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Technical Notes
There are a number of Technical Notes that have been created by the Control Techniques USA Technical Support team. Too often, application solutions are dealt with externally ( at additional system cost ). These application notes offer some insight into solutions for many common Drive applications by exploiting many of the inherent internal ( unknown or mysterious ) functions within Control Techniques Drives at no additional cost.

The Technical Notes tend to be educational in nature, so reading them even if you do not have an immediate application need, tends to give one a better overall understanding of the inner workings and facilities within our Drives that are available to help solve an application.

Many of the Technical Notes utilize our software tools. One can tend to learn these tools by simple observation and thru examples within our Technical Notes. We would advise you to download and save the TECHNICAL NOTE DIRECTORY within your PC as it contains active web links that can be clicked to download any of the Application Notes directly.
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Technical Note Directory Interactive list of all existing Technical Notes
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40KB

1.80
Technical Notes Go to the top 

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Product Line

P/N

File

File Size

Rev
Current Scaling Burden Resistors
Mentor II
CTTN110

pdf

328KB
1.2
Current Loop Overview
Mentor II/Quantum III
CTTN111

pdf

117KB
1.0
Hardware Fault Codes
Unidrive
CTTN112

pdf

75KB
1.1
Snubber Networks in DC Drives
Mentor II/Quantum III
CTTN113

pdf

75KB
1.0
CT Net Browser
Unidrive/Mentor/Quantum
CTTN114

pdf

68KB
1.0
Voltage Trip Vevels
Commander SK, Commander GP20, Unidrive
CTTN115

pdf

40KB
1.1
Latch up Prevention
FXM5
CTTN116

pdf

79KB
1.0
Use with CTIU
Commander SE
CTTN117

pdf

131KB
1.0
Updating the CTIU Operating System
CTIU
CTTN118

pdf

103KB
1.0
Use w/Non-Standard Motors
Focus 1 / Focus 3N
CTTN119

pdf

116KB
1.0
Serial EEPROM Swap
Mentor II/Quantum III
CTTN120

pdf

1.3MB
1.0
DC Motor Resistive Evaluation
Mentor II/Quantum III
CTTN121

pdf

276KB
1.0
Setting Current Loop Gains
Unidrive
CTTN122

pdf

89KB
1.0
Single Phase Operation of Low Voltage 3 Phase Drives
Commander SE
CTTN123

pdf

70KB
1.0
Servo Motor Selection
Unidrive
CTTN124

pdf

76KB
1.0
HiCurrent FXM5 Regulator
FXM5
CTTN125

pdf

180KB
1.0
Setting up for Tach Feedback
Quantum III/Mentor II
CTTN126

pdf

640 KB
1.1
Replacement MDA6 Power Boards
Quantum III/Mentor II
CTTN127

pdf

131KB
1.0
Motor operation above base speed / Field weakening
Quantum III/Mentor II
CTTN128

pdf

376 KB
1.0
Applying FXM5's
Quantum III/Mentor II
CTTN129

pdf

148KB
1.0
Line Current and KVA Requirements for a DC Drive
Quantum III/Mentor II
CTTN130

pdf

101KB
1.1
Cooling Fan Wiring
Mentor II
CTTN131

pdf

82KB
1.0
UD75 Evaluation
UD75 CTNet Module
CTTN132

pdf

283KB
1.0
UD77 Evaluation
UD77 DeviceNet Module
CTTN133

pdf

316KB
1.0
UD73 Evaluation * Pending
UD73 Profibus Module
CTTN134

* KB
Not Available
Current Loop Tuning
Quantum III/Mentor II
CTTN135

pdf

99 KB
1.6
Oscilloscope Safety
CTTN136

pdf

205 KB
1.4
Sine Wave Output Filter Connections
Filter
CTTN137

pdf

115 KB
1.0
FXM5 Startup Guide
Quantum III/Mentor II
CTTN138

pdf

404 KB
1.0
Chattering Contactor
Quantum III Size 1
CTTN139
276 KB
1.0
CTIU HMI connections the RJ45 Port
CTIU HMI
CTTN140
99 KB
1.0
Using VSCOM USB to RS-232 Adaptor
CommunicationsI
CTTN141
228 KB
1.0
Updating the SM-Ethernet Module Firmware
Unidrive SP
CTTN142
803 KB
1.0
Calibrating the Offset Pot
Focus 3
CTTN143
387 KB
1.0
Essential Codes
Unidrive SP
CTTN144
27 KB
1.0
Essential Codes
Commander GP20
CTTN145
27 KB
1.0
Modification for Use in Regen Applications
Unidrive Classic
Size 3 & 4
CTTN146
220 KB
1.0
Drive Start Up
Mentor II
CTTN147
284 KB
1.0
CDII conversion guide
CDII to Commander SE
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844 KB
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Dinverter A conversion guide
Dinverter A to Commander SE
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519 KB
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Dinverter B conversion guide
Dinverter B to Commander SE
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553 KB
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Single Phase Line Reactor
Commander SK/SE
CTTN148
82 KB
1.0
Unidrive Quick Setup/Checkout
Unidrive Classic/Unidrive SP
CTTN149
76 KB
1.0
General Application Notes Go to the top 

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AC Drive Characteristics
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pdf

204 KB
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DC Drive Characteristics
-
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120 KB
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Basic Mechanics
-
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89 KB
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Electrical Formulas
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89 KB
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Environmental Considerations
-
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69 KB
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Gear Reducers
-
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114 KB
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Harmonic Guide
-
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135 KB
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Inertia Tables
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pdf
87 KB
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Motor HP Calculations (1)
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96KB
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Motor HP Calculations (2)
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88 KB
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Powerline Considerations
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181 KB
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Selecting HP
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120 KB
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Types of Loads
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93 KB
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AC Motors Home Study Course
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3.2 MB
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AC Motor Terminology
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224 KB
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DC Motors Home Study Course
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2.0 MB
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