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1. Help Fig 3 30 Display of fans that have already been found and the search progress If you are in Small size fab mode continue reading at item 4 in Chapter 3 1 1 Otherwise skip to item 8 in Chapter 3 1 2 40 EC Control User Manual 3 3 3 Adding factory new fans This option enables you to configure factory new fans that all still have the same address If you have configured more than one interface converter for the present system you first have to select the interface whose fans you want to set up In this case in the dialogue shown below select the interface for which you want to set up fans then click Next Fan search assistant 7 A E F j Select subnet to be used More than one MODBUS capable interface converter has been found Select the subnet which shall be auto addressed in the next step Address Bus protocol Type Wl Computer lt USB EPTEDS1P MODBUS Bluetooth ebmpapst R5485 MODBUS X Cancel Help Fig 3 31 Selecting the subnet to be edited The rest of the procedure now depends on the following conditions m Ifthe interface for MODBUS compatible fans has been set up EC Control will check whether all fans are capable of the new automatic address assignment If fans are detected at the interface that are not capable of this method the same semiautomatic address assignment as for the ebmBUS is used First read Chapter 3 3 4 If the check finds
2. EC Control Manual V2 1 Art No 25714 2 0199 ST ioi x File View Options Help gt My Fab Rooml E Roomz h MODBUS1_1 Rooms Room4 Rooms Roomeo Room PC control software for bus compatible fans The Engineer s Choice Copyright ebm papst Mulfingen 2011 All Rights Reserved November 2011 ebm papst GmbH amp Co KG Bachmuhle 2 74673 Mulfingen Germany htto www ebmpapst com info1 de ebmpapst com Although due diligence was used in creating this manual we cannot accept any liability for the completeness or correctness of this manual This user manual lists a number of products from other manufacturers In most cases the product and manufacturer names given are registered trademarks and or brand names The Bluetooth logo and the Bluetooth brand are used under licence from Bluetooth SIG EC Control User Manual Table of contents 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 M OUUCUON ciiir a E ES 6 ROWO USE TIS MMe Al sets ccrters ces corned acts tered eaten iaawebetvatiedtnendsa tectatvactantos ea T 6 ON Te OM VII OLN S sc avacicyseseteae aan aat nt tocar spate iste E A E E Lana a eae a 6 New and changed functions in this version c ccccccccccsscsscsscssssssssssessessessssssessesseseseeseseeseeseass T Sale UMS TUCION S cona a tou eed tae 8 instalati OMen a fem dedenlenlavanuniiedle 9 Sh 2 ag r eduremeNl S eonenn nen ene a A SS 9 Basie INSTANAUOM SCUD asasitasicdnh n ea N
3. Increasing the DPI setting in Windows will cause the contents of the screen to be displayed larger if the physical monitor resolution remains unchanged DPI settings greater than 140 DPI are currently not recommended and could cause the content of the screen to be cut off by the automatic window scaling especially with a vertical monitor resolution of 768 pixel Do not install this application if one of the following database server products has already been installed E Borland Interbase CodeGear Interbase Embarcadero Interbase Firebird In such cases it is important that you consult your ebm papst contact person EC Control uses Firebird version 2 1 3 EC Control User Manual 2 2 Basic installation setup If you have not yet acquired any of the RS485 interface converters listed in Chapter 2 1 the following instructions for installation setup and the information from Chapter 2 3 should help you select the converter that is best suited to your purposes EC Control can manage two different installation types The installation type that is sufficient for most applications is the small installation small size fab shown in Figure 2 1 This consists of the computer a single interface converter and the fans all of which are connected to the computer via this interface converter Optionally a printer or the USB relay box can be connected for signalling faults Note that it is mandatory for all fans connected to have the same
4. eee Basic colors woo imini im ioin Hi 8 f f Eme g E pmi f EE fF Gee fF BEEBE EEE BEE Ee EE 7O a Custom colors pa If you wish to return to the colour settingsthat were active when EC Control was installed you can retrieve these with Edit Reset to standard The changed colours will be active when the dialogue is quit with OK A It is not advisable to set the same colours in this colour palette as those used for states such as failures and warnings These colours are 100 yellow red green and orange plus light grey 59 EC Control User Manual 5 3 Fan information iconin the room plan Up to three pieces of information are possible for each fan You can configure information for individual fans individual groups or the complete installation If both settings for the complete installation and separate settings for individual fans are configured these fans will retain their settings The remaining fans in the installation will assume the settings made for the complete installation If settings are made for a group these will of course also be applied to all subgroups and the fans they contain unless separate settings have been made for these Fans and groups from the structure tree can be added to the list on the left of the dialogue page using nodes of the structure tree to the list using the keyboard The following dialogue appears x The list at the top contains all the Edit Infor
5. Sheding function X33 Max start PWM shake off _ X2 3 Max number of start attempts _ X23 Motor derating X33 Communication speed X3 Communication parity X3 Source of parameter switch gt MODBUS ebm papst Standard gt lt Max PWM gt lt N x S gt lt gt lt gt lt Controller function Min Max sensor value and sensor gt unit oo X 2 X 3 X 2 X4 X4 X4 anea gt input Direction of rotation X Maximum speed X Max permissible speed X Min permitted PWM X Max permitted PWM X Ramp up rime Run down time X Inputcurve oo A gt P lt z Input curve Fail safe speed function Rotating direction fail safe mode X 2 3 Cable break detection voltage X 2 3 Output curve X This function setting is supported X 2 Key 2 Bs 96 ne A AN EC Control User Manual This setting is dependent on a parameter set MODBUS only This setting is only available with a certain authorisation level MODBUS only This value is only shown for electronics with a corresponding function For safety reasons this parameter can be modified by ebm papst only 97 EC Control User Manual E List of authorisation levels This list includes all options that are not fan related dministrator Authorisation designation Description of rights Clean up failure ist LS LS __ Manually delete expire
6. and thus set up the computer running EC Control even in a location that is far away from the fans to be monitored m The RS232 interface converter is no longer recommended for newly purchased Ie systems as an increasing number of desktop and laptop computers no longer come equipped with these interfaces Article No 21495 1 0174 is not electrically isolated which means that severe interference on the bus cable could damage the interface of the PC Article No 21487 1 0174 does not have this problem However the power supply pack provided here is designed for continental European power systems only Europlug gt 13 EC Control User Manual 2 4 Installation Place the Installation CD in your CD ROM drive A menu should appear If this does not happen the ROM manually using the Windows Explorer You need administrator rights for installation In Windows 7 on startup a User Account Control UAC dialogue appears automatically that enables you to carry out the installation under an administrator account In Windows XP the user account used for the installation should have administrator rights that last for the entire duration of the installation If you do not have a password for an administrator ask your administrator for one You can update an installation of EC Control using the same steps required for a new installation All the existing settings you have configured are kept The CD menu application provides
7. nok paired d Name of the Bluetooth adaptor max 23 characters or digits ebmpapst R5455 Bus protocol to be used MODBUS Omi ow seconds When the search is completed the list should show all ebm papst Bluetooth Adapters that can be reached in the area If your adapter is not listed repeat the search as highly unfavourable conditions can cause the search to be unsuccessful If no adapter is found even after repeating the search check the following points Is Bluetooth wireless switched on on your computer Laptops often have a mechanical on off switch for wireless connections Are all necessary drivers software components installed correctly Is the green LED on the ebm papst Bluetooth Adapter illuminated Is the adapter within the wireless range Depending on the conditions the range is approximately 10 20 m but could be shorter in poor conditions Try reducing the distance between the computer and Bluetooth Adapter 35 EC Control User Manual select the desired Bluetooth Adapter from the list of devices found We also recommend that you change the name of the Bluetooth adapter This makes it easier to distinguish multiple ebm papst linked to the PC renamed and prepared for using the selected bus protocol These operations will take a few moments During this process the yellow and red LEDs of the adapter will also be flashing From this point on ensure that before starting EC Contro
8. 47 EC Control User Manual 4 1 3 Structure tree The structure tree contains all groups and their fans Each fan in the system has two addresses m A logical address with which it is administered in EC Control This can be assigned by the user as desired This address is used in the structure tree to identify the fan m A physical address This depends on the bus system used and may only be assigned once for each interface converter The physical address set in the fan must agree with the one set in EC Control for communication to be possible Because they are not dependent on the bus system the fan groups can be freely defined and hierarchically arranged The only thing that has to be ensured is that a group only contains subgroups or fans and not both subgroups and fans Example of hierarchical arrangement of some groups and fans Fab structure ce EF Sy My Fab a Rooml Eh Boome L g MODBUSI_1 H j Rooms m Room 4 Rooms Ror ng Room Fig 4 2 The structure tree Each node of the tree has a status icon If a fan is found that either actively signals a failure red actively signals a warning orange or no longer responds yellow its icon switches from green to the respective colour If the status of the node is still unknown because this fan has not yet been interrogated the icon will be grey The group of the fan and all higher order groups w
9. 5 minute intervals as a consolidated e mail For further details please refer to Chapter 5 8 the USB relay box available as an accessory ebm papst article No 10450 1 0174 In the event of a failure relay 1 is switched which can be used to switch a connected consumer on or off Before you can use this option you have to install the drivers of the relay box These are provided on the EC Control installation CD The procedure for installing drivers is described in Chapter 2 4 If signalling of a failure has been triggered the failure remains pending i e the relay is not reset to the original condition est Using this button you can switch relay 1 as a test 64 EC Control User Manual 5 8 Send e mail notification of fan failure notification to the defined persons in the event of a fan failure When the first failure is detected an e mail is sent immediately Then the failures are sent as batch e mails in a 5 minute cycle This prevents a flood of e mails e g if a complete installation should fail this menu item is called up the following dialogue appears E Mail settings x Recipient options Server options Help Sender information Name Default OEM user Company Max Mustermann GmbH amp Co KG E Mail manuela Musterfrau mustermann de Phone 49 0 1234 567 89012 Recipient Eeg Outgoing mail server Sc a gt Je Server address Port username Password Tyne Name of connect
10. 7 905 fans on each interface converter set to eb mBUS Depending on the interface converter type used this can take as long as 45 minutes or an hour If fans are found they are shown in the list Fans found during the current search operation appear in green are displayed in the yellow panel Fans found in a previous search operation appear in blue and 39 EC Control User Manual fans that were present before the configuration wizard was called up are displayed in black For large size fabs only the fans of the previously selected group are shown each time considerably this way MODBUS MODBUS MODBUS MODBUS MODBUS MODEUS MODEUS MODBUS MODBUS MODELS MODRLS O OF sO AN BR e VA that all fans that are present have been found you can shorten the time required for a search Time left 22 No AP start search E stop search BD enove CoM CoM 127 0 0 1 8000 127 0 0 1 8000 127 0 0 1 8000 l27 0 0 1 8000 l27 0 0 1 8000 127 0 0 1 6000 127 0 0 1 8000 127 0 0 1 5000 127 0901448000 4 KJ Back 3 Gontinue Le Gancel Fan search assistant i Searching connected and preconfigured fans EC Control identifies connected Fans Select those Fans you don t want to be added to the group selected and click delete 00 00 MODBUS ebrm p MODBUS ebm p MODBUS ebm p MODBUS ebrm p MODBUS ebm p MODBUS ebm p MODBUS ebm p MODBUS ebrm p MODBUS ebm p MODBUS ebm p MADRS ehrn He a
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13. Chapter 5 2 shading of the outer icon sa area of a greenfan icon symbolises that the fan is standing still or is running A blue shading shows the actual speed of the fan as a PWM percentage in 10 increments By default black indicates 0 PWM level control coefficient Red The fan is reporting a failure state The type of failure can be taken either from the fan 4a settings mask which can be called up with a double click or from the failure list menu item the fan icon Details of this can be found in Chapter 5 3 sh YellowThe fan has a communication problem but it has responded in the past Check the power supply and bus wiring of the fan sh Orange The fan is reporting a warning state but in contrast to red it is still working The outer I shadow continues to show the actual level control coefficient The warning may however be an indication that the device is likely to fail shortly if the conditions causing the warning are not eliminated e g motor temperature Details about the warning can be found as described above in the fan settings mask or the failure list Grey The status of the fan is unknown as the fan has not yet been interrogated As soon as all fans in the installation have been interrogated at least once there should no longer be any more grey icons These colour symbols are repeated in the structure tree A double click on the fan icon will open the parameter programming mask for the fan concerned
14. Confirm password E Change password x Cancel Fig 5 6 Changing your own password 61 EC Control User Manual 5 5 User administration and the lower order users for this configuration Authorizations and configurations x Configuration User Help BEI 2B8 4 le Configuration eps ebm papst Service Bn Administrator a Customer heen Gema User name Name of person Authorization level Configuration k ustomer Password User name administrator Person name Default Administrator user Authorization level drministrator x oren Password confirmation B Create user x Cancel Fig 5 7 Configurations and users Fig 5 8 Creating a user Username Authorisation level and Password as well as Password confirmation are mandatory fields The Name of person is used in failure notification e mails A user with the right to set up other users can only set up users with his or her own authorisation level or a lower authorisation level For a list of authorisation levels and their authorisations refer to Annex E dialogue in Fig 5 8 appears with the additional feature that the user can be blocked without having to delete him or her A block could be used for example to temporarily suspend a user to prevent the user account from being misused during a temporary absence of the user 62 EC Control User Manual 9 6 Administering configurations EC Control supports
15. EC Control For a few Bluetooth stacks however this may also be shown in the stack dependent Search dialogue The format of the MAC address is XX XX XX XX XX XX where in each case xx represents hexadecimally encoded parts of the MAC address The sixth column specifies which bus protocol is used on the interface converter 1 ebmBUS 2 MODBUS O For each bus system ebmBUS or MODBUS no more than four interface converters may be present in one system Logical group zone this entry defines a logical group The second column specifies the unique ID of the group within the configuration and the third column the parental group for this group The root node has null zero as the ID of the parental group A single entry for the root node must be present even if you do not want to use any more logical groups The fourth column contains the name of the group as shown in the structure tree In the fifth column you can store a file name for a room plan We recommend storing a room plan for the root node only Fan this entry defines a single fan The second column contains the unique ID of the fan which must not overlap with IDs of logical groups The third column contains the ID of the logical group that includes the fan O Logical groups may contain either subgroups or fans However they may not contain both simultaneously The fourth column contains the X position of the fan icon in the room plan relative to the top left corner of th
16. EC Control User Manual The settings made here are applied to all fans in the subgroups of the group currently Once your installation structure has been saved EC Control needs to be closed and restarted for the changes to be correctly adopted EC Control User Manual C Structure of the CSV file format The CSV files required for exporting and importing installation data have the structure described below As the separator between the columns use the character specified under List separator in the operating system If necessary you can view and modify this under Start Settings Contro Panel Regional and Language Options under Edit Here is the example CSV file for the structure tree view shown on the right Cp o e e e e e Noe Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne NAN YN AN NHRC DN O OO ds lt 1 oh Gol Nh ow bee oe ee ree Ore 2 ae F GOM el ae e Ue Be Ocean LGU 2 E Ge Room l oy EPTEDIF 7 2 LS Fani 07 My fab Dackgrou und J pg El F Roomz i room be g parent p r SO SOS 171 42 1 Fan aie 1 Room2e AD R3Fani s a Oe aaee T ZRF i E Room4 toS G27 Jo A Lr 27 kee a 17 ROOM 7 dy OU L0 T gt 17 oe R ran 1 Room4 The first column defines the type of information encoded in the following columns The following keys are currently defined S Separator column separator determined by EC Control when writing the CSV file from the sys
