidrive and Commander SE Products
CTAN124
pdf 1.3
AC Drives Common Bus Connection of AC Drives Guidelines and Considerations for Common Bus Connection of AC Drives CTAN127 pdf 1.1
ALL Driving External Relays Our drives use open collector transistor outputs that can be used to drive control relays CTAN154 pdf 1.5
ALL Creating Custom & Power-Up Displays Customizing the drive's power up display CTAN159 pdf 1.8
ALL 4-20ma Current Loop Control All of the current Control Techniques drives have the ability to accept a 4 to 20 milliamp signal as a reference input CTAN160 pdf 1.0
ALL Power Factor Comparison for AC and DC Drives The displacement power factor is the ratio of the electrical power to the applied voltage times the current at the fundamental frequency (60Hz) CTAN176 pdf 1.1
ALL Dynamic Braking Resistor Selection Chart (Per Horsepower of Load) For various load inertia and number of stops per time, based on 150% motor rated torque CTAN179 pdf 1.1
ALL Saving All Drive & CoProcessor Data CT Browser has the ability to upload not only Drive data but also all parameter data CTAN186 pdf 1.3
UC UD70 Replacement Replacement of UD7X Co-Processor Module & Program CTAN211 pdf 1.0
ALL Universal Interface Kit This kit is used to facilitate 120vac Interface to a wide variety of Control Techniques drives with 24vdc logic-input circuits CTAN217 pdf 1.0
M2, Q3 Evaluating the contents of a Coprocessor Sometimes there is a need to examine our co-processors to see if a co-processor contain an embeded program and what the author name is etc. This app note and accompanying program will permit you to determine co-processor contents CTAN219

with CTAPI

no CTAPI
pdf

zip

zip
1.1
UC, SE, M2 CTKP Security Code Security Code & Set-Up
also for VTC, UD70 & MD29
CTAN209 pdf 1.1
n/a Analog Meters Interfacing Analog Meters CTAN242 n/a n/a
ALL CTIU Power-Up Screen Creating a Power-Up Splash Screen with CTIU's CTAN245 pdf 1.1
ALL Creating CTIU Splash Screens w/Maths Creating Splash Screens w/Maths with the CTIU Operator Interface Unit CTAN248

CTIU file
pdf

cmc
1.0
UC, SE, M2, Q3 Creating Drive Documentation Creating Proper Drive Documentation CTAN258 pdf 1.0
ALL Relay Suppression Relay Suppression CTAN266 pdf 1.0
ALL Extra Digital I/O Need another digital input? CTAN275 pdf 1.0
SP, ST, GP20, M2, Q3 Dynamic Braking Dynamic Braking Sizing & Protection Methods CTAN291 pdf 1.0


SyPT & CTNet Application Notes

         
Product Name Description P/N File Rev
SP, ST, GP20, M2, Q3 Beginner's Guide to Basic Position Control Overview of position control using Unidrive and SyPT.  The self-extracting zip file at right includes an example SyPT application. It is a very simple hoist application.  Unzip the files into an empty directory inside the "Sypt/Project" directory n/a pdf

zip
1.0
ALL drives Control Techniques Product List Emerson Performance Drive Products
n/a
pdf 1.0
UD70, MD29 Copying Parameters into an Array Overview of how to use parameter pointers in DPL/SyPT CTAN128 pdf 1.0
CTNet Detecting Loss of CTNet Communications How to write SyPT programs to detect CTNet communications loss CTAN129 pdf 1.0
UD70, MD29 Scale/Offset and Offset/Scale Function Blocks The difference between the fSO and
fOS Function blocks and where would you use them
CTAN171 pdf

zip
1.1
CTNet CTNet PCMCIA w/Desktop PC’s Using a PCMCIA CTNet interface in a Desktop PC CTAN202 pdf 1.0
CTNet CTNet revision FAQ's CTNet revision frequently asked questions CTAN255 pdf 1.0
SP Using Beckhoff Remote I/O Using Beckhoff Remote I/O

Beckhoff Remote IO Basics


Place for additional assets - zip
CTAN283

I/O Basics

tools zip
pdf

pdf


zip
1.1
SP, ST, GP20, M2, Q3 SyPT Pro Demo Using SyPT Pro Demo as a Code Extraction Tool CTAN328 pdf 1.0

 

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