OVERVIEW:
SoMove is user-friendly setup software for PC, designed to simplify device configuration to optimize the time spent on the field. SoMove can configure the following Schneider Electric motor control devices:
• Altivar Machine
• Altivar Process
• Altivar Building
• Altivar Soft Starters
• Lexium Servo Drives
• Motor Management system
1.- Disable the maintenance laptop firewall.
2. Connect your laptop to the drive with an ethernet cable using the rj45 port where the graphic display is plugged into.
If it's a servodrive, it requires an Ethernet/IP comm adapter: VW3A3616.
3.- Set the maintenance laptop to a fixed IP address within the same subnet that the drive you want to back up the config file from.
Windows Start Menu > Network and Sharing Center
click on Ethernet/LAN hyperlink > Select TCP/IPv4 > Properties
Select the radio button “Use the following IP address” and enter the recommended IP address and subnet mask below:
Note: This IP address should not be used by any other drive in the same network.
4.- Open up SoMove and follow the steps below to connect to the drive:
Edit Connection / Scan > Scan Result > Modbus TCP > Click on the gear wheel or settings icon
Advanced Settings > Target Address
Enter the IP address of the drive, select “Single” as the Scan Type and hit OK.
5.- Scan Network and the drive should show up, double click it or hit connect.
6.- After acknowledging the pop-up warning, SoMove is going to start transferring the config file from the drive.
7.- Disconnect SoMove from the drive
Communication > Disconnect from Device
8.- Save the config file.
File > Save As
Save it to a known location and keep the file extension *.psx.