17. Error message due to lack of administrator rights In this case close EC Control and run it under a user account that has administrator rights If necessary ask your system administrator for help From the Desktop you can conveniently run EC 30 EC Control User Manual Control under another user by opening the context menu right clicking the EC Control symbol and Normally the following screen appears Add and configure an interface converter Ethernet interface converter configuration Is the converter to be installed a new one or a converter already used f Used converter i previously contigured Continue x Cancel Help Fig 3 20 Start screen for adding an Ethernet interface converter Here we distinguish between the following two options Setting up a factory new interface converter continue reading at item 1 Configuring an interface converter that has already been used elsewhere continue reading at item 5 You can also use this option to switch to another bus protocol of an existing interface converter Add and configure an interface converter a Ethernet interface converter configuration Step 1 i Your new converter contains a small sticker on one of its small sides This sticker contains something called MAC address It s the text after EN and uniquely identifies your converter Enter it in the fields below It consists of digits 0 9 and characters 4 F MAC addres
18. Excel or most other spreadsheet software programs m The contents of the list can be sent by e mail Recipients are all persons who otherwise automatically receive e mail failure notifications Please refer to Chapter 5 8 Chapter 5 7 m Several failures can be marked and deleted with the command Edit Delete selected failures Failure reaction settings can be used to define a period of time after which recorded failures are deleted 99 5 5 1 EC Control User Manual Further configuration options Display settings You can use Options Display settings to customise many aspects of the EC Control display The following list is sorted according to the tabs shown in the illustration below Display settings i x efault size Fan icon Fan width fiz Pixel Fan height fiz Pixel Default spacing 2 Pixel an icons Default icon Fan_green bmp S Failure icon Fan _red bmp S Warning symbol non critical problem Fan_orange bmp S Icon For no communication Fan _yellow bmp gt Status unknown symbol S Fan_orey bmp S yf CK x Cancel t Help Fig 5 1 Dialogue for adapting the display settings Fan appearance Fan width Width of a fan icon in box display i e very small zoom factor in room plan Figure in pixel Fan height Height of a fan icon in box display i e very small zoom factor in room plan Figure in pixel Default spacing Spacing between fan icons in pixels if th
19. OU esne NN 6 35 Bluetooth Adapter c ccccscssssessesseseeees 9 BO ANCES aiiactsarsastisiotintaparsaaussonianinmoataenon nen 38 Cable break detection cccccssseeereeee 92 Cable break detection voltage c cceee 93 Cancel address assignment ccccceeeee 43 Carry out CIANGES i acsacisenssvecesasietesnantestiacctencse 86 CORON cien 9 14 Change parameters of all subsequent fans 86 Chart of colour range ccccseseeeeseeeeee 63 Closed loop sensor control 91 Closed loop speed control 91 Colour Settings scsctstesccsiavrercescatnclectecesedecusnnced 59 Ga 60 E E AEE RET 57 Communication parity eee eeee eee 94 COMMUNICATION speed cccecccsecseeseeeeeeees 94 Configuration 55 62 63 70 79 80 Configuration Create configuration 63 COMMECION Ype sussistono 66 Context IMCNUs2cieikiceeecisees 48 51 Control deviation cceeesecseeeeesesseesseeneeeees 92 Control parameters ccecceseecseeseeeeeseeeee 92 Control varable sssrinin 91 Controller function s n 92 93 COOMO ee ener terre nek aurrerneneee eee 92 Create new fab from loaded file 0008 17 GOW TE harana 17 28 OKEY Eae oE EN 49 Current controller fUNCtION cccceeseeeeeee 93 Current parameter Set cccccssseeseseeee 91 Curent PWM ean 94 Current sensor valute s e 91 94 Curent Speed imoa a 94 C rent VANC sinesine eaa 91 DC link current a nns 94 P
20. Set USB relais ON error eenn 64 Set value ee a a ere 91 Set value 0 5V oo eccscseessesesesseeeeeeeeeeen 92 Set value O 10V sanea 92 Set value rate 68 91 Setting Display SettingS ccc 47 Settings Fan information ccccceeeeceeeee 60 Snediho UNCION necim 94 Small size TAO dete et co el eae ass 17 18 39 SMTP een net ce ee ne oa 66 Software bus controller oo eeeeeeeeseeeeeeeee 95 Software commutation controller 95 Source for controller function 0 cceeeeee 92 Source for sensor value ee eeeeeeeeesteeeeeereess 92 Source of rotating direction cccceeeeeee 93 Source Of set value oo eeeseeeseeeesenteeeeseeeees 91 Standard colour 57 Start Settings Control Panel 15 SIUS errai bar enncenes eee ceatedeuecace eee 47 91 Status UNKNOWN ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseneeeeeeeneeeeess 57 Status UNKNOWN SYMDOL c cece ees 57 SLOP DIN a 30 SOP Seal a a 40 Structure TOC cee ccceecsesseessecsesseseseseeeseeteeees satan 21 23 46 47 48 49 51 57 60 79 82 RIDING Geena lea osmaamieneens 41 Switching interval 0 cece ceceeeeteeteeeeeeeeeeeees 69 System requirements cccseseseeseeseeeeeeeees 9 TaD KOV oen 52 TOMP rature ccccccccccsecsesssessessseeseeseeeees 91 TESCDURON irissen 64 Testena innin a Wanaaeeeas 67 Text below fan ICON sesser 57 Threshold heating function Off ccee 94 Threshold heating function on ccceee 94 UNC AAA A
21. System login EC Control ebmpapst ebm papst GmbH amp Co KG D 74673 Mulfingen version 2 00 Build 210 Ark Mo 25714 2 0199 ser login Fab name customer o User name oo Password PF O Language Enis O 2 Login x Cancel Fig 3 1 The login screen The language for the screen texts has been already been set by default during the installation If necessary you can change it here EC Control gives you the ability to store multiple fan installations on the same computer Select the installation to be used on the login screen By default two installations are predefined of which only the Customer installation is intended for use by customers Enter your username and password and click Login The data for the selected configuration are loaded The following user accounts have been predefined for the Customer installation Username Password Purpose Demo Demo User without the right to change settings Ideal for unsupervised trade fair demonstrations Suitable for monitoring installations for example authorisation level EC Control User Manual When you log into an installation for the first time EC Control asks whether you want to run the configuration wizard You should normally answer this question with Yes Where necessary experts can also use the old method for configuration For more information refer to Annex B 3 1 Configuration using the wizard The wizard guides you through all necessary steps for c
22. added The user friendliness of a few dialogues has been improved These can now be closed using the Enter key if all relevant fields have been filled in Otherwise an error message appears a preview of the selected room plan graphic making it more user friendly A few error corrections have also been incorporated The following are noteworthy m The voltage for the cable break detection MODBUS 4 00 or higher can now be set correctly m The error history of eomBUS fans is now also output correctly for the second and third last errors inthe configuration wizard the search for Bluetooth adapters is now much more reliable Previously many search operations were required until the adapter was found Additionally crashes could occur if multiple Bluetooth interfaces were present on a computer Though rare this specific case now also works reliably m A modified floor plan is now also stored correctly in the configuration wizard EC Control User Manual 1 3 Safety instructions Please read through this manual carefully before starting work Not paying attention to the following warnings and instructions may lead to malfunctions and failures Make sure the manual is kept within to hand at the place where the software is in use If the software is sold or passed on to third parties installation instruction and manual have to be passed on as well In order to inform about potential risks and how best to avoid them these installatio
23. and clicked Login see Fig 3 1 Windows asks in the dialogue shown in Fig A 4 whether communication with the other component of EC Control is to be permitted Windows Security Alert E x r To help protect your computer Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program Do you want to keep blocking this program u Hame Fan communication component Publisher ebm papst GmbH amp Co KG Keep Blocking Unblock Ask Me Later Windows Firewall has blocked this program from accepting connections from the Internet or a network IF you recognize the program or trust the publisher you car unblock it When should unblock a program Fig A 4 Security warning of the Windows XP firewall If you use Windows 7 and find errors when synchronising the database data when you start EC Control for the first time you likely have to likewise configure a rule for TCP Port 3050 The status of the rest of the settings for the rule Finally assign a name for the rule We suggest using Firebird and enabling the rule 12 EC Control User Manual Configuring a static IP address To configure a static IP in Windows XP you need administrator rights In Windows XP configure a static IP address for your computer as follows 1 Open Start Settings Network Connections Select the relevant network connection Normally this is following window will appear General Advanced Connect using E VMware Accelerat
24. as the centre point Starting from which you can zoom in or out 46 EC Control User Manual By marking an area with the mouse Here click on the top left corner of the desired area and hold the mouse key Now move the mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the desired area and release the mouse key m Using the keyboard Ctri lt gt Control key and Plus key to zoom in Ctrl lt gt Control key and Minus key to Zoom out make the view smaller In Zoom mode when the display is larger there are scroll bars on the edges of the room plan that can be used to move the section displayed Depending on the zoom level selected value is variable fans are shown either as an icon or as a coloured box The meaning of the colours and of the appearance of the icons can be adapted to your own wishes using Settings Display settings If you increase the zoom factor beyond a configurable threshold up to three information messages are displayed in text form below the fan icon Refer to Chapter 5 3 for an explanation of how you can configure this information such as the actual speed or status The colours in the box display room plan view at low zoom factor have default meanings explained in the following but can still be configured The respective icon is still displayed at higher zoom levels but can be exchanged for another if desired as described in Chapter 5 1 A black or blue colour palette can be configured refer to
25. circuit board connect the green power connector and apply power For at least 30 seconds unplug the green power connector unset the two jumpers e close the housing reconnect green power connector and apply power Location of jumper closed Help with item 1 34 EC Control User Manual 3 2 3 Bluetooth article 21501 1 0174 To configure the Bluetooth Adapter on the PC it is not necessary to configure it first using the PC s own Bluetooth software Bluetooth stack All configuration steps are carried out by EC Control Before configuring the Bluetooth Adapter ensure that Bluetooth is enabled on your laptop a corresponding USB Bluetooth Adapter is connected to your PC and the necessary drivers have been configured Now connect the ebm papst Bluetooth Adapter to your fan Connect the red lead of the cable to 20 V or 15 V the blue lead to Gnd the yellow lead to RSA and the white lead to RSB Plug the adapter into the cable and switch on the fan The green LED of the Bluetooth Adapter should now be illuminated If not check the wiring and power supply Now use the screen shown here as follows to configure your Bluetooth Adapter Add and configure an interface converter k Bluetooth interface converter configuration al Connect your Bluetooth adaptor now then click search gt Search J a gt iy Select the Bluetooth adapter to be used Jebmpapst R5465 00 80 25 08 14 06
26. erwe E Mein Arbeitsplatz mi 4 h Testzonel 2 o Benicia 2 Ventilator 2 he ebmBUS Ventilator 1 Testzonez 7 Testracko r bet 319 193 v 499 ltbhumrma I Test Steuerrechner parallel 10 02 2009 we Fig B 4 The structure tree starts at the root node Apart from its name the root node also has subordinate group nodes or it may be directly connected to the fans on smaller installations Because the root node acts like a group it may only contain either groups or fans but not both together A room plan is usually assigned to the root node The fan icons will later be positioned on this room plan a graphics file in BMP or JPG format On smaller installations a completely white graphic may suffice However on larger installations it is advisable to depict the actual layout of the building The layout supports administration and thus diagnosis and troubleshooting Information on the efficient use of the tree can be found in section 4 A room plan graphic should if possible have the same height length ratio as the screen on which you are using EC Control We also recommend selecting a resolution for the room plan graphic that is higher than the as this allows EC Control to show enlarged views zoom with greater depth of detail Please note however that large room plans will require greater system resources especially on computers that are not so fast and that EC Control will then respond more slowly in
27. factor is enabled in the detail window Miscellaneous settings Display time Time in seconds that the message bubbles such as those used to display the fan position are visible 57 EC Control User Manual i MODBUS1_1 x phys Adr 1 192 168 0 10 5000 log Adr MODBUSI_I rt MODBUS ebm papst Standard Fig 5 2 Message bubble for displaying the fan position Background picture when no room plan is storedlf there is no room plan stored for the root node of the installation the picture given by this setting will be displayed when the root node of the structure tree is selected Lock screen after Time in minutes after which the login dialogue will appear following inactivity by the user The value 0 completely deactivates the screen lock Automatically mark groups f this checkbox is activated groups will be highlighted according to the settings Colour for groups and Transparency on the Colours tab 08 EC Control User Manual 5 2 Chart of colour range In the room plan EC Control shows the actual level control coefficient of each fan in colour in 10 desired Double click to change the colour in the line concerned The colour selection dialogue shown on the right opens Chart of colour range x Double click opens settings dialogue Define Custom Colors gt gt l 2 Cancel Cancel Fig 5 3 Managing the colour palette Fig 5 4 Selecting a colour Edit Help x ld e SAOS 21x F ae
28. fan actually realises the value controlled via set value Operating mode The control mode determines the actuation procedure the fan uses There are the following control modes to be chosen from PWM control of the motor output stage the degree of control is given in percent equivalent to 0 10 V interface Closed loop speed control A speed is given directly in rom Closed loop sensor control Here an external sensor returns the control variable For example this can be a temperature or pressure The type of sensor can be freely defined The set value is to be kept at a constant With MODBUS the control mode depends on the active parameter set Status Indicates the current status of the fan If there is no alarm the text will read Fan OK The field is then given a coloured background with the colour corresponding to the status For example warnings will be marked orange as standard Further information about these colours and settings can be found in Chapters 4 and 5 1 Source of set value Here you can define the sort of source for the set value you would like to be used analogue input of the fan or a set value sent via RS485 Bus Parameter set source MODBUS Here it is defined whether the two parameter sets are selected via the MODBUS RS485 Bus or via an external switch terminal Din 2 or Din 3 Parameter set MODBUS When switching the parameter set via bus you determine which of the two para
29. fixing of set values the bypass function must be deactivated Rotating direction fail safe mode MODBUS 5 00 or higher Here you can define a separate direction of rotation for fail safe speed operation However you also have the option to keep the same direction of rotation that was used before fail safe operation started Cable break detection voltage MODBUS 4 00 or higher Here the threshold can be configured beginning at which the system assumes a cable break for analogue set value input If the value falls below this threshold the emergency running speed is activated Controller function Current controller function Indicates the current controller function However this only applies in control mode Closed loop sensor control Max speed rotation monitoring MODBUS 4 00 or higher If the speed falls below the value configured here the fan evaluates this as an error and signals this at the alarm relay and via bus 93 EC Control User Manual Delay relay MODBUS 5 00 or higher Errors are signalled via relay only if they are pending for at least the time configured here This way you can prevent the fault relay from being triggered for temporary errors Threshold heating function on off MODBUS 5 00 or higher The switch on and switch off temperatures for the motor pre heating are configured here Pre heating takes place if the temperature falls below the on value heating is ended after the temperature exceeds the
30. off value While pre heating is active the fan shows a warning Sheding function MODBUS 5 00 or higher This function can be switched on in order to free impellers that have frozen in place from the ice by attempting to start them up in both directions in alternation While this function is active a corresponding warning is issued for the respective fan Max start PWM shake off MODBUS 5 00 or higher The shake loose function of an impeller works by increasing the force through raising the PWM level control coefficient with each additional start up attempt This parameter defines the maximum duty cycle used Max number of start attempts MODBUS 5 00 or higher Defines how many shake loose attempts are made before giving up and reporting a Fan locked error Motor derating MODBUS The Motor derating category includes both a power module based and a motor temperature based derating The start and end temperatures of the limit and the maximum motor power at the end point of the limit are displayed The motor temperature derating is available for protocol generation 9 00 or higher only Communication speed MODBUS 4 00 or higher Here you can configure the baud rate used for communication with the fan Note that EC Control also has to be switched over This setting should not be modified without good reason Communication parity MODBUS 4 00 or higher Here you can configure the parity and number of stop bits used for communication wit
