Rockwell Automation 2098-UWCPRG User Manual

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Rockwell Automation 2098-UWCPRG User Manual

User Manual

Ultraware Software

Catalog Number 2098-UWCPRG

Important User Information

Solid-state equipment has operational characteristics differing from those of electromechanical equipment. Safety Guidelines for the Application, Installation and Maintenance of Solid State Controls (publication SGI-1.1 available from your local Rockwell Automation sales office or online at http://www.rockwellautomation.com/literature/) describes some important differences between solid-state equipment and hard-wired electromechanical devices. Because of this difference, and also because of the wide variety of uses for solid-state equipment, all persons responsible for applying this equipment must satisfy themselves that each intended application of this equipment is acceptable.

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Summary of Changes

New and Updated

Information

This manual contains new and updated information.

This table lists the changes made to this revision.

Topic

Pages

 

 

Chapter 5 - Configuring the Kinetix 3 Drive added.

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Appendix A - Ultraware Software Updates adds Version 1.80 notes.

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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Publication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Who Should Use this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Conventions Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Before You Begin

Common Commands for Ultra Drive Configuration

Chapter 1

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

About Ultraware Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Download Ultraware Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

How Ultraware Software Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Understanding the Graphical User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Workspace Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Output Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Client Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Main Menubar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Motion Library Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Starting Ultraware Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Opening an Ultraware File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Serial Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Upgrading Drive Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Chapter 2

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Opening Ultraware Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Creating, Opening and Saving Ultraware Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Creating a New Ultraware File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Opening an Existing Ultraware File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Saving an Ultraware File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Creating a New Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Importing and Exporting a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Exporting a Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Importing a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Working in the Workspace Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Drag and Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Chapter 3

Configuring the Ultra3000 Drive Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Configuring the Ultra3000 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuring Properties for the Ultra3000 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Understanding the Ultra3000 Drive Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Velocity Control Panel Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Current Control Panel Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Current Control Panel Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Indexing Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Drive Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Switching the SERCOS Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Understanding the Analog Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Understanding the Preset Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Understanding the Follower Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Understanding the Indexing Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Understanding the Homing Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Understanding the Motor Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Understanding the Tuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Autotuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Manual Position Tuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Manual Velocity Tuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Understanding the Encoders Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Motor Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Understanding the Digital Inputs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Understanding the Digital Outputs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Understanding the Analog Outputs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Understanding the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Understanding the Oscilloscope Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Channel Setup Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Understanding Ultra3000 with DeviceNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Understanding Ultra3000 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Understanding the Faults Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Understanding the Service Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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Chapter 4

Configuring the Ultra5000 Drive Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Configuring the Ultra5000 Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Configuring Properties for the Ultra5000 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Understanding the Ultra5000 Drive Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Installing Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Drive Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Understanding the Motion Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Understanding the Jog Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Understanding the Move Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Understanding the Cam Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Inserting a Cam Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Importing a Cam Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Importing a CSV File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Cam Table branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Cam Table Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Understanding the Gear Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Understanding the Motor Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Understanding the Tuning Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Autotuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Understanding the Encoders Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Understanding the Digital Inputs Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Understanding the Digital Outputs Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Understanding the Analog Inputs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Understanding the Analog Outputs Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Understanding the Oscilloscope Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Channel Setup Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Understanding Ultra5000 with DeviceNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Monitoring Your Ultra5000 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Ultra5000 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Understanding the Programs Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Understanding the Archives Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Understanding the Files Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Understanding the Global Variables Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Creating a new Global Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Editing an Existing Global Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Understanding the Faults Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Understanding the Service Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

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Chapter 5

Configuring the Kinetix 3 Drive Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Configuring the Kinetix 3 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Configuring Properties for the Kinetix 3 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Understanding the Kinetix 3 Drive Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Velocity Control Panel Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Using the Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Understanding the Analog Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Understanding the Preset Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Understanding the Follower Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Understanding the Indexing Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Understanding the Homing Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Understanding the Motor Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Understanding the Tuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Autotuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Manual Position Tuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Manual Velocity Tuning Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Understanding the Encoders Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Understanding the Digital Inputs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Understanding the Digital Outputs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Understanding the Analog Outputs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Understanding the Monitor Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Monitor Setup Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Understanding the Oscilloscope Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Channel Setup Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Understanding Kinetix 3 Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Understanding the Faults Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Understanding the Fault Detail Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Understanding the Service Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

