How do you control Delta's AC motor drive with a computer?Delta's AC motor drive is designed with communication ports for RS485 connection and it supports the MODBUS protocol for data transmission and exchanges. Users can read/write data from Delta’s AC motor drive using a computer simply by installing any kind of MODBUS software to the PC. For a program writer, Delta provides MODBUS DLL file to facilitate the programming process. Please download the “Delta Modbus DLL Library” from Delta website: http://www.delta.com.tw/product/em/download/download_main.asp?act=3&pid=3&cid=1&tpid=3. The DLL file allows users to modify the parameters and also to monitor and control the AC motor drive.
Ex: Communication setting for an AC motor drive (default: station 1, ASCII mode) and commands are given as following via MODBUS:
“:010620000002D7\x0D\x0A” AC motor drive begins operation
“:010620000001D7\x0D\x0A” AC motor drive stops operation
The code represents:
01= station number
06= function code (write in)
2000H = AC motor drive’s register
For more detail, please refer to any AC motor drive series’ user manual.