31. only configure a single fan you may enter any value you wish providing this is greater than zero If several fans are to be generated these will always be arranged in While the configuration dialogue depicted in Fig 3 5 is open you can simply move the fan icons around the room plan with the mouse Simply click on the top left of the area to be moved with the left mouse button and pull out a red selection panel Now you can move this using the mouse together with all the fan icons it contains 84 EC Control User Manual B 5 3 Set device type and interface The fan s generated are now configured in the tree and on the room plan However three further settings are required to enable EC Control to communicate with these Each of these fans still needs a Device type which defines the functions supported by the respective fan You also have to specify the interface which EC Control can use to communicate with the fan and a physical fan address which is the fan s house number so to speak Physically the interface is represented by an interface converter and must first be configured in EC Control as described in Chapter 3 3 above Each fan in an installation must have a unique address Within the installation this may only be assigned once even if the installation uses several interface converters All ebm papst fans have the Same address when they are delivered For MODBUSdevices this is address 1 On eomBUS devices it is Group 1 f
32. realised The function works together with the output function Source for controller function MODBUS With MODBUS compatible fans the controller function of the sensor control can be set either via bus RS485 Bus or by hardware switch terminal Din3 or Din2 The source for controller function determines which switching mechanism is used Set value 0 5V Set value 5 10 V eomBUS V3 If the set value input is on digital mode the decision which set value is allocated with a level of 5 10V set value High at the set value input and which set value is given with a level of 0 5V set value Low at the set value input is made here 92 EC Control User Manual Analog input function ebmBUS V3 Switch between analogue 0 10V and digital evaluation of analogue set value input Can only be set if set value source is analogue Fan address Device address Here you can set fan group and fan number or device address with MODBUS If for instance numerous fans are networked they should be connected one after the other and each of them should be allocated a unique address Initially all fans have the default settings Group 1 Fan 1 with ebmBUS V3 or Address 1 with MODBUS Direction of rotation Running direction of the motor according to ebm papst definition as seen on the rotor Source of rotating direction MODBUS 3 02 or higher For MODBUS devices with MODBUS protocol version 3 02 or higher you can choose between changing th
33. search finds a fan with an address that is already assigned in the installation a message appears offering to change the address of the fan automatically to the next available address Answer Yes to the question if you want the detected address conflict to be resolved automatically If you answer No the fan found is not added to the system due to the address conflict If you are in Small size fab mode continue reading at item 4 in Chapter 3 1 1 Otherwise skip to item 8 in Chapter 3 1 2 3 3 2 Adding already addressed fans This is the correct option if your fans already have the necessary unique address and are already wired Your fans must be connected to the power supply The following dialogue appears Fan search assistant oo i i Searching connected and preconfigured fans Ec Control identifies connected Fans Select those Fans you don t want to be added to the group selected and click delete A Start search stop search SF Remove Type t MODBUS protocol the entire possible address space addresses 1 247 is searched each time If you are using ebmBUS the address space for the search depends on whether you have started the For Small size fabs only the first five fan groups are searched for existing fans Thus the search process is significantly faster than for the large size fab m For large size fabs the search includes the entire eomBUS address space i e all 255 groups and thus a maximum of
34. system This allows you to increase the maximum number of fans that can be managed using EC Control configured from a CSV file Suitable CSV files can be created by exporting a configured installation from EC Control or manually using spreadsheet software For more details refer to Chapter 3 3 4 For information about the structure of CSV files refer to Annex C 17 EC Control User Manual The following subchapters explain these three options separately Thus you only have to read the subchapter that describes the type of setup you have chosen 3 1 1 Configuring a small size fab 1 The first step is to configure an interface converter The following screen appears Fan search assistant Managing interface converters Here you can set up your interface converters Each configuration needs at least one interface converter Converters with Fans assigned cannot be deleted Wadd h Delete B Edit Replace Ul Computer 3 Back Continue x Cancel Help Fig 3 3 Configuring an interface converter 2 Click Add The following screen appears Add and configure an interface converter Select interface converter type Fig 3 4 Selecting the interface converter to be added For the details on configuring the respective interface converter types refer to the subchapters of Chapter 3 2 Note that each fan must have a unique address All ebm papst fans have the same address when t
35. that allows factory new fans that all still have the same address to be configured step by step To do so add one fan to the installation at a time and initiate a search EC Control will detect the fan automatically and reassign it automatically to the next available address Then you can connect the next fan and the process begins again from the beginning This is continued until all new fans have been added to the installation They now all have a unique ebmBUS or MODBUS address and can be used by EC Control At the beginning of the process 43 EC Control User Manual the message screen shown below appears The procedure shown on this screen is described later in this chapter Fan search assistant 1 H f Manually installing fans EC Contral has Found that your Fans are not equipped with the new auto addressing Functionality This means that all Fans need to be added one by one The general workFlow is as Follows 1 Only connect the First Fan to your interface converter 2 Click on Start search 3 EC Contral Finds your new Fan and assigns a unique address to ik 4 EC Contral tells you bo add the next Fan now IF Further Fans are to be connected do as advised and proceed with step 2 otherwise click on Continue 5 To start this procedure now click on Continue J Back Continue x Cancel Help Fig 3 35 Message screen for semiautomatic configuration Click Ne
36. the second option If you use MODBUS as the bus protocol and all of your fans are capable of automatic address assignment when you use the second option the necessary addresses are assigned automatically in this way Then in the next step EC Control will determine automatically if this address assignment method can be used If not a semiautomatic method is used Here you have to select the logical group to which the fans added to the installation during this pass are to be assigned You can only select groups that do not have any additional subgroups If you want to split your fans up into different groups the rest of the process allows you to do exactly Fig 3 14 continue with Chapter 3 3 2 first option or Chapter 3 3 3 second option After reading the corresponding subchapter continue with item 8 26 EC Control User Manual 8 After adding one or more fans to a group you have the option to add more fans to another logical done so already The following screen appears Fan search assistant p gU oe IE T fi Finish fab setup The Fans of this group have been added to EC Control What do you want to a next f Choose another group to add Fans to f Save and Finish fab setup 9 If you have added MODBUS fans with a recent manufacturing date about model year 2010 or later to your system EC Control now reads out detailed information about the capabilities of these devices This process may take a momen
37. to be programmed in the room plan opens the configuration dialogue with all fans that are assigned to or under the selected node This enables you to implement interrogations and settings for multiple fans in succession more quickly as you do not have to close and reopen the configuration dialogue each time You can simply select the desired fan from the list inside the configuration dialogue The settings dialogue looks like this whereby the parameters displayed depend on the capability of the fan concerned and the rights of the user Fan settings E i Actions Help i aai gt e MODBUS1_ 1 evice shown Logical device address Physical address Device type pie Device status El Settings z Parameter set 1 gt Parameter set 2 2 Sensor settings Ms Input curve 1 z Input curve 2 gt Output curve Set value ramp Direction of rotation Fail save function ke Limits 2 Communication parameters Load Save Information H Actual values be Device data Electronics Bee Input values Ei i Limits of Set MODBUS1 1 1 i Cope MODBUS ebm papst Standard Set value fi Source of set value R5485 Bus Save set value to EEPROM E Current Fiii Current speed rpm current parameter set Active operating mode Source of parameter switch Current controller Function Source For controller Function Status Press F1 to get help on the currently selected Fan parameter F
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39. 9 The timer EC Control has a built in timer EC Control must be running while the timer is used Depending on the bus system used the timer enables you to do the following m For MODBUS switch between parameter set 1 and parameter set 2 This enables all parameters of the corresponding parameter set at once A Switching between parameter sets functions only for fans for which Parameter set source is set to Bus RS485 m For ebmBUS you can switch between two different set value rates for the set value This enables you to implement two different setpoint levels Fans with Sensor control operating mode should not be switched over using the timer as changing the set value rate factor Set value rate fan parameter will cause unpredictable behaviour in the control The status of the timer on off is indicated by the following two icons in front of the menu item a Timer is enabled ES Timer is disabled Time switch settings X Automatic periodic switching of Fans GREEN Select Fans to be switched and switch times Va a Delete all Delete selected on 4dd selected nodes Activate time switch Fig 5 14 Selecting the nodes for timer operation 68 EC Control User Manual Here select the fans and groups you want to include in the automatic switchover The easiest way to do this is to drag and drop elements of the structure tree into the list highlighted in yellow In doing so you can combine MODBUS and ebmBUS dev
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42. Otherwise it is placed above the symbol Group colour If in the structure tree you select the node of a group of the lowest level i e a group that contains fans only you can assign colours to them according to the setting for Automatically mark groupsin the room plan This setting can be used to define the colour By principle the marking of a group is rectangular and may include fans that are not part of the group depending on the location of the fans Transparency This controller is used to define how intensely the room plan should appear through the group markings The scale ranges from 0 no transparency to 100 marking completely transparent Zoom Step 1 Indicates the zoom factor in percent from which the box display changes to symbol display Step 2 Indicates the zoom factor in percent from which information is displayed under or over the fan icon with font size 6 points Step 3 Indicates the zoom factor in percent from which information is displayed under or over the fan icon with font size 8 points Step 4 Indicates the zoom factor in percent from which information is displayed under or over the fan icon with font size 10 points Adjust fan icon when zooming If this checkbox is activated the fan symbol will be made larger or smaller when zooming Otherwise the symbol will always be displayed in its basic size Default zoom Indicates the zoom factor used as standard when the detail window is opened in zoom
43. P address on the accompanying label Insert the label into the plastic sleeve and glue the sleeve to the interface converter Then you always have the IP address of the interface converter at hand when you need it 33 EC Control User Manual 5 You have selected the option Used interface converter The following dialogue appears Used Ethernet interface converter configuration f The IP address is known Connect your interface converter and enter its IP address i 0 o i JE The IP address is unknown Gne X cancel onp Fig 3 24 Configuring a used Ethernet interface converter Normally you will know the IP address of the interface converter as it should be on the small label inside the plastic sleeve affixed to the converter If this is not the case or you want to change the IP other case enter the IP address click Next and continue with item 3 6 As you have specified that you do not know the IP address or because the assigned address no longer matches the active network environment the following dialogue appears Add and configure an interface converter Handling of unknown IP address Follow these steps to reset your interface converter to Factory defaults unplug green power connector plug in the DESIR5485 connector and tighten its screws hold the housing of the converter and pull on the DBS RS485 plug the housing should come open place the two jumpers on the printed
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45. ady to use 3 1 3 Loading a saved installation You can use this option to conveniently load an installation configuration from a CSV file The prerequisite for this is that someone has already created the fan installation in another EC Control that you have created a CSV file manually in an editor or spreadsheet software program of your choice For a description of the structure of the EC Control CSV file format refer to Annex C The CSV file stores all relevant data of an installation including Data of all interface converters to be configured e g type and address Name of all logical groups and their relationships to each other as well as the path and file name of the room plan m Name and address of all fans as well as their room plan position and group assignment If you call up this option the standard File Open dialogue of the operating system appears Select the CSV file to be loaded and click Open Depending on the volume of data it contains it may take some time to load Then EC Control reloads the active configuration thus activating the loaded installation data 28 EC Control User Manual If the CSV file contains another fan installation exported from another EC Control software installation when loading the file the interface converters connected to the computer should if possible have the same addresses If they do not you have to switch the interface converters using the large size fab mode of the c
46. all size fab mode continue with item 4 in Chapter 3 1 1 Otherwise skip to item 8 in Chapter 3 1 2 45 EC Control User Manual 4 Basic information about using the software This chapter describes the most frequently used program functions For information on how to use advanced functions and how you can adapt the application even more to your personal needs refer to Chapter 5 4 1 Navigation user system interface The EC Control user system interface consists essentially of three sections m Main menu Room plan with fan icons on the right hand side mM Structure tree usually docked on the left hand side as shown here Toolbar for the Main menu room plan alaiki Fie view Options Help Toolbar for the F structure tree f gt My Fab Rooml f Room2 mopsusi_1 Structure tree gt E Rooma B Room E Rooms Room plan gt Rooms gt Room x 593 269 y 630 345 EEEE nN E ArT y Fig 4 1 The EC Control user interface 4 1 1 Main menu This is where all program functions other than the dialogue for viewing and editing fan parameters are Annex B All other menu items that are not self explanatory are described in Chapter 5 4 1 2 Room plan In the room plan you can use the mouse or keyboard to select the size of the display zoom between 100 and 3 000 Zooming works as follows m Using the mouse wheel which uses the current position of the mouse cursor
47. an 1 When commissioning the installation you must therefore connect up the fans in order and change the address of the last fan connected before connecting the next fan This can be done using the fan parameters dialogue depicted in Chapter 4 3 Fig 4 4 The address format for ebmBUS fans is G L whereby G is the group address 1 255 and L is the fan address within the group 1 31 If you enter the fan address now you must ensure later when you are connecting the fans that you give each device the correct address in the fan parameters dialogue Otherwise the arrangement of fans in the room plan will not agree with the actual addresses It is possible to assign addresses later by To select the correct device type m f your fan is equipped with MODBUS always select MODBUS Standard as device type f your fan has an ebmBUS interface select ebmBUS V3 Assigning an incorrect device type to a fan will inevitably cause communications problems with the fan concerned If necessary you can find out which bus system your fan uses from the catalogue Assigning the device type and interface can be done either for each fan individually or for complete groups of fans To program these parameters individually the fan concerned must be clicked on in the yellow highlighted tree section The device type can now be selected from the list and the interface to which the fan is connected can be selected from the tree Again here the position of t
48. aytime nighttime or summer winter modes For a list of possible settings and what they mean refer to Annex D 4 3 2 Additional information about MODBUS compatible fans For MODBUS compatible fans the configuration options vary depending on the version number of the fan s operating software You can find out which protocol version the fan supports under Information Device data The following list provides a rough overview of the most important changes to existing protocol versions Protocol version 3 02 identifier 6 o Support of two sensor mode for sensor control o Functions that can be assigned to digital inputs can now be assigned to either Din2 or Din3 This also allows you to assign multiple options to the same digital input o Support of reversing the direction of rotation can be switched either via bus command or digital input Protocol version 4 00 identifier 7 o Support of cable break detection for the analogue set value input o Support of using alternative communication parameters baud rate parity stop bits 4 3 3 Saving displayed fan settings a log of the settings These log files can be prepared in table form using common spreadsheet software In these files the column separator character configured in the operating system is used as the column separator In the U S this is the comma The protocol does not allow settings to be transmitted to other fans 53 EC Control User Manual If the contents of mult
