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2020-09-29

EVAL-M1-IM240-A user manual

iMOTION™ modular application design kit

Getting started with EVAL-M1-IM240-A

4.2.2

MCEDesigner setup overview

After installing MCEDesigner installer, there is a shortcut for MCEDesigner on the windows desktop. Double

click the shortcut to open MCEDesigner and then open “IMC101T_xx.irc” file as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8

MCEDesigner’s main display for EVAL-M1-101T

To program system-drive parameter file into IMC101T-T038, please click “Tools” menu and select

“Programmer” in the pull down list. The pop-up window “Program IMC controller” will show up as in Figure 9.

Click on the “Program Parameters” radio button (this is the default option), and then select the drive system

parameter file created using MCEWizard by clicking on “Browse”. Finally, click on the “Start” button to program

the parameter file into the IMC101T-T038 IC.

Figure 9

“Program IMC Controller” pop-up window

After the drive system parameter file has been programmed into IMC101 controller, and the motor drive system

is powered, the MCEDesigner can be used to start/stop the motor, display motor current traces, change the

motor speeds, modify drive parameters and many other functions. Please refer to the MCEDesigner

documentation for more details.