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Effective braking torque must be input if there are brakes.

•Brake locations can only be changed in BA.

•Input “Brake Torque Rating”, “Brake Efficiency” and “Effective Brake Torque”

•“Effective Brake Torque” is the value used by the program when calculating brake force.

For brakes to be utilized in a "power loss" scenario, they should operate in a "fail-safe" manner or have an UPS power supply.