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Elevator Core Reference Guide

Motor Thermistor Protection Feature

Using a PTC or KTY Motor Thermistor

The drive supports either a PTC or KTY thermistor and must be connected to Analog Input 2 (terminal DA3).

Connecting the Motor Thermistor to the drive

Electrical connection for a PTC thermistor

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Connect Between terminals +24 and DI5

Electrical connection for a KTY thermistor

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Connect Between terminals +10 and DI5

Note

The diagram shows the connection to Analog Input 2 (terminal DA3).

To set up the parameters for a motor thermistor follow the steps below:

  1. Set the thermistor type in either parameter P1-03 or P1-09 depending on if you are using Analog 1 or 2 as the thermistor input.

    Notice

    For a PTC thermistor set Ptc-th or for a KTY thermistor set ty-th.

  2. Set the thermistor trip reaction in P4-23.

  3. Set the thermistor threshold levels for trip and reset in P11-20 & P11-21 respectively.

  4. Select a Macro using parameter P1-02 that has the thermistor function available. Using standard Macros (P1-02 = 1 - 12) only Analog Input 2 is used as a thermistor input.

    Note

    If no Macro matches your needs you can use Group 12 for a User Defined Macro.

Motor Thermistor Setup - User Defined

If no standard Macro (P1-02 = 1 - 12) matches your requirement for operation while having a thermistor connected P1-02 can be set to 0 to enable the User Defined Macro. This allows the user to configure each Input to whatever function they would like.

Below is how to set either terminal DI4 or DI5 as a thermistor function:

Thermistor Terminal

Group 12 Parameter

Macro 0 Settings

DI4 (AnaloU Input 1)

P12-04 - DI4 Input Function Select

9: E-Trip Mode 1

22: E-Trip Mode 3

DI5 (Analog Input 2

P12-05 - DI5 Input Function Select

9: E-Trip Mode 1

22: E-Trip Mode 3

Note

For more information on User Defined settings see User Defined I/O - Drive Functions.

Depending on the settings of P4-23 the drive will either trip or show a warning message to indicate the motor has overheated.

When the drive trips on a thermistor fault the drive will display:

Display message

No.

Description

Corrective Action/Further information

F-Ptc

21

Motor PTC Over Temperature

The connected motor PTC device has caused the drive to trip

F-tY

57

Motor KTY84 Thermistor Fault

The connected motor KTY device has caused the drive to trip

When the drive shows a warning message for motor overtemperature the drive will display:

Warning message

Description

Corrective Action/Further information

Ot-Mm

Motor Overtemperature warning

Based on motor thermistor over temperature feedback via drive terminals.

Parameter Number

Parameter Name

Units

Default

Available Settings

Access

Change During Run

Scaling

Size (Bytes)

CAN Register

CAN Sub Index

Modbus Register

P1-03

DI4 Analog Input 1 Format

N/A

0: U 0-10

0 ... 9

RW

N

N/A

1

2067h

0

103

P1-09

DI5 Analog Input 2 Format

N/A

0: U 0-10

0 ... 9

RW

Y

N/A

1

206Dh

0

109

P4-23

Motor Thermistor Trip Reaction

N/A

0: Stop at Next stop command and show thermistor fault message

0 ... 2

RW

Y

N/A

1

21A7h

0

423

P11-20

Motor Thermistor Trip Threshold

Ω

2500Ω

0 ... 5000Ω

RW

Y

1 = 1Ω

2

2460h

0

1120

P11-21

Motor Thermistor Reset Threshold

Ω

1900Ω

0 ... 5000Ω

RW

Y

1 = 1Ω

2

2461h

0

1121

P1-03 - DI4 Analog Input 1 Format

Select the configuration for Analog Input 1. Digital Input 4 only operates as an Analog Input when P1-02 is set to 6 or 7 or configured via Group 12 when using Macro 0.

Setting

Drive Display

Input Format

Ptc-th

Ptc-th

Motor PTC thermistor input

tY-th

ty-th

Motor KTY84 thermistor input

P1-09 - DI5 Analog Input 2 Format

Below are the analog configurations available for Analog Input 2.

Setting

Drive Display

Input Format

Ptc-th

Ptc-th

Motor PTC thermistor input

tY-th

ty-th

Motor KTY84 thermistor input

Used to set the trip reaction when a motor thermistor fault occurs.

Setting

Reaction

0

Trip at next stop command and show thermistor fault message F-Ptc or F-tY depending on the setting of P1-03 or P1-09.

1

Trip Immediately and show thermistor fault message F-Ptc or F-tY depending on the setting of P1-03 or P1-09.

2

Continue running and show thermistor warning message Ot-Mm.

Sets the trip threshold resistance for the connected motor thermistor.

Sets the trip reset threshold resistance for the connected motor thermistor.

Below is the answers to some commonly asked questions about the Motor Thermistor Protection.

Question

Answer

Why is the drive not showing the correct fault code?

Make sure that the Analog Input is set to the correct thermistor setting.

Make sure that the Macro in P1-02 being used has a thermistor function available.

Make sure that the trip reaction in Parameter P4-23 is set to either 0 or 1.

Where can I read the Motor Thermistor Resistance?

Use parameters P0-45 (Analog Input 1) & P0-46 (Analog Input 2).