Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Use a web browser on ABB drives!

The FENA-01 Ethernet module for ABB drives can be reached through a web browser!

  1. Using the keypad, enter a valid IP address in Group 51, Parameters 5105 through 5108.
  2. Using the keypad, enter a valid subnet mask like 255.255.255.0 which shows up as option 24 in Parameter 5109
  3. Parameter 51.27, Edit, Refresh to perform a parameter refresh or cycle power to the drive.
  4. Connect the drive to the same network as your PC and type the IP address into the address bar of your favorite browser.

You will have access to 3 major sections of information.

Section 1: Status
This will show all of the important facts about the Ethernet module like software version, MAC and serial number.


Section 2: Configuration This will show all of the parameters needed to configure your Ethernet module to talk to your control system via EtherNet IP, Modbus TCP or ProfiNET.


Section 3: Support This section give you links to find important information like manuals and EDS files.

*Note: This is not a webpage that will show all of the parameters in the drive. It will only show Ethernet card related parameters.

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