VFD Machines¶
A Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) machine in Enture is a drive unit connected via Modbus (RTU or TCP). When a machine is set to type VFD, the platform automatically activates a dedicated dashboard that surfaces live drive state, active faults and warnings, alarm history, and health trends — all in one place.
What Enture monitors on a VFD¶
| What | How it's used |
|---|---|
| Status Word | Derives the current drive state — Ready, Running, Faulted, Trip-locked, Coasting |
| Alarm & Warning Words | Decodes active fault and warning bits in real time |
| Extended Status Word | Surfaces operational flags (ramping, current limit, OVC, etc.) |
| Maintenance Word | Shows which preventive maintenance items are due |
| Analog readings | Powers Drive Health Trends (speed, current, power, temperatures, etc.) |
Roles¶
| Role | What they can do |
|---|---|
| Operator | View dashboard, acknowledge alarms, browse SOPs, inspect word registers |
| Engineer | All operator actions + configure param mapping, drive config, create custom SOPs |
Navigation¶
When you open a VFD machine's detail page the VFD Dashboard appears automatically at the top of the page. Below the dashboard the standard machine tabs (Parameters, Status Rules, etc.) remain available.
The Docs menu in the top-left of the page gives quick access to reference documents for the machine — currently Standard SOPs.
In this section¶
- VFD Dashboard — live state, active conditions, health trends
- Alarm History — full event log, categories, timeline view
- Word Registers — live bit-level inspection of drive registers
- Docs Menu & SOP Browser — browsing standard SOPs alarm-by-alarm
- Configuration — mapping word registers and analog params (engineer)
- SOP Management — creating and editing custom SOPs (engineer)