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Chapter 6

Creating and Running Programs Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Using a Project Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Creating a New Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Configuring a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Executing Project Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Using Source Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Creating a New Source File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Renaming a Source File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Using Header Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Creating a New Header File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Renaming a Header File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Executing Source or Header File Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Using the Motion Library Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Using the Text Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Find Next. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Select All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Go To Corresponding { } ( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Go To Line Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Show Line Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Wildcard Search Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Select All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Undo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Using Executable Program Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Creating a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Configuring a Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Executable Program File Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Importing and Exporting Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Exporting Projects, Header Files and Source Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Importing Projects, Header Files, and Source Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Executing Your Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Run (Program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Stop (Program). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Kill (Program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Using Direct Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

Chapter 7

 

Creating Custom Motors

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

331

 

Accessing the Motor Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

331

 

Creating Custom Motor Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

332

 

Motor Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

333

 

Using the Linear Motor Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

335

 

Using the Rotary Motor Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

337

 

Importing Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

338

 

Exporting Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

338

 

Appendix A

 

Ultraware Software Updates

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

Version 1.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

Kinetix 3 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

General Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

Version 1.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

Ultra3000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

Version 1.63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

Ultra3000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

Ultra5000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

339

 

Version 1.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

340

 

Ultra1500 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

340

 

Ultra3000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

340

 

Ultra5000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

340

 

General Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

340

 

Help File Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

340

 

Version 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

342

 

Ultra3000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

342

 

Ultra5000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

342

 

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

343

 

Version 1.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

343

 

Ultra3000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

343

 

Ultra5000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

343

 

General Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

344

 

Version 1.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

344

 

Ultra3000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

344

 

Ultra5000 Drive-related Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

345

 

General Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

345

 

Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

346

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Preface

About This Publication

Who Should Use this Manual

Conventions Used in This

Manual

This manual provides detailed installation instructions, defines software interface features, and programming assistance for Ultraware software.

Use this manual when Ultraware software release 1.8 is used to configure and operate Ultra1500, Ultra3000, Ultra5000 and Kinetix 3 drives, or when designing, testing or running ModBus, C language programs, or cam tables on these drives.

The conventions listed below are used throughout this manual.

Bulleted lists such as this one provide information, not procedural steps

Numbered lists provide sequential steps or hierarchical information

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Additional Resources

These documents contain additional information concerning related Rockwell Automation products.

Resource

Description

 

 

Ultra3000 Hardware Installation Manual, publication 2098-IN003

Ultra3000 drive installation and programming procedures.

 

 

Ultra3000 SERCOS Integration Manual, publication 2098-IN005

How to configure the Ultra3000 SERCOS interface hardware with

 

the ControlLogix SERCOS module.

 

 

Ultra3000 DSD with DeviceNet Reference Manual, publication 2098-RM001

Object models for Ultra3000 DeviceNet applications.

 

 

Ultra5000 Hardware Installation Manual, publication 2098-IN001

Ultra5000 drive installation and programming procedures.

 

 

Ultra5000 IPD with DeviceNet Reference Manual, publication 2098-RM002

How to configure and monitor the Ultra5000 drive using the

 

DeviceNet interface.

 

 

Kinetix 3 Component Servo Drive Installation Instructions, publication 2071-IN001

Information on installing your Kinetix 3 drive system.

 

 

Kinetix 3 Component Servo Drive Serial Host Command Reference Manual,

Information on the serial communication commands, both ASCII and

publication 2071-RM001

ModBus-RTU, for interfacing a motion controller with the Kinetix 3

 

drive.

 

 

Ultraware Programming Manual, publication 2098-PM001

Information on programming the Ultra5000 using the Ultraware

 

programming environment. Intended for programmers with a basic

 

understanding of the C programming language.

 

 

Ultraware CD Installation Instructions, publication 2098-IN002

Instructions for installing Ultraware software

 

 

System Design for Control of Electrical Noise Reference Manual,

Information, examples, and techniques designed to minimize

publication GMC-RM001

system failures caused by electrical noise.

