Rockwell Automation 7000 PowerFlex Medium Voltage AC Drive (B Frame) - Classic Control - Manual (Page 386)

6-96 Component Definition and Maintenance
7000-UM150I-EN-P – June 2013 7000 “B” Frame
Downloading the Introduction
Drive Firmware
With the introduction of the PowerFlex 7000 Medium Voltage
Drive, all drive control functions are loaded on the Drive Control
Boards (DCBs) with firmware via a serial connection on the
Customer Interface Board (CIB). The firmware for all participating
boards in the system is packaged into a single file (with the extension
.XFW) and downloaded to the drive using the XMODEM protocol.
This protocol is readily available on Windows based PC systems in
the form of HyperTerminal.
The latest firmware and the associated release notes are available on
the Medium Voltage intranet site, or can be obtained from Medium
Voltage Product Support.
This document describes how to download new or updated firmware
to the drive using the HyperTerminal program. The firmware
downloaded via this means is stored in non-volatile Flash memory.
Overview
From the point of view of OBP (On Board Programming) or
downloading firmware to the drive boards, there are currently three
devices which can participate:

Inverter DCB (Drive Control Board – Machine)

Rectifier DCB (Drive Control Board - Line)

Communications Board (CIB Board)
When the system is powered up, the three control boards
communicate with each other and execute the Application Code
contained in the on-board flash memory. If any single board does not
have valid firmware, then the entire system will drop into a
download mode. In the download mode the system is waiting to
receive a firmware download via the serial port (J8) on the CIB. This
port is normally used by the printer, if supplied.
The system may also be placed into download mode from the drive
Terminal. To do this, refer to the section “Download Mode”
described below.
Any drive that is shipped with no firmware, or any drive that has
new DCB or CIB installed with none or incompatible firmware (a
repair situation) will automatically go into firmware download mode
on power-up. Otherwise you have to put the system into download
mode using Terminal as explained below.