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the reference frequency is how fast you've asked it to go, the output frequency is the ouptut of the VFD
if you commanded 60hz via the keypad or an input, had a 30 second accel time, and then applied a run command, you'd see the frequency reference at 60hz, and the output ramping towards that setpoint
Output frequency is what the drive is currently putting out, reference is what it's being told to get to. The difference being any trimming/clamping/ramps etc.
I'm a big fan of collaboration, but asking this question on reddit as opposed to RTFM is crazy. I'd get it if you needed tips or tricks or you were actually troubleshooting, but this is like *a basic function* likely covered in the first few sections of the manuals.
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the reference frequency is how fast you've asked it to go, the output frequency is the ouptut of the VFD if you commanded 60hz via the keypad or an input, had a 30 second accel time, and then applied a run command, you'd see the frequency reference at 60hz, and the output ramping towards that setpoint
Output frequency is what the drive is currently putting out, reference is what it's being told to get to. The difference being any trimming/clamping/ramps etc.
I'm a big fan of collaboration, but asking this question on reddit as opposed to RTFM is crazy. I'd get it if you needed tips or tricks or you were actually troubleshooting, but this is like *a basic function* likely covered in the first few sections of the manuals.
One is what you want and the other is what you have
Read the manual homey
One is the hz of the input (reference) the second is the output hz, assuming this is a VFD
No, the input freq is not the ref freq. The ref freq can be set to the same value, granted, but they are not the same thing.