 

 

Kinetix Motion Control Selection Guide, publication GMC-SG001

Specifications, motor/servo-drive system combinations, and

 

accessories for Kinetix motion control products.

 

 

Motion Analyzer CD, download at http://www.ab.com/motion/software/

Drive and motor sizing with application analysis software.

analyzer_download.html

 

 

 

Rockwell Automation Configuration and Selection Tools,

Online product selection and system configuration tools, including

website http://www.rockwellautomation.com/en/e-tools

AutoCAD (DXF) drawings.

 

 

Rockwell Automation Product Certification,

Website for declarations of conformity (DoC) currently available

website http://www.rockwellautomation.com/products/certification

from Rockwell Automation.

 

 

National Electrical Code, published by the National Fire Protection Association of

An article on wire sizes and types for grounding electrical

Boston, MA

equipment.

 

 

Rockwell Automation Industrial Automation Glossary, publication AG-7.1

A glossary of industrial automation terms and abbreviations.

 

 

You can view or download publications at http://www.rockwellautomation.com/ literature/. To order paper copies of technical documentation, contact your local Rockwell Automation distributor or sales representative.

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Chapter 1

Before You Begin

Introduction

Use this chapter to become familiar with Ultraware software components.

This chapter also reviews design and installation requirements for Ultraware software.

Topic

Page

 

 

Introduction

13

 

 

About Ultraware Software

13

 

 

About Ultraware Software

13

 

 

Using Online Help

14

 

 

How Ultraware Software Works

14

 

 

Understanding the Graphical User Interface

15

 

 

Starting Ultraware Software

21

 

 

Upgrading Drive Firmware

22

 

 

About Ultraware Software

Ultraware software is a Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP application by Rockwell

 

Automation that provides a programming environment for the Kinetix 3,

 

Ultra1500, Ultra3000, and Ultra5000 drives. You can use Ultraware software to

 

accomplish these tasks.

 

Communicate with multiple drives, using the serial port on your computer.

 

Adjust the feedback loop gains and parameters of your drive for specific

 

motors and loads.

 

Define the motion capabilities of the drive with the operating modes and

 

motion functions from compatible drives.

 

Configure I/O for the drives.

 

Write, load, and execute C language motion programs for Ultra5000

 

drives.

 

Monitor a wide variety of status and motion parameters on the drives.

 

Customize the application interface to display only the information you

 

wish to see.

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Download Ultraware

Software

Using Online Help

How Ultraware Software

Works

To communicate and configure your Kinetix 3 drive by using serial communication from a personal computer, download and install Ultraware software on your personal computer. To get the latest Ultraware software follow these steps.

1.Navigate to http://www.ab.com/motion/software/get/ Ultraware_1_80.exe.

2.Click Run.

The following types of online help are available.

To use this

Do this

Description

 

 

 

Help files

Click Contents and Index from

Descriptions of all on-screen

 

the Help menu. Navigate the

objects.

 

help files using the Table of

Object property configuration

 

Contents, the Index and the

settings.

 

Search tabs.

How to information.

 

 

 

 

 

Context Sensitive Help files

Click Help in the active window,

For help about the selected

 

or

object.

 

Click an on-screen object and

 

 

press F1.

 

 

 

 

You can also click the Tip of the Day command from the Help menu, which opens a dialog box that displays helpful hints on using Ultraware software.

Ultraware software is one part of a motion control system. The user commands the Ultraware software to:

use a compiler/linker tool to produce executable programs.

communicate with the drive through a separate Communication library.

use the Communication library to:

download program and configuration information,

execute direct commands, and

retrieve program, configuration, and status information.

At startup you see several work areas that let you perform tasks. For example, you can create or edit Ultra5000 programs in a text editor, using the C programming language.

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Chapter 1

 

 

Understanding the

Graphical User Interface

Main menubar

Toolbars

Editor windows

Motion Library dialog

Workspace window

Properties

Ultra3000

Ultra5000

Client area

Output window

Status bar

A graphical user interface lets you to configure your drives and run your program. The workspace consists of the pre-defined areas listed below and shown in the diagram.

a Workspace window

a Client Area

an Output window

a Main menubar

a set of Toolbars

a Status bar

Use the View menu commands to enable and disable the user interface features.

