ABB ACS-AP-x User Manual

Control of multiple drives 49 Graph dataThe data for the graph format in the Home view is stored in the control panel only forthe selected drive. Upon changing the selected drive, any stored graph data isdiscarded, and graph data collection begins for the new drive.History graphs and all related settings (signal selection, horizontal timescale) aresaved in the drive, and the History graphs menu shows always the graphs for thecurrently selected drive. Data collection takes places independently in each drive. BackupsThe control panel can store backups from different drives. Conversely, backups froma drive can be uploaded to another drive. Customized contentEach drive in the panel bus has its own custom content because all thecustomizations are stored in the drive. AssistantsAssistants are drive-specific, which means that different drives in the panel bus canhave different assistants. However, the assistant framework is the same for allassistants in all drives.Faults and warnings with multiple drives Faults and warnings in the currently selected driveFaults and warnings in the currently selected drive are shown as normal. Faults and warnings in other drivesFaults in the other drives in the panel bus appearas remote faults.Faults that require a restart look like any otherremote faults. They are shown normally if youswitch to the drive in which the fault hasoccurred.In the Fault view, the keys have the followingfunctions:• Press (Hide) to go back to the previous view. The fault view does notreappear as with regular faults.• Press (Switch) to connect to the faulted drive.Only active warnings in the selected drive are shown in the control panel. To viewwarnings in another drive, you must select that drive in the Select drive menu.