I'll connect the wires so as to make the motor turn in the direction I want it to go at the default direction parameter setting.
I always did the same and installed hundreds of drives, no issues.
A few weeks ago, I experienced a "strange one"
A standard 3 phase motor, with an Invertek Vsd. Connected up and switched ON, direction fine, all happy. Switched OFF and before I left, I switched ON again and could have sworn, it went in the opposite direction.
Switched ON/OFF about 50 times and on every start up, it would hesitate and then pick which ever direction it felt like. It usually went clockwise, but about 10% of the time it went anti clockwise.
I rang the Invertek rep. and he said, I had forgotten to do an "autotune".
I proceeded to do an "autotune" and perfect after that.
I was lucky that direction was not critical with that particular machine, but shows you can't bee too careful.