The user interface for drives is shown in the example. The example depicts the common control and command groupings for the drives listed on page 13 as compatible with Ultraware software.

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Workspace Window

The Workspace window is, by default, beneath the menubar and toolbars, and above the Status Bar. Use the F7 key to return focus to the Workspace window.

The Workspace window has two main branches.

Branch

Description of Display

 

 

On-Line Drives branch

All connected online drives and their child objects.

 

 

File branch

All configured offline Ultra3000 and Ultra5000 drives, their child

 

objects and available projects (including all child source, header

 

and executable files)

 

 

Use the Workspace window to navigate to all of the connected online and offline objects and perform these tasks.

Create new Drive, Folder, Project, Header, and Source files.

Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete Workspace window objects.

Open the Properties dialog box for Workspace window objects.

Copy or create cam table files, which you can edit or graphically modify.

Open the text editor, which you can use to edit header and source files.

Use the Build command to compile a Project and create an executable program (.exe) file.

Copy or Move an executable program (.exe) file from an Ultra5000 drive's Projects branch to a Programs branch for storage or for execution.

Copy a configured online drive with all its children from the On-Line Drives branch, to an offline file, or vice-versa.

Run an executable program (.exe) file in the Programs branch of an online Ultra5000 drive.

Issue direct commands for certain online drive objects.

You can resize and move the Workspace window in several ways.

In its default state attached to the interface, you can double-click the title bar to detach the Workspace window from the interface.

If detached, the Workspace window possesses all of the properties of any window. It can be resized or moved entirely outside the interface.

To return the Workspace window to its default position, double-click the title bar.

To hide the Workspace window, remove the checkmark from the Workspace in the View menu.

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Output Window

The Output window is, by default, beneath the Workspace window above the Status Bar. The Output window is visible when the View menu's Output command is active (denoted by a check mark); it is hidden when the Output command is not active. The Output window is also visible when you execute the Program menu’s Build command.

The Output window describes the progress of the current (or most recent) Build command. If a Build succeeds, the Output window displays the message Build completed successfully!. If a Build fails, the Output window displays the message Build failed. along with an fault message describing the cause of the failure. Ultraware software removes any pre-existing executable program (.exe.) file, bearing the project name, if a Build fails.

When a Build fails, double-click the Output window fault message with the this format.

<Filename>:<Line number>:<fault or warning message>

This will open the associated source or header file and position the cursor at the line referenced by the fault or warning message.

You can resize and move the Output window in several ways.

In its default state (attached to the interface) you can double-click the title bar to detach the Output window from the interface.

Once detached, the Output window possesses all the properties of any window. It can be resized or moved entirely outside the interface.

To return the Output window to its default position, double-click the title bar.

You can copy text in the Output window. However, you cannot type text into the

Output window.

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Client Area

The Client Area is the large gray area beneath the menubar and toolbars and to the right of the Workspace window.

Use the Client Area to display:

property windows for objects in the Workspace window, where you can configure the object’s properties.

text editor windows for header and source files in the Workspace window, where you can create or edit these text files.

The Workbook Mode in the View menu displays a tab for each object in the Client Area. The tab contains the abbreviated name of the related object. Click a tab to bring the related object to the top of the Client Area.

Unlike windows, the Client Area cannot be directly resized. The size of the Client Area depends upon the size and location of the surrounding Workspace and Output windows, the Main menubar, the Status Bar and the several toolbars.

However, you can use the Cascade, Tile Wide, Tile Tall and Arrange Icons Window menu commands to arrange the display of windows in the client area.

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Main Menubar

The Main menubar is at the top of the interface. Use it to customize the main window, and to perform essential functions and procedures with respect to objects in the Main Window.

The main menubar looks like this.

The menu items contain these commands.

