ANACON SYSTEMS INTRODUCES 
NEW DigiDrive II - NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLERS
FOR SINGLE-PHASE AC INDUCTION MOTORS

New, Network Interface DigiDrive II units Provides OEM Design Engineers Remote Monitoring and Control for Variable Speed, Single-Phase AC Motors

All DigiDrive products use Anacon Systems' proprietary microcontroller and software algorithms and include analog, digital and power electronics. The solutions easily and conveniently integrate into new and existing designs resulting in higher energy efficiency, lower conversion costs, less conversion time, lower total design costs, enhanced performance and extended motor life. The customized capabilities of the motor control through firmware modifications and hardware selections result in faster time-to-market and lower cost of ownership. These modular assembled controllers are uniquely designed by Anacon Systems to provide hardware and firmware application-specific solutions that will appeal to designers of small, medium, and large OEMs.

The DigiDrive II - NETWORK INTERFACE allows OEM designers to connect our DigiDrive II units into a system control that will allow remote access and control through a MODBUS (RS485) network or through an IrDA - Infrared remote controller. The -002 option requires hardware and software modifications to the standard DigiDrive II units and comes with an "interface card" that translates the standard I/O inot the I/O of the EVO card. Any additional EVO generated interface units can, likewise, interface with the new -002 option products.

The Network Interface option provides the following key features and user benefits:

• Configuration Capability - easy to configure from a PC through an RS232 interface, providing local configurability and PC custom programming of the controller
• Network Interface - RS485-MODBUS or IrDA interface through EVO interface providing remote access to motor/drive performance in real time and ability to tie motor systems together in common network
• Remote Diagnostics and configuration - real time measurements of motor performance and ability to reconfigure through the RS485 connection, allowing for monitoring and readjustment from remote locations

"The agency-approved DigiDrive II - NETWORK will provide our customers flexible-configurability and modular hardware along with network capabilities that will proliferate the low cost, custom motor control platform we are striving to offer," said Howard Abramowitz, Vice President of Business Development for Anacon Systems. "In addition to the already mushrooming market of factory automation, the networking of homes are projected to explode and Anacon Systems motor controls expect to play a prominent role in fans, blowers, pumps and compressors that are found throughout these homes."

Applications

A few industries are already utilizing or currently developing variable speed motor control applications, including:

• Residential and commercial HVAC, such as air distribution blowers and ventilation fans
• Appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, and range hoods; pumps, compressors, and fans
• Water and liquid distribution systems
• Cleanroom HEPA and ULPA air delivery systems