49. b Background image Programme EC Controlibackground2 jpg l Carry out changes Change parameter of all subsequent Fans Device type zj Computer and interfaces A Interfaceeintrag l schen m 127 0 0 1 Save changes Zone ID 1 Fig B 10 Once you have set up a group and made this the active group you can set up subgroups using 83 EC Control User Manual dialogue appears aE Add Fan s Ioj x Farental group Gruppe 1 Fan names Number of Fans rr ee Numbering at end of name as placeholder For leading zeros Position Y Fosition Margin Direction of alignment fio Jaccross aja dd Fan x Cancel Fig B 11 fans The fans will then use the name you entered supplemented by a continuous number sequence lf characters are attached to a fan name these will be replaced with a continuous number sequence If the number has fewer spaces than there are characters leading zeros will be added X and Y indicate the co ordinates of the top left corner of the first fan to be entered in the room plan stored for the group These co ordinates can easily be identified by moving the dialogue to the side and moving the mouse over the room plan The corresponding X and Y co ordinates are then shown in the EC Control status bar If you generate several fans the margin in pixels indicates how much space there is between the fan icons If you
50. base used by EC Control EC Control stores all configurations and user settings and the failure list in a database file This can be found in the EC Control application data directory usually C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data EC Control and is called eccontrol fdb When you have closed EC Control down completely you can copy this file to create a backup In the event that you need to load a copy of this you must first make sure that EC Control is completely closed as the file could otherwise be blocked by the database system in use In case of doubt restart the computer You can then copy your backup copy via the eccontrol fdb file in the directory mentioned above Now when you start EC Control the status is exactly as at the time the backup was made Of course any changes you made in the meantime are lost 19 EC Control User Manual B Configuring EC Control using the previous method This chapter includes all information for configuring EC Control that was in the manual for Version 1 00 This information is found in Chapter 2 5 and Chapter 3 This information has been retained as an installation can still configured in this way in V2 00 and this procedure offers somewhat more flexibility for experienced users B 1 Configuration of Ethernet RS485 interface converters The Ethernet interface converters make it possible to integrate fans at any point in an existing computer network However in all cases it is ne
51. be used and enter the interface address of the IP address of the interface converter If you are using a serial RS232 interface the interface address could be for example COM1 If you are using an Ethernet interface converter 192 168 0 2 8000 could be a valid address The part in front of the colon is the address assigned by you to the interface converter and the addix 8000 is always to be added by you The number 8000 is identical for all Ethernet interface converters 81 EC Control User Manual If you wish to add further interface converters simply select the computer entry 127 0 0 1 and repeat the steps described above cancel all changes you have just made B 5 Configuring your installation structure and the fans The next and final step is to configure the groups and fans of your installation To do this call up the Edit Export Help EO SS 4B e ebmBUS3 Change parameter of all subsequent fans Device type x Computer and interfaces Oil Interfaceeintrag l schen f 127 0 0 1 Fig B 8 The window comprises three sections m Acontext based menu and a corresponding button bar m The possible settings for the selected node from the structure tree are displayed in the yellow panel E inthe right hand section of the window the possible settings for the node selected in the left hand section are displayed This dialogue has an Undo function However this does not make it pos
52. bus system ebmBUS or MODBUS Combined operation of different bus systems on one interface converter is not possible ak Optional Computer with USB or RS232 interface Interface converter e g USB or RS232 e Fig 2 1 Small size fab For larger installations gt 1 000 fans for eobmBUS or more than 247 fans for MODBUS we recommend splitting up the fans between multiple interface converters as shown in Figure 2 2 preferably Ethernet RS485 converters In EC Control these have faster response times compared to other interface converter types In the case of the Ethernet RS485 interface converter a conventional Ethernet switch may also be required to connect several interface connectors to the PC or to integrate the converter into a larger network For optimum performance in this case the fans should be driven by a separate network card used specifically for this purpose In addition to improved response time performance the large size fab shown in Figure 2 2 also features increased reliability as if one interface converter fails access is lost only to those fans connected to the PC via this interface converter EC Control User Manual USB relay box external signalling of faults Optional J IP address e g 192 168 0 1 Ethernet TCP IP IP address e g IP address e g IP address e g 192 168 0 2 Fig 2 2 Large size fab Several Ethernet RS485 interface converters are connected via a swi
53. cct tecan age ed 93 Nera nna 41 85 Interface converter a n 9 77 79 81 a la lc eee mentee toe ane cremate tee at areer mere 66 P addres S scat he hasce ccccaie sree 76 8 OV DOAN occo 47 LAN DSL router 66 Language e donssa 16 80 Large Size fa Dane 17 39 Lock screen after ooo eeeeseeseesestseeentreeeens 58 LOO TAUTOS isecen ioa 64 LOGIC ACGICS S oireen 48 HOQICAM OL OUP runan 23 OGM sae caeceaae S 16 80 WAS eeen eae 76 78 MARES RE ree erence wae ree eee 67 Max number of start attempts 08 94 Max permissible speed cccseeseeseeeeees 93 Max permitted PWM ccccssesssesseeteees 93 Max speed rotation monitoring 0008 93 Max start PWM shake off eee 94 Maximum sensor value ccesceesseeseeseeeseees 92 Maximum SPCCd ccceecesecssscsessseessecseeeseees 93 Message DUDDIC cise scstzzewsiseseetncesensierecceieae 57 Microsoft Excel ceecceeeeeseeceseeseeeeeesseeeeeees 55 Min permitted PWM cccccsesseseeseeeteees 93 Min Max PWM 92 Minimum sensor value n 92 Miscellaneous settings cccccccceesecseeeees 57 MODBUS 11 12 39 41 68 77 85 WO CCIM era 66 MONIO teac seein eases kena 9 12 50 MOLON GETAO eiiie 94 Motor stop enable cceccseesesesseeteees 92 Motor temperature ccccccsccsecsssesseeeseees 94 MOUS C czcoscesecacvetcec cot encesscen csacnsseersacconceemees 9 47 Mouse CUSO naa 46 Mouse
54. cessary to configure the interface converter as described below Should you encounter problems in configuring or commissioning an interface converter please consult your responsible network administrator or your ebm papst contact directly Before commissioning the interface converter please make sure you have the following information and items to hand 1 The MAC Media Access Control address of the interface converter This is printed on a small label on the interface converter behind the text EN It consists of a 6 part sequence of characters made up of the numbers 0 9 and the letters A F 2 The static fixed IP addressassigned to the converter EC Control will use this address to communicate with the converter The IP address has the format aaa bbb ccc ddd You can usually obtain this from your network administrator If there is no network administrator you will have to assign a free IP address yourself If the interface converter is connected directly to a PC the address can be assigned without any problem In this case only Ethernet interface converters procured from ebm papst should be connected to the network card concerned An Ethernet switch will be needed to connect up several converters You then only have to identify the IP address of your PC This cannot be shared as it is not permissible for two devices in the same network to have the same address To determine your own IP address proceed as follows C gt ipconfig all W
55. d faurelistenties interface LS LS L Customise user system interface User administration own omen us setupehange wren smiths gts fog on contraton S Program language TAR Change language of user system interface Own password e Change own password Logof sss us The user may log off and thus close the software Block program bes ies Block screen for input List own rights hele List all rights for own user List other rights ela List all rights of any user for current configuration Acknowledge failure Acknowledge fan failure in failure list Set fan data Change fan parameters Timer settings Switch timer on and off and modify settings Log settings bis Sill iat Write the current settings to a CSV file Key L Read right S Write right 98 EC Control User Manual Keyword index Actual level control coefficient 56 59 Actual Speed asimana a N 47 Aad Fel aa ost eaecetzcantiscnaeectaatas 84 Adjust fan icon when ZOOMING s s s 57 AGODE REAGEN acai a aN 14 Analog input fUnCtion ccccccceeeseeeeeees 93 Authorisation level c ccccccsssssssseesesseeees 62 Automatic address assignment 0008 41 Automatically mark QrOupS cccee 57 58 Automatically print failure report 0008 64 PAULODIAY eenn N 14 Background picture when no room plan IS SOTE ra a aN 58 Ba d Talara eusporntenonatn 30 BIAC r E 40 DIOCK USG ncaa nS 62 BIC APE E A AE E E AEAT 39 PIE TO
56. e direction of rotation via MODBUS command RS485 Bus or switching via digital input Din2 or Din3 Maximum speed Reference speed for scaling speed allows limiting the set value that can be programmed in the control mode speed control Max permissible speed Safety limit of the maximum speed in upwards direction cannot be adjusted by the customer Min permitted PWM Limits the setting range of the Min PWM parameter downwards Max permitted PWM Limits the setting range of the Max PWM parameter upwards Ramp up time Run down time Defines the period of time that can elapse between the fan being switched on and the maximum speed being reached or between maximum speed and fan standstill This is particularly advisable for configuring a soft start of the fan Input curve Here the co ordinates of two points can be numerically entered to define the curve of the analogue set value input Scenarios such as 1V at input effects full level control and 10V effects level control coefficient of 0 PWM can then be realised for example Fail safe speed function MODBUS This function is used to effect an automatic activation of a fixed set value in the event of bus communications with the fan failing Communication is considered to have failed if no MODBUS query is received for a defined period The bypass function can be activated and deactivated and the set value and the defined period of time dead time can be specified With analogue
57. e option you select here continue reading at the specified item m Ifyou select have connected one single fan continue reading at item 6 This option is intended m Ifyou select have several fans continue reading at item 7 This option allows you to either add continue reading at item 9 24 EC Control User Manual 6 As you are in Large size fab mode a dialogue is displayed in which you have to select the logical group to which to add the fans in the following step Select group to add fans to Select the group your new Fans shall belong to Only groups which do not contain subgroups may be selected EF My Fab E Roomi gt Roome b MODBUSL_1 1 192 168 0 10 8000 E Rooms gay kooni oo Sy Rooms E Room Room GREEN A KJ Back ie Continue x Cancel t Help Fig 3 13 Selecting a logical group 25 EC Control User Manual dialogue Is displayed Fan search assistant i i i D y r Fi i ri H AL How to add fans f My fans are preconfigured already addressed e g existing Fab My Fans are Grand new tI conmect them for the First time select this option also iF you are unsure whether they are already addressed or not Genk oae Xea one Fig 3 14 Options for setting up multiple fans lf all your fans are already wired and equipped with different device addresses select the first option In all other cases or if you are not sure select
58. e room plan The fifth column contains the corresponding Y position Both must be specified in pixels as the unit The sixth column contains the physical address of the fan on the bus This address differs depending on the bus protocol For ebmBUS the encoding is Group Fan where Group can have values from 1 255 and Fan can have values from 1 31 Examples 1 1 Group 1 Fan 1 or 255 31 Group 255 Fan 31 m For MODBUS the address is simply a number in the range from 1 247 Of course the address must match that configured in the fan as otherwise no communication with the device is possible Each address may occur only once per interface converter The seventh column specifies the device profile of the fan This principally defines which parameters the fan knows and how they are encoded etc Currently only the following two device profiles exist EC Control User Manual 1 MODBUS ebm papst Standard 4 ebmBUS V3 standard profile The eighth column contains the ID of the interface converter at which the fan is connected The last column contains the logical name of the fan as shown in the structure tree Tip Configure a simple installation in EC Control first then export it as a CSV file You then have a template that you can use for later expansions The CSV files listed here can be edited using a text editor and most spreadsheet programs However note that the file is stored in ANSI format not in Unicode format EC Contro
59. e structure tree requires at least this node Groups or fans can be set up under this Room plan graphic A graphic must be stored for the node with the name of the base structure If only subgroups have a room plan the company logo can also be stored here for example Graphic formats currently supported are BMP and JPG When it has been newly set up the configuration immediately contains a user account This has the same login name and the same authorisation level as the user account currently being used The new user has the password init 63 EC Control User Manual 5 7 Reactions to fan failures x Options Help ettings For active configuration Delete Failures older than Mever delete Failures Automatically print Failure report Printer He LaserJet 2200 Series PCL Send failure report via e mail Set USB relais on error al Reset to Test X coc Fig 5 10 Configuring failure handling the specified printer If the specified printer cannot be found for example because it has been removed from the system the Windows default printer will be used The failure log is formatted for DIN A4 Please do not forget to switch the printer on and check that it has enough paper of e mail failure notifications If activated the first time a failure is detected an e mail notification will immediately be sent to the programmed distribution list If other failures occur notifications will be sent at
60. e updated continuously The editable parameters are updated only when the screen is called up or the settings are changed An English help text exists for most parameters To call up this text click the control element of the parameter e g input field list field or checkbox to select it bring it into focus alternatively you can parameter For a brief description of all parameters refer to Annex D of this manual Three buttons are provided below the tree and the parameter display mM Set enables the changes you have made to the settings of the currently displayed parameter group This function can take a few moments m Reset sends a reset command to the selected fan The icon bar and the main menu also include functions for removing the selected fan from the selection list and sending a reset command to all fans of the list Likewise a general help topic for this screen can be called up 4 3 1 Special functions The following special functions exist in the configuration dialogue depending on the bus protocol m For MODBUS devices the settings can be changed without losing the setpoint For ebmBUS devices the setpoint will be lost during the Set process unless it has been saved using Save set value to EEPROM m nformation This is where fan parameters that cannot be changed can be viewed The display is automatically updated at intervals m Failure list This is where the failure display of the fan can be vie
61. ecsecsessesseseesaesaesesseseeseeseesaesausassesseseesersersaesausasseseeserses 53 TNE TAVIS ANG Gassen a a aateatna st nigtectusaenadttnns acu ean 55 Further configuration Options issis iiia a a 56 DISDIAY SCUINGS ossessi iE E a 56 Chan OF COUP TANG E io a a teaaaee 59 Fan Monal eenia tag endtantatiaieateedidetiecteudessetoaetent 60 handing Daso Word asare anra anan a a E 61 Y eram TAO en a eceeteaaie tance tanh 62 AAMINI SENN COMMOMIAUIONS apma sactexscaatasecaeastennaransetete 63 Reactions to Tan TAN eS arnioinerie nn maiicetieanearei aaa a er eliees antec naimacaaies 64 Send e mail notification of fan failure woo cece ccc ecccseccesecssescssesceueseeusesuesesueseeuseseesenuesenneses 65 TING Me eanna A A aa 68 CONMGUFAUOMZEX DOM ANG MPO neroni a A E 70 EC Control User Manual SAt TE QFALE CASI FUNC UOMN siaass nctxesscieden igs teeibihedcadtaanicptins a aaabiaed baaauaqneens 70 A Frequently asked QUESTIONS sisuiidicsie isciassbedivaivadentansGeiinetaticnneiaivbvntenasiianls 71 am using the built in Windows XP firewall what do need to dO cece cecesseseesecsecsecsessessesseseeseeeees 11 Conigunmng aStale IP addreS Sessea Ra 73 How do make a backup copy of the database used by EC Control cc cccccccessecsssseesessessseeeeseees 15 B Configuring EC Control using the previous method cccsssssssensees 76 B 1 Configuration of Ethernet RS485 interface converters ccccccessesssssessecsscesesessessesse
62. ed AMD PCNet Ad This connection uses the following items W IE Client for Microsoft Networks v a File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks M J QoS Packet Scheduler Internet Protocol TCP IP Install Uninstall Properties Description Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks M Show icon in notification area when connected I Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity OF Cancel Fig A 5 Configuring a network connection computer as specified The specified subnet mask is filled in automatically Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties x General You can get F settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP address 192 768 0 2 Subnet mask 255 255 255 Default gateway Obtain OHS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses Preferred DMS server l Alternate DHS server Advanced 13 EC Control User Manual In Windows 7 you find the IP address configuration as follows 1 2 14 EC Control User Manual How do make a backup copy of the data