Menu Name

Contains these Commands

 

 

File

New, Open, Save, Save As, Close, Print, Print Preview, Print Setup, Import,

 

Export, Upgrade Firmware, Exit

 

 

Edit

Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Find, Go To Corresponding { } ( ),

 

Go To Line Number, Replace, Select All, Toggle Bookmark, Next Bookmark,

 

Previous Bookmark, Clear All Bookmarks, Properties

 

 

View

Toolbars, Status Bar, Workspace, Output, Workbook Mode, Motion Library

 

 

Insert

Ultra3000, Ultra5000, Project, Source File, Header File, Variable, Cam Table

 

 

 

Program

Build, Run, Stop, Kill

 

 

Tools

Customize, Rescan, Serial Port, Recover Communications

 

 

Commands

Enabled, other direct commands

 

 

Window

Close All, Cascade, Tile Wide, Tile Tall, Arrange Icons

 

 

Help

Contents and Index, Tip Of The Day, Release Notes, About Ultraware

 

 

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Toolbars

Four standard Windows toolbars can be detached from the user interface and relocated. To return a toolbar to its last docking position, double-click the header bar.

Toolbar Name

Contains these Commands

 

 

File

New, Open, Save, Print, About, Locate

 

 

Edit

Cut, Copy, Paste, Erase, Find, Find Next, Undo, Redo, Toggle Bookmark, Next

 

Bookmark, Previous Bookmark, Clear All Bookmarks

 

 

Program

Build, Run, Stop, Kill

 

 

Enable

Enable, Disable All

 

 

Use the Toolbars command (in the View menu) to open the Toolbars dialog box, and enable or disable existing toolbars, and create new toolbars.

Use the Customize command (in either the Toolbars dialog box or the Tools menu) to open the Customize dialog box, where you can:

add a command icon to a toolbar by dragging it from the Command tab and dropping it on the desired toolbar.

delete a command icon from a toolbar by dragging it from a toolbar and dropping it off the toolbar.

Status Bar

To display the Status bar, use the View menu Status Bar command. The status bar contains:

Tooltip help - a description of the menu or button command immediately beneath the pointer.

indicators for caps lock (CAP), num lock (NUM) and scroll lock (SCRL).

row and column reference for the cursor, if a source file or header file has focus in the Text Editor.

When the status bar is visible, a check mark appears to the left of the Status Bar command in the View menu.

Motion Library Dialog

The Ultraware Motion Library dialog lets you to quickly find and insert specific motion library commands and C statements in a motion program.

The Motion Library is displayed when a source or header file is open; and is hidden when source and header files are closed or not the top view windows. The Motion Library dialog is docked to the right side of the main window by default.

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Chapter 1

 

 

Starting Ultraware

Software

When you start the software for the first time, it prompts you to Open Last File, xxx.udb, Open existing file, or Create new file. After you click the file to open or create, the software scans the network for online drives.

You may need to configure your PC’s serial port settings (refer to Serial Port Settings on page 22) and rescan the network (refer to Scanning the Network on page 21) to verify that the software successfully locates all online network drives.

Opening an Ultraware File

The name and location of any open file is stored in memory, when you close your software. Each time the software opens, it displays a dialog that lets you do one of these commands.

Select

 

Description

 

 

Open Last File, xxx.udb, and then OK

Opens the most recently used Ultraware file.

 

 

Open existing file, and then OK

Open another, existing Ultraware file of your choice.

 

 

Create new file, and then OK

Open a new Ultraware file.

 

 

 

Cancel

 

Open Ultraware without an active file in the Workspace

 

 

window.

 

 

 

TIP

A new file is held in temporary storage until saved.

Scanning the Network

When the software opens, it conducts a search of the network for all connected drives. The Scan For On-Line Drives dialog displays the progress of the online node scan (0…255), and the specific task the software is currently undertaking (for example, Scanning Node or Attaching to Node).

Click Stop Scanning to stop the scanning for and attaching to online drives.

The On-Line Drives branch of the Workspace window displays each drive detected. Because the software does not automatically update the Workspace window, click Rescan from the Tools menu to display the list of drives that are currently online.

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Serial Port Settings

After you open the software for the first time, you may change the configuration of the personal computer’s serial port and baud rate settings. The default settings are COM1 and 38400. Perform these steps to change the settings.

