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Revision 1.6

2018-11-27

EVAL-M1-101T User Manual

iMOTION™ Modular Application Design Kit

Getting Started with EVAL-M1-101T

7. Start MCEDesigner tool and open MCEDesigner default configuration file (.irc) for IMC101T-T038 controller

(IMC101T_Vxxx.irc) by clicking “File” > “Open”. IMC101T_Vxxx.irc file is included in the ”IMC101T-T038 MCE

Software Package” downloaded in step 1.

8. MCEDesigner should automatically connect to the EVAL-M1-101T control board using default COM port

(Indicated by green circle next to “COMx Up” status in the bottom frame of the MCEDesigner GUI). If it

cannot establish the connection, change COM port by doing following steps: (“System” window active) >

Preferences > Connection > Connect using (Chose one of the other available COM ports from the drop-down

menu).

9. In case the IMC101T-T038 IC on the EVAL-M1-101T is empty (not programmed), which will be indicated by

the pop-up window message after connecting to the MCEDesigner, then use following steps to program the

firmware and the system parameters into the internal SRAM of iMOTION™ IC: Click “Tools” > “Programmer”

and select “Program Firmware and Parameters”. Browse and select the IMC101T-T038_A_Vxxx.ldf file which

was included in the IMC101T-T038 MCE Software Package” downloaded in step 1. Then browse and select

the System Drive Parameters .txt file created in step 4. See chapter MCEDesigner setup overview 4.2.2 for

more details.

10. In case the IMC101T-T038 IC firmware has alredy been loaded, use following steps to program the system

parameters into the internal SRAM of iMOTION™ IC: Click “Tools” > “Programmer” and select “Program

Parameters”. Browse and select the System Drive Parameters .txt file created in step 4.

11. Start the motor by clicking the green traffic light button in the control bar.

Figure 5

System connection example using EVAL-M1-101T and EVAL-M1-05-65D

PC-USB

Connector

Motor Phase

Outputs

AC Power

Input