63. ese are automatically set up by the installation configuration e g 10 fans are automatically placed next to one another Default icon Icon used for displaying fans If other symbols are to be used other than those supplied the pixel in the top left corner of the icon should have the colour that can be replaced by the colour display of the actual level control coefficient m Failure icon Indicates a fan that can be accessed but which is reporting a failure 56 EC Control User Manual Warning symbol Indicates a fan that is reporting an active warning but not a failure state Here as control coefficient E Icon for no communication Indicates a fan that cannot be accessed for communication Status unknown symbol Indicates a fan whose status is not yet known Colours Standard colour In box display this is the colour used to display the fans for which no current level control coefficient is known Failure list The colour used to indicate a fan that is reporting an active failure Warning The colour used to indicate a fan that is reporting an active warning but not a failure state No communication The colour used to indicate fans that can no longer be accessed Status unknown The colour used to indicate nodes in the tree whose status is not yet known Font colour Colour used to display information under a fan symbol Text below fan icon If you tick this option the fan information is displayed below the symbol
64. h the fan Note that EC Control also has to be switched over This setting should not be modified without good reason Direction of rotation Display of the active direction of rotation according to the ebm papst standard as seen on rotor Current PWM Current speed Current sensor value shows the current values in their respective unit Power Indicates the approximate current power consumption of the fan in watts As this is measured in the so called DC link there will always be a slight discrepancy from the actual power consumption DC link voltage Display of the voltage in volts currently applied to the intermediate circuit of the electronics DC link current Display of the current in Amperes as currently measured on the DC link of the electronics Power module temperature Current temperature of the output stage of the electronics in degrees Celsius Centigrade Electronics temperature Current temperature of the electronics in degrees Celsius Centigrade Phase sequence MODBUS Indicates the sequence of the mains phases L1 L2 L3 of the 3 phase power system Motor temperature shows the current temperature of the motor in degrees Celsius Sensor motor temperature MODBUS 5 00 or higher Specifies the type of motor temperature sensor used Torque MODBUS Shows the approximate torque 94 EC Control User Manual Operating hours Here the current value of the operating hour meter of the electronics is shown Failure lis
65. he fan icon in the room plan can be numerically moved either in absolute co ordinates or relative to the current position In each case the entry is made in pixel The picture below shows the configuration dialogue for a selected fan 85 EC Control User Manual Ss Edit fab configuration ol x Edit Export Help kel O i4 B 0 Gruppe 1 2 Lifter Selected nodes Logical name Modbus Phys address fi x Position Bo o Position absolute Y Position fo o Position absolute gt Device type Modbus ebm papst Standard i ebmBUS3 Computer and interfaces 8 127 0 0 1 Carry out changes Multiselect Fig B 12 If you have selected a group the appearance of the dialogue will change as shown below to allow you to assign the same settings with respect to device type and interface to all fans in this group E gt Edit fab configuration BR xi Edit Export Help tel Ol wi fe a Gruppe 1 2 Lifter Modbus1 ebmBUS3 Name Gruppe 1 Background image f Fan group Carry out changes MChange parameter of all subsequent fans Device type Computer and interfaces WA Interfaceeintrag l schen m 127 0 0 1 Save changes Zone ID 2 Fig B 13 changes as described above but it will not permanently save them 86
66. hey are delivered 18 EC Control User Manual You now see this selection dialogue Fan search assistant How to add fans Select how you want to add your fants to EC Control f have connected one single fan I have several fans x Cancel Help Fig 3 5 Selecting the type of fan configuration Select the first version if you want to configure a single fan only In this case continue reading at Chapter 3 3 1 Then continue with item 4 in this chapter If you have multiple fans select the second i My Fans are preconfigured already addressed e g existing Fab C My Fans are brand new 1 connect them For the First time select this option also if you are unsure whether they are already addressed or not Beak LE i continue x cancel onp Fig 3 6 Configuring multiple fans If all fans to be configured have already been assigned a unique address choose the first option For this purpose the fans should also have been connected already including the connection to the this chapter In all other cases select the second option If you use MODBUS as the bus protocol and all of your fans are capable of automatic address assignment protocol version 5 00 or higher the necessary addresses are assigned automatically in this way In this case all fans should already have been 19 EC Control User Manual installed sorted by serial number see type plate and connected and supplied with v
67. ices Depending on the bus system the system switches back and forth between the parameter sets or the two evaluation values Alternatively you can also select evaluation steps between which ebmBUS switches Automatic periodic switching of Fans Select Fans to be switched and switch times sat LT MODBUS Parameter set 1 febmBUs Set value rate 1 jo MODBUS Parameter set 2 f ebmBUS Set value rate 2 jos n d Ok M Cancel 7 Help Fig 5 15 Configuring the switching times The smallest possible switching interval is 15 minutes where EC Control has to switch over the fans in sequence which can take a moment depending on the installation size Using the mouse select the box coloured blue to which you want to assign parameter set 2 or the second evaluation step If you You have to fill out the two input fields below the weekly schedule only if you also intend for ebmBUS fans to be switched via timer Finally confirm your settings using OK If you have ticked the box on the Fans tab the timer then starts running straight away 69 EC Control User Manual 5 10 Configuration export and import compatible with most spreadsheet programs including Microsoft Excel EC Control also allows the configuration of an installation to be imported from a CSV file This function CSV file only if the file does not yet contain any data as existing configuration settings are deleted during the import CSV fi
68. ig 4 5 Setting fan parameters All fans currently selected are shown in the list on the left You can change between these with the mouse or with the keyboard You can also add other fans to the list by dragging and dropping nodes from the structure tree to the list You can only add fans to the configuration dialogue if they have the same bus protocol for MODBUS they also have to have the same protocol generation This restriction is apply different fans to the configuration dialogue the process of applying selected fans will be terminated the first time you select one of a different type This termination is also indicated by an error message In such cases you will unfortunately have to configure your settings step by step 51 EC Control User Manual The top area of the right hand side of the window shows a few items of administration data for the device selected in yellow highlighted list All fan parameters are divided into groups that are shown in a tree view between the fan list and the parameters displayed At the beginning the Overview group is shown Depending on the capabilities of the selected fan and the authorisation level of the logged in user some parameter groups may be hidden Therefore the dialogue always shows only those parameters you can actually configure or display Click any parameter group to display its information or configuration options All parameters that are displayed but cannot be configured ar
69. ill also assume this colour This allows failed fans to be located quickly Here the following order of urgency applies Red Yellow gt Orange gt Green Grey i MODBUS1_1 x If you click a fan in the structure tree a bubble with the address phys Adr 1 192 168 0 10 8000 tT i dr MODBUS data of the fan appears in the room plan at the position of the fan Bae a ated g 4 3 Fan information By right clicking a node you can open a context menu that you can use to display the configuration dialogue for the node or all selected fans If the node is a group the window for all fans under this group will be opened Using drag and drop Drag and Drop you can drag other fans into its list when the configuration dialogue is open For a detailed explanation of the configuration dialogue refer to Chapter 4 3 48 EC Control User Manual You can select multiple nodes of the tree fans and or groups simultaneously by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking the nodes to be selected A number of adjacent nodes can be selected with a combination of the shift keys and the arrow keys The structure tree can be undocked from the room plan by dragging and holding using the mouse or using the View menu and positioned on the Windows desktop as an independent window This setting is then automatically saved for the user concerned when EC Control is ended 49 EC Control User Manual 4 2 Operation with two monitor
70. indows IP Konf iguration Hostname rim res Knotent I P R Ripe e or A verre ctee outing a VINS Proxy aktiviert E rnetadapter LAN Verbindung Verbindungsspezifisches DNS Suffix ve ibung I NUIDIA nForce Networking Controller 66 16 E6 8A 18 16 Nein z 192 168 0 4 299 299 299 8 192 168 0 1 gt 192 168 0 1 16 EC Control User Manual In the example shown above the computer has the IP address 192 168 0 4 and the interface converter has to be assigned a vacant address between 192 168 0 2 and 192 168 0 254 according to the pattern aaa bbb ccc ddd As the PC has the address 192 168 0 4 it will automatically set the aaa bbb ccc part of the IP address to 192 168 0 For the last group of characters any value between 1 and 254 may be selected with the exception of the numbers 4 and 1 which are already assigned the PC and the standard gateway respectively For example the address 192 168 0 3 would be possible The IP address assigned to the interface converter may not be assigned to any other device in the network Windows usually indicates this with the following message Windows System Error There is an IP address conflict with another system on the network Select the bus protocol for the fans to be connected to the interface converter concerned in the is either MODBUS or the ebmBUS protocol and can be taken from the catalogue if necessary A Administrator
71. ion Password Gataia t t d manuyela musterfray RAS Arcor E Mail notifications will be sent to all recipients listed above via one of these outgoing mailservers Selection of servers in the order given here XM Cancel Testmail Fig 5 11 Configuring sending of e mail Contact information can be entered under Sender information to enable the persons who receive e mails via this mechanism to contact you as quickly as possible The e mail addresses of the persons who are to receive e mail notifications are to be entered in the Recipients section The type of recipient To CC or BCC can also be entered here A recipient is following screen appears x Type opf recipient Recipient T Fig 5 12 Adding a new E mail recipient Select a recipient type and enter a valid e mail address in the format x y domain Example of valid e mail address fred blogs mycompany com 65 EC Control User Manual After confirming with OK the recipient will be added to the list For E mails to be sent EC Control must establish a connection to an SMTPoutgoing e mail server Simple Mail Transport Protocol also known as an E mail server This server is either in the local computer network or can be reached via the Internet Depending on which is the case the connection will have a different configuration A new connection to an e mail server can be set up by pressing the corresponding button on the
72. ion results in an increase heating or decrease cooling of speed Minimum sensor value Maximum sensor value Sensor unit Here the linear characteristic curve of any connected sensor is indicated between sensor range and 0 10V input or 4 20 mA Any sensor may be defined using its minimum and maximum values The physical unit is only relevant in terms of display options Source sensor value MODBUS 3 02 or higher Here you can configure whether two of the same type of sensors are to be used This also enables you to use two sensors of the same type simultaneously as the source for the actual value and to implement control to the maximum minimum or average value of the two sensors P Band The control range is an easy way to configure the P factor when using a pure proportional controller l factor is 0 Small values for the control range result in a larger P factor here When using the MODBUS protocol the control range is available separately for both parameter sets Function of analog output MODBUS A voltage that is proportional to the current actual value is output at the analogue output This parameter defines whether this actual value corresponds to the level control coefficient percentage PWM or the actual speed rpm Output curve MODBUS Here the co ordinates of two points can be numerically entered to define the curve of the analogue set value output Scenarios such as cable break detection in master slave mode can then be
73. iple views of a fan are to be stored to the same log each of these views must first be called up then the view must be stored using the same file name In this case EC Control asks whether to overwrite the existing file or append the data 54 EC Control User Manual 4 4 The failure list While EC Control is running it records all failure states of all connected fans These are stored separately in the database for each configuration The failure list will therefore only show the failures in the installation currently displayed The failure list is not dependent on the fan s failure memory a xl File Edit wiew Help aAladeSea vle 3 08 05 PM COoMe MODBUS1_ 11 Communication error 11 32 43 AM TOMZ MODBUS1_ 101 Communication error 11 12 46 AM Come MODBLISI_1 1 Fan Or 11 10 52 AM COoMe MODBLSI_1 1 Fan OK 10 45 54 AM COMzZ MODBLUS1_1 13 Fan Ok 10 45 27 AM COMZ MODBUS1_1 1 Fan Ok 10 44 56 AM COMeZ MODBUS1_1 1 Communication error Fig 4 6 The failure list This table shows all failures and warnings for the fans in the installation that have developed or the username of the user currently logged on for example to show that this user has examined the failure Further functions in this dialogue are Show failures with defined criteria View Filter such as period or reason for failure Currently the m The contents of the list can be printed off or saved as a CSV file The CSV files can be read by Microsoft
74. ith your EC fans immediately 20 EC Control User Manual 3 1 2 Configuring a large size fab The mode for configuring a large size fab offers extended options compared to the small size fab mode 1 The first screen displayed allows you to change the name of the root node of your installation and the room plan The root node is the topmost group node of your system shown in the structure tree Fan search assistant i Bi i t f h General fab parameters Here you can change name and Floor plan of your Fab s rook node This is the group containing the rest of your Fab Name of your fab ny Fab Floor plan background2 jpg Tar Fig 3 7 Changing the room plan To switch the room plan either enter the path and file name for the new room plan or select a suitable file using the Open button m to the right of the input field Supported graphic formats are JPG and BMP We recommend that you do not use graphic files that are too small e g less than 320 x 240 pixels We also recommend that you do not use excessively large graphics rule of thumb not much larger than your screen resolution as these cause EC Control to use a great deal of RAM and slow down the screen refresh process particularly on slower computers The selected next step 2 The next step is adding interface converters In large size fab mode up to four interface converters are permitted for each bus system ebmBUS and MODBUS You can ma
75. ith your MODBUS fans The fans must have been set to the same parameters as the interface converter beforehand If necessary you can modify the baud rate parity and number of stop bits for interface converters that use the MODBUS protocol here The default settings for the MODBUS protocol are Baud rate 19200 baud Parity even Stop bits 1 stop bit Data bit8 data bits non adjustable 37 EC Control User Manual 3 3 Details for adding fans The following subchapters explain all possible versions for configuring new or existing fans 3 3 1 Adding a single fan If you have selected this option you now see this window Fan search assistant Identifying a single fan Please make sure only one single fan on one interface converter is connected Afterwards click Start search GREEN wA H Gea EES continue 3 cance He Fig 3 28 Adding a single fan Now connect the fan to be added to the bus and the power supply Then switch on the power supply of the fan search allowing a fan to be found quickly When using the MODBUS protocol all 247 addresses at all connected interface converters must be checked individually which can take over a minute depending following m s the bus terminal wired correctly RSA and RSB must not be reversed m is are the interface converter s used ready to operate m ls the voltage supply to the fan correct 38 EC Control User Manual A lf this
76. l Bluetooth wireless is switched on the Bluetooth Adapter is connected to a fan and the fan is switched on 3 2 4 USB To configure the USB interface converter the necessary USB driver must have been installed previously It is provided on the EC Control CD as described in Chapter 2 4 EC Control checks whether the driver is installed and displays an error message if no driver is found Now connect the USB interface converter Windows briefly displays a balloon hint stating Found New Hardware the rest of the driver installation process is automatic The following screen appears in EC Control 4dd and configure an interface converter USB interface converter configuration See e IF not already done connect your USB interface converter bo your PE now afterwards click on the Search button Converter JEPTEDS1P a Jepmeusv3SOS S CSiYd y bus protocol ebmBUS v3 ip advanced settings gt Back y Finish Help Fig 3 27 Configuring a USB interface converter Select the corresponding interface converter from the list and configure the correct bus protocol Finally click Finish 36 EC Control User Manual 3 2 5 Configuring advanced communication parameters Do not call up the configuration dialogue for advanced communication parameters unless you really know what you are doing In most cases incorrectly adjusting these settings will result in your no longer being able to communicate w