1.Click Serial Port from the Tools menu.

2.In the PC Communications Setup dialog box, type the appropriate serial port settings.

IMPORTANT Ultra5000 drives support only the format 8 data bits, no parity.

Ultra3000 drives do not support the 57600 bps rate.

Upgrading Drive Firmware You can use the software interface to upgrade the firmware for an online drive. Use the Upgrade Firmware command (in the File menu) to open the Firmware

Upgrade dialog box, where you can perform a flash upgrade to the firmware of a drive appearing in the On-Line Drives branch of the Workspace window. Before issuing the Upgrade Firmware command, be sure to first obtain a copy of the new firmware and any related instructions.

Perform these steps to upgrade firmware in the Firmware Upgrade dialog box.

1.Click the drive for firmware upgrade from the list of On-Line Drives. If a drive name has been left blank, it is identified as <Unnamed Drive>.

2.Enter the pathname of the new firmware file. Either type in the pathname, or use the browse button (marked with an ellipsis) to navigate to the new firmware file. (The new firmware file must have an extension of .hex.)

3.Click Begin Load. The software informs you of firmware upgrade progress using both a progress bar and status messages.

IMPORTANT Click Cancel to stop the firmware upgrade. However, If you cancel the firmware upgrade while it is in progress, the selected drive ceases to be functional. Thereafter, the selected drive can be used only to complete a subsequent firmware upgrade.

If drivers are to be installed, also see Installing Drivers on page 145.

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Chapter 2

Common Commands for Ultra Drive Configuration

Introduction

This chapter describes show to configure both an online and an offline drive. It also describes how to copy or move it to an offline Ultraware file, or how to copy and paste an offline drive (in an Ultraware file) onto an existing online drive, thereby overwriting the online drive’s settings. It also explains how to use drag- and-drop to accomplish the copy and paste process in a single step.

Topic

Page

 

 

Introduction

23

 

 

Opening Ultraware Software

24

 

 

Creating, Opening and Saving Ultraware Files

25

 

 

Creating a New Drive

28

 

 

Importing and Exporting a Drive

28

 

 

Working in the Workspace Window

30

 

 

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Chapter 2 Common Commands for Ultra Drive Configuration

Opening Ultraware

Software

Before you create a new offline drive, you must first create an Ultraware file to contain the new drive. When Ultraware opens for the first time, a window similar to the one below appears. Selecting any radio button causes the action described below.

Click Open Last File: <filename> and then click OK to open the most recently used Ultraware file.

Click Open existing file and then click OK. The Open window will appear, and you can navigate to and open a previously saved Ultraware file.

Click Create new file and then click OK to create a new, empty file.

TIP A new file is stored in temporary storage, and the Workspace icon displays Unsaved until the file is saved with a filename.

Click Cancel to exit the window without opening an Ultraware file.

The selected Ultraware file, if any, is displayed in an Off-Line branch of the Workspace window.

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Common Commands for Ultra Drive Configuration

Chapter 2

 

 

Creating, Opening and

Saving Ultraware Files

An Ultraware file is a container that can hold any number or combination of offline Ultra3000 and Ultra5000 drives, projects and their children. An Ultraware file is distinguished by its extension of .udb.

Creating a New Ultraware File

To create a new Ultraware DataBase (.udb) file, perform these steps.

1.Open an Ultraware file using one of these options:

Click New in the File menu.

Click the New icon in the File toolbar.

Press the Ctrl + N keys.

IMPORTANT If an Ultraware file is already open, a Save Changes window opens and requires a response before the request to open a new file executes.

Choose one of these commands.

Yes - Saves the open file under the filename in the designated location. Saves the open file under the filename in the designated location.

No - Discards the changes to the open file.

Cancel - Aborts the new Ultraware file, leaving the previous file open.

2.A new Ultraware file, titled Unsaved, appears in the Workspace under OnLine Drives.

3.The Ultraware file can be populated with drives as described in Creating a New Drive on page 28, and saved under a name using the directions in Saving an Ultraware File on page 27.

