MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A system comprising:
- a drive unit adapted to drive a motor coupled to a load, the drive unit including a processing device, a wireless transceiver, and a non-transitory machine readable medium having embedded therein processing instructions configured to perform a method when executed by the processing device, the method including;
the wireless transceiver wirelessly receiving configuration information; and
the processing device configuring the drive unit based on the configuration information.
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Abstract
A system and a method for driving an electrical motor with a drive unit including a wireless transceiver. A user may wirelessly couple a user input device with the transceiver, and use a drive application to, optionally, update configuration information including drive control parameters, update application logic residing in the drive unit, and/or upload performance parameters.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a drive unit adapted to drive a motor coupled to a load, the drive unit including a processing device, a wireless transceiver, and a non-transitory machine readable medium having embedded therein processing instructions configured to perform a method when executed by the processing device, the method including; the wireless transceiver wirelessly receiving configuration information; and the processing device configuring the drive unit based on the configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
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10. A system as in claim 10, wherein the life extension logic includes a fold-back algorithm configured to cause the processing device to fold-back a speed of the motor to reduce power consumption.
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12. A method comprising:
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driving a motor coupled to a load with a drive unit including a wireless transceiver and a processing device; the wireless transceiver wirelessly receiving configuration information; and the processing device configuring the drive unit based on the configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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