77. l currently cannot process Unicode encoded files Spreadsheet software programs should have the capability to split data into columns automatically This has been tested successfully using Excel 2003 A The CSV files created should contain Latin characters exclusively 90 EC Control User Manual D List of fan parameters D 1 List of fan parameters The following list of parameters can be shown or set with this software Parameters that are only available with one bus system are indicated as such in parentheses after the parameter name For parameters of the MODBUS protocol which are available only for a certain protocol version or higher the corresponding version is also specified in the parentheses The order of the list does not agree with the order shown on the screen Current parameter set MODBUS Shows the current active parameter set Further settings such as the control mode set value minimum and maximum PWM and controller function depend on the parameter set The device has two parameter sets Set value Given value for the fan depending on the control mode in percent PWM control as speed Speed control or as measuring quantity of a sensor Sensor control Current value Current speed value of the device Current sensor value Current value measured by the sensor displayed as a physical unit of the sensor Set value rate ebmBUS A reduction value for the set value Indicates the percentage at which the
78. lected These will be selected by default for the next login During installation EC Control will set up two configurations How to set up further personalised configurations is described in Chapter 5 6 The predefined configurations are Customer You can use this for your first installation This contains a number of predefined user accounts More detailed information about this and the corresponding passwords can be obtained from your ebm papst contact mM ebm papst Service This is only for ebm papst service technicians You will not be given a login for this configuration Enter your username and password and click Login The data for the selected configuration are loaded 80 EC Control User Manual B 4 Registering interface converters Your first installation has no knowledge whatsoever about the interface converter s to be used For this Computer and interfaces Computer Interface Help r Fab Fig B 6 The computer entry designated 127 0 0 1 which is highlighted in red in Fig 3 3 is your own computer In TCP IP computer networks the address 127 0 0 1 always indicates your own computer Select this entry and click on either the Add interface converter button or call up the menu item 4dd the Following interface to computer 127 0 0 1 Type TCP Address 192 168 0 3 8000 Bus system Modbus x Cancel w Help Fig B 7 Select the type of interface and the bus protocol to
79. les with installation data contain m All necessary data for the existing interface converters m Name and structure of groups m Name co ordinate position and addresses of fans a File names of room plans For a detailed description of the file structure refer to Annex C 5 11 Integrated help function EC Control has an integrated help function The help texts are only available in English and there are not yet comprehensive help texts to go with all screens access the Help table of content directly The F1 key can also be used to call up the Help function from most dialogues The Help function also has an index of key words In the fan parameter dialogue explained in Chapter 4 3 most parameters also have a brief help text If you Click the control element in which the current value of the parameter is displayed or select it using the tab key you can then call up the help text for this parameter using the F1 key 10 EC Control User Manual A Frequently asked questions am using the built in Windows XP firewall what do need to do EC Control needs the following three ports for communicating with the database and with some components of EC Control itself 3050 8999 and 9000 Normally you have to configure what is called an exception for Port 3050 only Simply proceed as follows dialogue appears x General Exceptions Advanced Windows Firewall i blocking incoming network connections except for the prog
80. mation Help information needed for the entry selected lected F F ion sh i ected JEUNEN abc sil in the list on the left Use the grey arrow Holt x oe t 4 buttons above to change the order E displayed Use the blue arrow down button mre status to take selected entries from the list and to return them to the list at the bottom Showable information Fan address physical Fan address logical a The list at the bottom contains the information that can be displayed in principle except for the entries contained in the list at the top Use the blue arrow up button to take selected entries from the list at the bottom and insert them in the list at the top The arrow down button reacts as described above nf OK x Cancel Fig 5 5 Configuring text to be displayed under fan icons 60 EC Control User Manual 5 4 Changing password with authorisation level Demo cannot change his password The old password and the new password have to be entered in the dialogue shown below For security the new password has to be entered a second time The new password is activated immediately with There is absolutely no way to restore or recreate a lost password If a password Is forgotten the user has to be deleted and set up anew by an administrator Existing user settings and display settings will then be lost Please make sure you remember your password Change password x Old password New password
81. mended Optionally a printer if you want to have a failure report printed out whenever a failure is detected Optionally the ebm papst USB relay box article No 10450 1 0174 if you want to have detected faults signalled via an alarm relay When using the option for sending an E mail a connection to an E mail server may also be required to connect several interface connectors to the PC or to integrate the converter into a larger network Details of this can be found in Chapter 5 8 At least one interface converter of the following types RS232 article No 21487 1 0174 RS232 article No 21495 2 0174 Ethernet article No 21488 1 0174 Ethernet UL certified article No 21489 1 0174 Bluetooth Adapter article No 21501 1 0174 USB article No 21490 1 0174 When using the Bluetooth Adapter the following Bluetooth software stacks are supported o Microsoft Stack Windows XP SP3 or newer versions o Widcomm Broadcom Stack Version 5 6 or higher O O O O O EC Control User Manual o Toshiba Stack Version 7 0 or higher Use of the Bluetooth Adapter has been tested with different hardware and software versions listed above on the PC side However the possibility still remains of occasional incompatibility or instability It is not possible to test all of the hardware and software combinations available on the market This software has not yet been fully optimised to support higher DPI dots per inch settings
82. meter sets is active 91 EC Control User Manual Save set value to EEPROM If this option is activated the set value will automatically be returned to the value that was last sent after a reset or power failure After a power failure the motor starts automatically with the last set value as long as the Source set value is at RS485 Bus Motor stop enable MODBUS This option allows the motor to be stopped even when a minimum PWM is configured In closed loop speed control or PWM control a set value of 0 rom or 0 PWM must be set Set values between 0 rom or 0 and minimum PWM are set to minimum PWM Min Max PWM Minimum and maximum possible PWM phase control factor Corresponds approximately to a minimum and a maximum speed Control parameters P l and D factor The proportional ratio indicates how strongly the response is to a control deviation Level control is proportional to the control deviation The integral ratio Level control is proportional to time integral of the control deviation Control deviation is controlled to average on a mean time i e there is no lasting control deviation The differential ratio Level control is proportional to the gradient of the control deviation Usually this is 0 With MODBUS there is no differential proportion Controller function The controller function indicates whether the PID controller is used for heating or cooling purposes i e whether a positive control deviat
83. n instructions may be copied and handed out Action must be carried out in compliance with national regulations pertaining to workplace safety A Influence through electromagnetic radiation is possible If unacceptable emission intensities occur when the fan is installed the user must implement suitable shielding measures Make sure to avoid accidentally switching on a fan This can cause serious and even fatal health hazards Always operate fans with a guard grille This software was not designed for use in installations in which safety is critical for example in nuclear power stations This software is not real time compatible Proper use Programming control and diagnosis of ebm papst fans with an RS485 based ebmBUS V3 or an ebm papst standard profile MODBUS Improper use Operating the interface converter on interfaces not designed for such use Operating the interface converter on voltages greater than that stated in the instructions Improper use of the interface converter cables Operation in extremely humid ambience heavy rain or high humidity Operation in explosive atmosphere Commissioning fans via software when their safety features are not active Deactivation of safety features of the fan firmware via improper setting of parameters Using the software in installations in which safety is critical Use and operation of the Bluetooth Adapter in areas for which there are restrictions concerning the 2 4 GHz f
84. n networks The maximum number of devices possible on the bus system concerned is supported In particular EC Control allows the following activities Programming of fan parameters such as control mode set value and control parameter Changing fan addresses Reading off fan parameters such as current speed serial number and production date Reading off failure status and failure memory Monitoring of installations including the possibility of reporting failures by e mail Administration of multiple fan installations within one program installation Support of RS232 RS485 Ethernet RS485 USB RS485 interface converter and the Bluetooth adapter simultaneous monitoring of eomBUS and MODBUS based installation components requires several interface converters Monitoring of ebmBUS based installations with up to 4 x 7 905 fans and MODBUS based installations with up to 4 x 247 fans 1 1 How to use this manual How can best use this manual Be sure to read Chapters 1 and 2 in their entirety before installation You should have Chapter 3 at hand while installing and setting up your first installation and follow the instructions step by step You should at least skim Chapter 4 after setting up the installation as general operating concepts of EC Control are explained here You can read the rest of the chapters as needed The Annex provides brief explanations of the individual fan parameters and a useful reference table that lists the authori
85. nage these in the screen that is now displayed 21 EC Control User Manual Managing interface converters Here you can set up Your interface converters Each configuration needs at least one interface converter Converters with Fans assigned cannot be deleted W add WE Delete Rf Edit Replace Wil Computer x Cancel Help Fig 3 8 Managing interface converters 3 To add new interface converters to the installation click Add Your installation needs at least one interface converter The following dialogue appears Add and configure an interface converter Select interface converter type R5232 Art 21487 1 0174 21495 2 0174 USD Art 21490 1 0174 Fig 3 9 Selecting the interface converter to be added For the details on configuring the respective interface converter types refer to the subchapters of Chapter 3 2 In large size fab mode you also have the options for removing existing interface converters from the installation and modifying or replacing an interface converter An interface converter can be removed from your installation only if all fans assigned to it can be reassigned to another interface converter EC Control shows you a corresponding selection dialogue for this purpose When replacing interface converters for example you can exchange one Bluetooth Adapter for another one or switch from an RS232 interface converter to a USB interface converter The process is simila
86. of doubt have your network administrator help you with the assignment If you want to connect the interface converter directly to your computer s Ethernet port please do so now as Windows does not reserve an IP address for this network connection without a physical connection If you have connected the interface converter directly to your computer and the Ethernet interface is also never used for any other purpose you also have to assign what is known as a static address for this interface In this case we recommend using 192 168 0 2 as the address for the computer The interface converter is then assigned the address 192 168 0 3 For instructions on how to configure a static IP address in Windows refer to Annex A Configuring a static IP address After Continue reading with item 3 If you want to integrate the interface converter into an existing network things are a bit more complicated This will depend on whether the network works completely with static IP addresses or assigns addresses automatically using DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol In the case of a completely static address configuration you can simply assign the interface converter the unused network are assigned automatically as is true in most corporate networks and for most DSL routers you have to assign the DHCP server or DSL router the desired address of the interface converter as a static address Have this step carried out by your network administrator Ente
87. oltage In the case of ebmBUS or MODBUS fans that are not auto addressable semiautomatic address assignment is used For this variant the fans must be connected and identified in sequence During this process the necessary unique address is assigned In the next step however EC Control will continue reading at Chapter 3 3 3 Then continue with item 4 in this chapter After you have added all fans and where applicable assigned addresses to them using EC Control EC Control may read out additional information from these fans which later allows only those functions to appear on the fan configuration screen that are actually present for the respective fan This information is available for newer MODBUS devices only EC Control now shows a message screen indicating that the information gathering process is complete Click Next to reach the last configuration step The Save dialogue is now displayed This is your last chance to cancel setup of the installation fan icons in the room plan saves all relevant data and shows the progress as depending on the number of fans added the saving process can take a few moments If you are using the configuration wizard to modify an existing installation the co ordinates for positioning the fan icons are determined taking into account existing fan icons After the information has been saved successfully a brief message screen with a few tips is installation configuration and you can begin working w
88. onfiguration wizard so that the addresses can be found Otherwise no communication is possible 29 EC Control User Manual 3 2 Details for configuring the interface converters The following subchapters describe the necessary steps for configuring each interface converter Observe Chapter 3 2 5 only if you want to use the MODBUS protocol with other communication parameters baud rate parity stop bits than the default ones provided by the MODBUS standard However we do not recommend doing this continue with the corresponding subchapter 3 2 1 RS232 article 21487 1 0174 and 21495 1 0174 The following screen appears Add and configure an interface converter q 3e R5232 interface converter configuration A wi Port Bus protocol Advanced settings Om om Fig 3 18 Selecting the COM port and the bus protocol Select the COM port to which the interface converter has been connected and the bus protocol to be 3 2 2 Ethernet article 21488 1 0174 and 21489 1 0174 If you are using Windows XP and your user account does not have administrator rights the following error message appears Error eee xi This Functionality requires administrator rights which wou currently do not have In order bo use this Function close EC Control and start it by clicking on its icon with the right mouse button Select run as there and log in with a user who has administrator rights Fig 3 19
89. onfiguring the installation You can also start the basic parameters or add other fans when expanding the installation The following start screen appears Fan search assistant Configuration assistant Please click on the type of Fab vou want to set up With ths assistant YoU Can set Up the currently acte EC Control configuration Ik allows you bo set up the interface converters create and manage groups and find and manage Fans It will guide you through this process step by step All settings you can make with this assistant can also be made later on by other means Small size Fab Refrigeration Cooling air handling Fig 3 2 Start screen of the configuration assistant The assistant gives you three different options for configuring your installation Small size fab This is a simplified version of the wizard specially tailored to the requirements of ventilation and refrigeration applications It allows setup of a single interface converter only The room plan cannot be edited nor can logical groups be defined When using the ebmBUS system the search for fans is limited to the first five groups This also corresponds to the Small size fab scheme from Chapter 2 2 useful for clean rooms and situations in which more flexibility is required You have the ability to use your own room plan You can define logical groups to make managing the fans easier and configure up to four interface converters for each bus