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Opening an Existing Ultraware File

To open an existing Ultraware file, perform these steps.

1.Open an existing Ultraware file using one of these options:

Click Open in the File menu.

Click the Open icon in the File toolbar.

Press the Ctrl + O keys.

IMPORTANT If an Ultraware file is already open, a Save Changes window

Yes

opens and requires a response before the request to open a new file executes.

Choose one of these commands.

Yes - Saves the open file under the filename in the designated location. Saves the open file under the filename in the designated location.

No - Discards the changes to the open file.

Cancel - Aborts the new Ultraware file, leaving the previous file open.

2.Perform these steps in the Open dialog box.

a.Navigate to and click the name of the Ultraware file to open.

b.Click Open.

The selected Ultraware file appears in the Workspace window. If the Workspace window displayed a previously opened Ultraware file, the selected Ultraware file is displayed.

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Saving an Ultraware File

To save all changes made to a drive or a project, perform these steps.

1.Choose one of these options.

Click Save in the File menu

Click the Save icon in the File toolbar

Press the Ctrl + S keys

2.Click Save As in the File menu to open the Save As dialog box.

3.Type or click a file name in the Save As dialog box.

4.Navigate to the location where the new Ultraware file should be stored.

5.Click Save.

TIP

Save As saves the entire Ultraware database (.udb) file to a

 

new name.

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Creating a New Drive

Importing and Exporting a

Drive

With an Ultraware file open in the Workspace window, you can add a new offline Ultra3000, Ultra5000, or Kinetix 3 drive.

To add a new drive, perform these steps.

Click Ultra1500, Ultra3000, Ultra5000, or Kinetix 3 in the Insert Menu.

Right-click the Ultraware file, and then-click the drive type (Kinetix 3, Ultra1500, Ultra3000, Ultra5000).

A new drive appears in the Workspace window.

The name of the new drive is Drive or (if Drive already exists) Driven, where n is the lowest positive integer that creates a unique drive name for the specific drive model. For example, two 2098-DSD-005 drives may be named Drive and Drive1, and two 2098-DSD-005X drives may also be named Drive and Drive 1.

You can import an existing, previously configured drive to an Ultraware file using the File menu’s Import command.

Only drives that have been previously exported, using the File menu’s Export command, can be imported. Exporting a drive saves it as an User data eXchange File with a .uxf extension.

Exporting a Drive

To Export a drive, perform these steps.

1.Click a drive branch.

2.Do one of these actions to open the Export To dialog box.

Click Export in the File menu.

Right-click the drive branch, and click Export in the menu.

3.Type or click a name for the drive in the Export To dialog box.

4.Navigate to a location where the file should be exported.

5.Click Save.

The exported file is saved as an User data eXchange File (with an .uxf extension).

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Importing a Drive

To Import a previously exported drive, performs these steps.

1.Click the offline Ultraware file.

2.Do one of these actions to open the The Import From window.

Click Import in the File menu.

Right-click the Ultraware file, and then click Import from the pop-up menu.

3.In the Import From window, navigate to and click the User data eXchange File (.uxf ) that contains the desired drive settings.

4.Click Open to display the imported drive in the offline Ultraware file.

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Working in the Workspace

Window

You can use the Edit menu commands to Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete/Erase items in the Workspace window. You can also use a Drag and Drop function in place of Cut and Paste.

Cut

The Cut command removes selected items from the Workspace window. Any item cut from the Workspace window replaces any other item previously cut (or copied) and stored on the clipboard.

These Workspace window items cannot be cut.

an On-Line Drives branch

a drive in the On-Line Drives branch

an Ultraware file

any child branch of a drive

a program (with an .exe extension) for a project in an offline Ultraware file

To Cut an item from the Workspace window, perform these steps.

1.Click a Workspace window item (other than one of those listed above).

2.Do one of these actions.

Click Cut in the Edit menu.

Click Cut from the pop-up menu.

Simultaneously press the Ctrl + X keys.

Click the Cut icon in the Edit toolbar.

3.A message box asks you if you wish to continue. Click OK to cut or Cancel.

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