Digital Power Insight* (DPI)
Set of tools to interact with ABB PMBus* enabled power modules
- Easy to use software running on Windows PC
- Use with the ABB USB-to-I2C translator to communicate with modules
- Multiple tools utilizing either graphical interfaces or command line instructions
- Rich set of functions, including setup and configuration options to control and read back data
The Digital Power Insight (DPI) software suite along with ABB’s latest Digital AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies, Digital Bus Converters and Point-of-Load (POL) modules allows customers to communicate with the end-use equipment via the PMBus interface without writing any software. With a set of four tools (command line interface based DPI-CLI; a simple, fixed-format graphical user interface DPI-GUI for modules and Bus Converters and CPGUI for the CP family products and the full-featured, multi-window ProGUI), the user has a range of user interfaces to match their development and testing needs. The table below provides a quick summary of the features and capabilities of the four tools.
| Features | DPI-CLI | CPGUI | DPI-GUI | DPI-ProGUI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find all modules connected to I2c bus | X | Up to 8 CP units | Up to 6 (4 POL +2 Conv.) |
X |
| Query and adjust individual module parameters | X | X | X | X |
| Query and adjust small group of modules (≤6/8) | X | X | X | X |
| Query and adjust large group of modules (up to 64) | X | X | ||
| Continuous polling of modules to collect and display data | X | X | X | X |
| Store recorded data in a file | X | X | X | |
| Plot Waveforms onf module data | X | |||
| Creating and Storage of Module Configuration | X | X | ||
| Scripting Capability | X | X | ||
| Support for DLynx II* PoLs | X |
The DPI Software Tool Set is distributed as a zip file (setup_dpi_suite_bld_78.zip) that can be downloaded here:
Issued November 26, 2019
The DPI Evaluation Kit is available for the PDT012 module. For more information, please complete and submit the form.