90. or network configuration operator rights are needed to run this program P Ethernet converter configurator X File Step 1 select converter type Please select your exact converter model Do not vet plug in the converter The program will tell you when to connect the converter Next gt Cancel Fig B 2 Only fans with the same bus protocol may be connected to each interface converter If you wish to use fans with different protocols on your installation you will need several interface converters If you wish to integrate the interface converter into a company network you will need a free and a connected network socket Finally you will also need a socket for the power supply to the interface converter and a flat face screwdriver to screw the green plug to the plug on the power supply tf EC Control User Manual Once you have gathered all the necessary information you can start configuring the interface converter according to the following pattern 1 Unpack the interface converter and connect it to the power supply To do this screw the green plug to the small plug on the power supply Do not connect up the network cable yet select the required bus protocol in the configuration program and click on Next Connect the interface converter to the network Enter the MACaddress of the interface converter listed above Enter the IP address to be assigned to the converter in the lower line The illu
91. perly wired All Fans are properly connected to mains voltage Only ebm papst MODBUS fans are connected X Cancel Help Fig 3 32 Preparing for the automatic address assignment O If you have not done so already be sure to connect the bus line of all fans of the subnet to be edited and connect the power supply of the fans To start the check click Next While the check is running the following screen appears briefly Fan search assistant Prepare automatic addressing Ec Control checks whether all of your Fans are capable of auto addressing or not Should fans be found which cannot be addressed automatically Ec Control will give you instructions on how to proceed Please wait oS X Cancel Help Q Back EJ Continue Fig 3 33 Check whether the automatic address assignment can be used If EC Control has found that automatic assignment of the addresses is possible the screen shown below appears Otherwise the screen shown in Chapter 3 3 5 appears 42 EC Control User Manual Fan search assistant Automatic addressing Progress Completed Stop addressing Final address 99 26 5678 2 2 99 27 5678 3 3 Back Continue X Cancel Help Fig 3 34 Automatic address assignment The automatic address assignment begins to search automatically for existing fans The automatic address assignment functions in two steps All detected fans a
92. r the 32 EC Control User Manual checked for availability This is done using the same technology used by the operating system command ping If an available address has been found and only one network interface exists on your computer this interface is entered immediately as the suggested value Otherwise a list of all of your computer s network interfaces and the respective available address found for each is displayed You can select an address from this list and apply it using OK 3 EC Control now shows the following dialogue Add and configure an interface converter ay Ethernet interface converter configuration Step 3 wie Finally we need to know the type of bus protocol you want to use with this converter Remember you may only connect Fans and motors of the same bus protocol to an interface converter Bus protocol J Continue x Cancel Fig 3 23 Selecting the bus protocol to be used select the bus protocol of the fans you want to connect to this interface converter and click settings necessary for the selected bus protocol are configured If you are using Windows 7 before the operation is run a dialogue of the User Account Control UAC is shown in which you have to select one of the specified administrator user accounts and enter its password This is necessary because administrator rights are required for one of the operating system functions that EC Control needs write down the assigned I
93. r to that for configuring new interface converters The only difference is that in this case the settings of the existing converter are shown first To change the interface converter type e g from 22 EC Control User Manual managing logical groups is displayed Fan search assistant Ew ET a Managing logical groups Here you can set up your logical groups 4 group may only contain other groups or Fans but not both 6 dd group EF Delete group nEn Rename group EF Sy My Fab M Cancel Help Fig 3 10 Managing logical groups using an existing installation as an example Logical groups make it easier to locate fans in large size fabs These groups are displayed in the structure tree and can also be dragged from there to certain other dialogues using drag and drop e g fan parameter dialogue filter dialogue of the error list This adds all subgroups and the fans they contain to a selection of the respective other dialogue The logical groups are independent of the ebmBUS groups which are needed there for address setup of fans They can be named as desired However we recommend that you not use any Far Eastern or Arabic characters as these are currently not supported Logical groups may contain either subgroups or fans However they may not contain both simultaneously For existing installations the tree also shows existing fans to make orientation easier To create one or more group s click
94. rams and services selected below Adding exceptions allows some programs to work better but might increase your security risk Programs and Services ActiveSync Connection Manager ActiveSync RAPI Manager ActiveSync Service O File and Printer Sharing Network Diagnostics for Windows sF Remote Assistance O Remote Desktop UPnP Framework Add Program Add Patt Edit Delete I Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program what are the risks of allowing exceptions mea Fig A 1 List of configured exceptions 2 Click Port The dialogue shown below appears x Use these settings to open a port through Windows Firewall To find the port number and protocol consult the documentation for the program or service you Want to use Name Firebird Port number a050 i TCP C UDF What are the risks of opening a port Change scope Cancel Fig A 2 Adding a port exception 11 3 EC Control User Manual appears Change Scope x To specify the set of computers for which this port or program is unblocked click an option below To specity a custom list type a list of IF addresses subnets or both separated by Commas Ary computer including those on the Internet Custom list Example 152 166 114 201 192 166 1174 201 4255 255 255 0 Cancel Fig A 3 Changing a range of validity After you have started EC Control the first time
95. re shown in the displayed list and in the likewise automatic second step addressed in ascending order by serial number The serial number displayed differs slightly from the one printed on the type plate The 00 between the production date and the alphanumeric part are replaced by a blank space and the calendar week and year are separated by a slash In some cases the address assignment process can take a few minutes Unfortunately due to the method used it is not possible to predict how long it will take However EC Control shows the status the corresponding system component can then no longer be used until you ensure correct address assignment The automatic address assignment can always be restarted if necessary To do so you only have to go through the corresponding part of the configuration wizard When the automatic address assignment is complete click Next If you are in Small size fab mode continue reading at item 4 in Chapter 3 1 1 Otherwise skip to item 8 in Chapter 3 1 2 3 3 5 Configuring factory new fans using semiautomatic address assignment Ensure that only the first of the fans of this subnet to be configured is connected to the bus and or the power supply You want to set up ebmBUS fans or the check of auto addressability of your MODBUS fans refer to Chapter 3 3 4 has found that at least one of your fans is not capable of automatic address assignment In this case EC Control uses a semiautomatic configuration method
96. requency band 2 402 2 48 GHz Unmonitored operation of the Bluetooth adapter You should be in visual contact with the fan and have easy access to your Bluetooth adapter 2 EC Control User Manual Installation This chapter describes all preparatory steps that have to be performed before the application is started for the first time In addition it contains useful decision making tools for setting up the installation and selecting the interface converter that is best suited to your needs 2 1 System requirements The system requirements depend on the size of your installation However the following basic conditions are always the same You need a computer with Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 Approx 80 MB of available hard drive space when using the USB relay box additional memory is required for its drivers Monitor with at least 1024 x 768 pixel resolution and 16 bit colour depth CD ROM drive only needed during installation Mouse trackball or equivalent pointing device The following requirements apply depending on the size of the installation Processor at least Pentium II 800 MHz or comparable A faster processor is recommended for simultaneous operation with several interface converters Mm 512 MB RAM atleast 1 GB RAM is recommended for Windows 7 A second monitor optional This may have a lower resolution than the primary monitor but a resolution of at least 800 x 600 pixels is recom
97. s EC Control is able to use a Second monitor to mM display an enlarged view of part of the installation while the overall installation continues to be displayed on the primary monitor separate zoom window Main window with structure tree and room plan Zoom window shows part of the room plan Fig 4 4 Operation with two monitors W to give a wider view of the installation enlarged main window A graphics card with a second output is needed for this function to work The second monitor may have a different resolution to the primary monitor and it must be recognised by Windows as an independent display device If these requirements are all met an empty window can be opened with this will appear enlarged in the separate window This area is indicated by a red rectangle in the main window Another range can now be enlarged in the main window independently of this area This allows for example views of completely different parts of the installation to be enlarged at the same time However you must no longer zoom in the main window by drawing a rectangle as otherwise this area would be displayed in the zoom window For separate zooming in the main window use the scroll wheel 50 EC Control User Manual 4 3 Setting fan parameters The screen for programming the fan parameters can be displayed in one of the following ways Double click the fan icon of the fan
98. s of converter see small sticker on converter Each field is 2 digit e k ke m a X Cancel Help Fig 3 21 Entering the MAC address Each Ethernet interface converter has a unique hardware address called the MAC Media Access Control address You need to know this address to configure the interface converter therefore it is printed on a label on the interface converter as shown in the dialogue The first three digits of the address are the manufacturer code and thus are specified by default in EC Control Simply enter 31 EC Control User Manual digit groups of the MAC address consist of the numbers 0 9 and letters a f which are not case sensitive The dialogue shown here is now displayed ae 3 w gt Ethernet interface converter configuration Step 7 For EC Control to be able to communicate with your new converter it must assign an IP address to it IP addresses consist of 4 segments with up to 3 digits each IF you are unsure which IP address you are allowed to assign to the converter ask your network administrator or click the Suggest address button IF address of converter B f o o 1 F T Suggest address x Cancel Fig 3 22 Defining the IP address EC Control addresses the interface converter via an IP address You have to enter it into the input field here What should this address be The answer to this question will depend on your network environment In case
99. s own power supply and due to the electrical isolation protects your computer s USB interface from possible interference on the RS485 bus line Any current desktop or laptop computer has this type of interface the Bluetooth Adapter It allows you to move freely within a radius of 10 20 m depending on the ambient conditions without the hassle of cables A wide le variety of current laptops have this wireless technology already built in for desktop computers and other laptops this interface can be retrofitted using inexpensive USB Bluetooth adapters We recommend devices that use the Microsoft Bluetooth software or a current version of the Broadcom Bluetooth software In principle EC Control also supports the Bluetooth software package from Toshiba f you want the freedom of movement provided by wireless you should use 3 R m For large installations with subnets we recommend the Ethernet RS485 interface converter article No 21488 1 0174 or the UL variant article No 21489 1 0174 This is electrically isolated and comes supplied with a power supply pack that is suitable for many countries The UL variant article No 21489 1 0174 includes a power supply pack that is suitable for 115 V 60 Hz power systems only The advantages of the Ethernet interface converters are the faster response times compared to the other interface converter types and the ability to connect the interface converter to an existing computer network
100. sations of the individual user levels All schematic drawings and screenshots show example data only Your configuration will surely look different 1 1 1 Text conventions Italic text is used in this manual for user inputs or predefined values in selection lists EC Control User Manual 1 2 New and changed functions in this version Implementation of the functions and fan warnings newly added with MODBUS V5 00 These include m The motor heating Mm The shake loose function m The ability to define a direction of rotation for the fail safe speed function a Reporting only those errors via the alarm relay that have been present for at least a certain amount of time A motor or power module temperature based derating can be configured now The respective parameters are documented in the annex and English F1 help texts are provided in EC Control You can now adjust the speed for rotation monitoring of the fan via alarm relay The values of saved set values for MODBUS for both parameter sets are now displayed under the Information category For MODBUS fans the torque is now also displayed under the Information category If the motor comes to a standstill n a is displayed for technical reasons A few missing help texts have been added A function has been implemented for saving the currently displayed settings in the fan parameter mask For details see Chapter 4 3 3 A language pack for Portuguese Brazil has been
101. seeseas 76 B 2 Basic installation structure in EC Control ccccccccssccsccsssssccsssssecsecesssecsessescseseeseeesanseeseaeenaees 19 Boc JOUr ennaa re ee mene ee et eee ene eee 80 B 4 Registering interface converters acetate tu anlserntctuet dec acnstnactia Aceon a ucnued dabarncbacaiGcs saan taaa 81 B 5 Configuring your installation structure and the fans cccccscscsessssssssssssssecsscsessesseseeeseeees 82 BoA AddNA OrOUPS sectors cet anena a A A i ATA ar E 83 B92 AGANO TAINS oropan E E EA E A A tea 84 B 5 3 Setdevi type and interface snina E E E E N AEE EE A aait 85 C Structure of the CSV file format cccssesseseeesessesseessesseesseessesssenssenseneas 88 D LISE OF Tall parameters riroriro andenn iaeaea 91 D 1 LiStof FAO AINIC TONS aosan siamese s nasibciesdSdarnaulansoinsaasdeuanuasioa icuahiananssonuncnsonretks 91 D 2 Reference table of fan ParamMeters cccccccsccscssscsecsssssscsesesssecsesescsessesaecseseeseaesanseeseaeeatses 96 E List of authorisation levels ccccssescssessesseseeeseeessssesseenssesseeesenseees 98 FOV W ONG NAEK cicirine EEA aa 99 EC Control User Manual History of changes Date Version Change modification 2009 06 04 First version of this manual 2011 01 26 Adaptation to EC Control 2 00 2011 10 11 Adaptation to EC Control 2 10 1 EC Control User Manual Introduction EC Control allows the visualisation and parameter programming of ebm papst ebmBUS and MODBUS fa
102. sible to reverse individual changes but rather to cancel all changes made since the last saving This allows you to return to the installation configuration status last saved When you start work your installation comprises just a single node the root node You can now add groups or fans directly to this A If you assign fans directly to the root node you will not be able to configure groups later 82 EC Control User Manual B 5 1 Adding groups appear 2 amp 0 Add groupis x Parental group My Fab Name of group Number of groups ee Numbering at end of name as placeholder For leading zeros a Add groups M Cancel Fig B 9 This dialogue can be used to set up a single group or to generate a number of groups at once which only differ in their final number If characters are attached to a group name these will be replaced with a continuous number sequence If the number has fewer spaces than there are characters leading Zeros will be added return to the higher level in the hierarchy Groups can be put in the yellow panel from anywhere in the entire EC Control structure tree In each case the highest level will become the active level al a a Zoom 100 Gruppe 1 Modbus ebmsbus3 gt Edit fab configuration Ioj x Edit Export Help B amp B I HO wAsi fe see My fab Grafik n Gruppe 1 2L f Fan group Name My fa
103. stration below shows an example configuration Ethernet converter configurator xX File Step 2 assign converter address MAC Address foo co fpo oz fos 9 see sticker on the device IP Address fisz fes fo ho must be unique in the network Meck gt Cancel Fig B 3 Click on Next Click on Next The interface converter will now be assigned the IP address entered Click again on Next The interface converter is now configured for the selected bus protocol Once configuration steps Should configuration fail for any reason check the following points Is the interface converter correctly connected Is the interface converter switched on green LED on Is the specified IP address still vacant and is it in the same subnet as that of your computer check subnet mask Is the MAC address entered correct 18 EC Control User Manual After checking these possible failure sources repeat the installation Should problems continue consult your network administrator or your ebm papst contact B 2 Basic installation structure in EC Control As described in Chapter 2 2 above each installation set up configuration in EC Control consists of one or more interface converters Each installation also has a tree type administration structure structure tree that helps to locate individual fans quickly especially in larger installations gt EC Control IOl x File View Options Help ae
104. t With ebmBUS V3 the last 3 fan errors are shown here with MODBUS the last 13 errors They are saved in the non volatile permanent memory of the electronics i e are retained even without PDA or PC Production day Production week Production month Production year Indicates the production date of the fan The display form depends on the bus system used Serial number Every fan is assigned a unique serial number during production This is shown here Protocol version MODBUS shows the version of the bus protocol supported by the device Only versions already known at the time EC Control was published are displayed Hardware identification MODBUS The identification is a sort of type indication which the software can use to determine the supported function range of the respective device Software bus controller Software commutation controller MODBUS Indicates the software version of the operating system software firmware Device type eobmBUS Indicates the category of the device e g integrated or 500W external Fan model MODBUS Indicates the ebm papst article number of the device 95 EC Control User Manual D 2 Reference table of fan parameters This table lists all of the parameters and indicates in which bus system the respective parameter is available Parameter Analogue output function X 2 Limit speed for running monitor __ X2 3 Delayrelay X33 Threshold heating function on off X 2 3
105. t Then a message screen appears notifying you that EC Control has now collected all necessary information and is ready to save the data K F p Finishing configuration Congratulations You hawe now configured the most important aspects of vour Fab After clicking the sawe button you can start working with the fans REEN G V 3 Back Q Continue x Cancel Help Fig 3 16 Finishing configuration Click Save EC Control now saves all changes to the configuration During this process the following screen provides you with continuous information about the status of the saving process 21 EC Control User Manual as depending on the number of groups and fans added this can take some time During the save the fans added are also arranged in the room plan automatically The system ensures that no fan icons overlap and also takes existing fans into account If the automatic arrangement of the fans is Finishing configuration Congratulations You have now configured the most important aspects of your Fab After clicking the save button you can start working with the fans Saving Fans af Data preparation af Groups i Fans Ese 9 Interfaces 2 Delete removed items Help ee feo ance tA Gonbinue Fig 3 17 Saving the configuration 10 After the data have been saved successfully EC Control provides a couple more tips about other modified configuration With this EC Control is now re
106. task appears New outgoing e mail server x Server address Po Fort s User name outgoing mail server P Password outgoing mail server FO Connection type LAN DSL Router Online connection Fassword online connection T Fig 5 13 Configuring a server for sending E mail which the SMTP service is running otherwise enter the Internet address of the server Example of a valid internet e mail server address mail gmx net Port is the port number within the server on which the server expects e mail communications The preset value 25 is usually correct For reasons of security many e mail servers demand a valid user account for e mails to be sent The whether you first have to set up a dial up connection RAS RDT Modem In case of a dial up connection you have to have configured this first in Windows For information about how to do this please consult the documentation for Windows or for your communications equipment e g modem telephone system If you have not selected LAN DSL router as type of connection select the dial up connection to be used 66 EC Control User Manual EC Control allows you to enter several outgoing e mail servers in case one of them is not accessible The order in which the e mail servers are used can be changed with the arrow buttons in the task bar been configured and that the outgoing e mail server and the recipients can all be accessed 67 EC Control User Manual 5
107. tch to the network card in the computer The individual network segments are called subnets All fans are connected to the interface converter concerned in either a linear or a star configuration The printer and a second monitor are optional Only fans with the same bus system ebmBUS or MODBUS may be connected to each interface converter However it is possible to combine multiple possible bus systems within one installation EC Control currently allows a maximum of four interface converters with MODBUS and a maximum of four interface converters with ebmBUS in one installation This configuration increases reliability and query speed and is therefore especially well suited for monitoring large scale clean room installations In this case we also recommend protecting the computer using a UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply so that after a power failure the system monitoring can detect the system status without a time delay The following basic information applies For installations with more than 31 fans you may have to use RS485 repeaters article No 25708 1 0174 12 EC Control User Manual 2 3 Notes for selecting the most suitable interface converter since Version 2 0 EC Control has featured support of a wide variety of different RS485 interface converters The following points are intended to help you make the selection m For small size fabs we recommend the USB interface converter This is compact does not require it
108. tem setting specified above If you generate CSV files using other software e g spreadsheet programs you should enter two columns with the content S as the first row This allows CSV files to be exchanged even between systems with a different country setting Computer entry This is intended for future extensions and is optional Interface converter definition the second column specifies the sequential ID of the interface converter No 2 entries may have the same ID Currently the third column must always contain the value 1 The fourth column defines the type of interface converter Currently the following types are defined 1 RS232 article No 21487 1 0174 and 21495 2 0174 3 USB article No 21490 1 0174 4 Ethernet article No 21488 1 0174 and 21489 1 0174 5 Bluetooth article No 21501 1 0174 The fifth column must contain the address of the interface converter This depends on the type For RS232 interfaces the COM port to which the interface converter is connected e g COM1 m For USB interface converters the name serial number of the interface converter Unfortunately this can be determined only by corresponding configuration in EC Control itself 88 EC Control User Manual m For Ethernet interface converters the IP address of the interface converter followed by the port specification 8000 m For Bluetooth Adapters the MAC address of the adapter which is likewise displayed only during configuration in
109. that automatic address assignment cannot be used read Chapter 3 3 5 m f the interface for eobmBUS compatible fans has been set up the semiautomatic address assignment method is used In this case read Chapter 3 3 5 3 3 4 Configuring factory new fans using automatic address assignment As a result of the check of whether the automatic address assignment method can be used all fans connected to the previously selected interface converter lose their address Fans that are not capable of this method have the Address 1 after the check and fans that are auto addressable have the Address 247 Ensure that at the subnet interface converter you are currently editing no MODBUS devices are connected other than your ebm papst fans So that you can easily allocate the location at which the fan was installed to the assigned MODBUS address later we recommend installing the fans in ascending order by serial 41 EC Control User Manual number The serial number is located on the type plate of the fan lt is structured as follows WWYYOOXXXX where WW is the production week YY is the production year and XXXxX is a sequential alphanumeric character combination At the start of the process the following message screen is displayed Fan search assistant i i F p Prepare automatic addressing Before starting the automatic addressing of your Fans make sure the following conditions are met All Fans are pro
110. the group to be added to the groups as a subgroup and click Add The dialogue shown in Fig 3 11 appears In this dialogue you can specify the name for the group s and the number of groups to be created If you specify more than one group they are numbered at the end in ascending order beginning with one After confirming the dialogue you see the new groups in the tree 23 EC Control User Manual Group name Number of groups to create fi T Fig 3 11 Adding new logical groups If you want to remove an existing group you can do so only if all fans contained in this group can be assigned to another group EC Control makes this reassignment easier by providing a dialogue in which you simply have to click the new parental group Apply this change with OK If no group that meets the requirements exists an error message is displayed However you can remedy this by creating a new group You can then assign the fans to this group When you are finished managing groups click Next to start adding your fans There are different ways to add fans depending on the specific circumstances The following screen appears Fan search assistant g j i i 5 k F i t 1 i How to add fans Select how you want to add your Fangst to EC Control i I have connected one single Fan I have several Fans Do not add Fans i XM Cancel Help Fig 3 12 Adding fans to a large installation Depending on th
111. the use of several different configurations This allows greatly differing installations to be stored in a single database on the same computer and the user can log on with a different configuration depending on requirements The only restriction EC Control can only be run once on any computer at a single time i e it is only possible to work with one configuration at a time The following settings and data are stored by EC Control depending on the configuration Installation layout group structure Settings with respect to failure reactions E mail Settings The chart of colour range m Failure list Display settings such as zoom levels are stored depending on the configuration and user This means that each user in each configuration has his or her own display settings User and configuration administration each use the dialogue depicted in Fig 5 7 The basic structure of following dialogue for setting up a new configuration Create new configuration x Name of configuration Name of root node My fab Image floor plan background2 jpg al Create configuration x Cancel Fig 5 9 Creating a new configuration The dialogue contains the following fields m Name of configuration This is where the name of the configuration is entered as it should appear in for example the login dialogue m Name of root node The name of the highest order node base structure or root node in the structure tree is to be entered here Th
112. this manual in all available languages the EC Control installation program and drivers for the USB interface converter and USB relay box The EC Control installation program is uniform for all languages At startup select the language you want the dialogues to appear in EC Control is always installed with all language packages and set by default to the language selected at installation You can change the language for EC Control at any time later in the login dialogue Depending on the language selected a version of the manual PDF file is over an existing installation of EC Control Existing user settings will then be retained During the installation the database system used by EC Control called Firebird is installed If a previous installation of EC Control has been found your existing settings and fan failure lists are backed up When you start EC Control these are then taken over Depending on the range of existing data this process may take some time EC Control User Manual If you want to use the USB interface converter you first have to install its drivers from the EC Control installation process has completed If you also want to use the USB relay box you likewise have to install a driver First connect the relay box to the PC If Windows displays a message indicating that it has found new hardware and wants to you to a sub menu From the sub menu select Relay box Follow the instructions of this installa
113. tion program and connect the relay box when the installation has ended 2 5 Uninstallation Setup program After uninstalling EC Control the Firebird database can be uninstalled in the same way as EC Control If you uninstall EC Control the database file in which it stores all its fan installation configurations and settings is deleted If you reinstall EC Control later you have to reconfigure these settings To update EC Control to a new version no uninstallation is necessary The database file is called eccontrol fdb and in Windows XP is in the directory C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data eccontrol EC Control User Manual 3 Setting up your installation A If using the built in firewall in Windows XP you have to configure an exception for Port 3050 before starting EC Control for the first time For instructions on how to do so refer to Annex A am using the built in Windows XP firewall what do have to do If using another desktop firewall product consult its documentation After successfully installing the software you can start EC Control the first time and set up your When started for the first time after installation EC Control converts the database in which all settings are stored This also takes over existing settings from a previous installation Depending on the size of the existing volume of data this may take a moment Afterwards the following login dialogue is displayed
114. wed For fans equipped with MODBUS the failure time and failure status are displayed For ebmBUS V3 fans only the failure Status is displayed mM Load Save With fans equipped with MODBUS the current settings are stored in a special area of the fan s memory or they are restored from there For eobmBUS devices this function is not The fan possesses three data sets and work always proceeds with the Active Customer data set following a successful login Demo login enables a read only view of the Active Customer data set The OEM and ebm papst data sets are a backup of the active data set and in the fan s factory 52 EC Control User Manual default settings have the same values as the Active Customer data set If you change parameters of the fan these are changed in the Active Customer data set only Under Load Save it is possible depending on authorisation to save the values of the active data set to the OEM data set or to load values of the OEM or ebm papst data set into the active data set whereby all previously active settings are lost End customers with authorisation level Administrator or Customer may only restore the OEM dataset again m Parameter set 1 2 MODBUS capable devices have a few parameters twice These are grouped into a parameter set for each Depending on the configuration you can toggle between the two parameter sets either via bus e g EC Control or via digital input This is an easy way to implement d
115. wheel c cccccccesessscsessesseesseeeseens 46 Name of configuration enseeeneneeenieeseneenn 63 Name of root NOd cccccseeeesesseeseeseeeees 63 No COMMUNICATION cccccceseceecseeseeteeeeees 57 N MmDer Of TENS Seivsivwscwisnscebistalecernmductsaanasty 84 Operating NOUS scaseee ccacctecitetecioncimecaeutie 95 Operating MOdE ccccccceeeesssssessseeeeeeeees 91 Option Display SettingS ccccceceeeeeeees 56 Options Authorizations and configurations 62 Options Change password ccccceceeeee 61 Options Chart of colour range 0 ce 59 Options E mail settingS cccceeeee 64 65 Options Failure reactions 64 65 Options Load configuration from CSV file 70 Options Save configuration in CSV file 70 Orange Status cccessesseeseeseeeeeees 47 48 OUTDUL CUVE raaa a we asusieten 92 Parameter S t 68 91 Parameter set SOUICE eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 68 91 Parental QlOUP s ticusstercssa ctl destctacteshe ides uaes 84 POLY E E tin ba E E T 30 PassWord oroc rnr ern 16 61 62 80 Password online CONNECTION 0 cceceee 66 Password outgoing mail Server 0008 66 P DaNG boa 92 PACO nia T 92 Phase SEQUENCE cccccesceeceessesseeseessseeseens 94 Physical fan address ccccceeeeeeeeen 48 85 PON a ea toeacai eee eae ee aaa 66 71 FOWE n E 94 Power module temperature c cceceeee 94 PICSSUlS dimanea 91
116. xt to reach the actual dialogue for the semiautomatic method The dialogue looks like this Fan search assistant Pi i i H Installing unconfigured fans Please connect a single Fan to an interface converter and click the Start search button After identification connect the next Fan and click Start search again J Start search E ston search SF Remove Fig 3 36 Configuring factory new fans 1 Connect the first fan to the interface converter and the supply voltage Switch on the fan 44 EC Control User Manual Factory new fans are devices that are still set to the factory default address of 1 MODBUS or 1 1 ebmBUS If you have connected a fan that does not correspond to this requirement EC Control will not find any fans and will display the following dialogue xi yo Mo fan Found at Factory default address waa Scan accessible address range 247 Fans MODBUS or up to 255 groups tebmBUSY Fig 3 37 Prompt asking how to proceed if no fan has been found To cancel the rest of the search click No If however you want to search through the rest of the specified address space because you are sure that a fan is connected correctly but has not yet been found by EC Control click Yes Then the search includes the entire address space and all fans found during this process are listed After all fans have been added and assigned addresses in this way if you have started the assistant in Sm
117. zoom mode If groups are assigned to the root node these may also contain further groups or fans directly Here the groups are completely independent of the address format of the bus system used and may therefore be given any desired alphanumerical name The groups can also be configured with any required depth In other words a group may contain subgroups sub subgroups etc The structure of the tree does not have to be uniformly deep At one point the root node may contain a group with further subgroups finally containing the fans At another point the root node may also contain just one subgroup to which the fans are directly assigned i e no further subgroups 19 EC Control User Manual B 3 Your first login Following successful installation of the software and if applicable the necessary configuration of the interface converter you can start EC Control for the first time and set up your installation After starting EC Control the following login dialogue is displayed System login EC Control i l ebmpapst ebm papst GmbH amp Co KG D 74673 Mulfingen version 2 00 Build 210 Ark Mo 25714 2 0199 ser login Fab name Customer User name l Password Language English m Login x Cancel Fig B 5 Select the language for the user system interface final selection field on the dialogue and the configuration that you wish to use EC Control will store the last language setting and configuration se

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