SINAMICS Startdrive Commissioning Tool Siemens

Обзор

SINAMICS Startdrive is a tool for configuring, commissioning, and diagnosing the SINAMICS family of drives and is integrated into the TIA Portal.

SINAMICS Startdrive can be used to implement drive applications involving the following inverters:

SINAMICS G120
SINAMICS G120C
SINAMICS G120D
SINAMICS G120P
SINAMICS G110M

The SINAMICS Startdrive commissioning tool has been optimized with regard to user friendliness and consistent use of the TIA Portal benefits of a common working environment for PLC, HMI and drives.

Интеграция

Integration of SINAMICS drives with SIMATIC in the TIA Portal

The software packages based on the TIA Portal are harmonized with each other and offer important benefits. The TIA Portal enables simple integration of SINAMICS frequency inverters in your automation solution:

Reduction in the familiarization overhead thanks to cross-tool uniformity of the operator inputs
Device configuration and network connection of the inverters in the TIA Portal-wide configuration/network editor
Device access to the inverters via the PLC across network boundaries (dataset routing)
Automatic frame comparison between inverters and SIMATIC S7 PLC
Reduction of standstill times through the integration of inverter messages in the SIMATIC S7 system diagnostics:
- The drive messages are part of the SIMATIC S7 system diagnostics without previous configuration
- The drive messages are therefore automatically available as plain text in the TIA Portal, the web server of the SIMATIC S7 PLC and the HMI
Time saving due to simple and guided configuration of the inverters for operation with SIMATIC S7 Motion Control
Short familiarization time for SIMATIC STEP 7 users due to common use of editors. Realtime trace and the drive control panel are identical to the editors in STEP 7
Reuse of the drive configuration and parameterization is possible with the assistance of the TIA Portal library
Standard TIA Portal functions for inverters, e.g. Undo, Redo
Block library supplied for easy integration of SINAMICS inverters into the user programs of the SIMATIC S7‑300, S7‑400, S7‑1200, S7‑1500
Shared project storage for all devices in the project

Supported frequency inverters

Integration of the SINAMICS drives into the TIA Portal is carried out in steps. The following frequency inverters can be configured in SINAMICS Startdrive

SINAMICS G120
SINAMICS G120C
SINAMICS G120D
SINAMICS G120P
SINAMICS G110M

All of the available Control Units from SINAMICS Firmware V4.4 are supported for these devices (including PROFINET, PROFIBUS, Safety Integrated). All combinable Power Modules up to 400 kW can be configured.

Installation versions

SINAMICS Startdrive can be installed as an optional package to SIMATIC STEP 7 or as a stand-alone application (without SIMATIC STEP 7).

System requirements

Hardware

PG or PC, Intel Core i5-3320M or higher, 3.3 GHz (or similar)
8 GB RAM
Screen resolution 1920 × 1080 pixels
64-bit operating system

Software

SINAMICS Startdrive V13 is released for use with the following operating systems (64-bit, Windows 7, and also 32-bit):

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise SP1
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise
Microsoft Server 2008 R2 StdE SP1 (only STEP 7 Professional)
Microsoft Server 2012 R2 StdE

Compatibility with other products

SINAMICS Startdrive can be installed alongside STARTER
SINAMICS Startdrive V13 operates with STEP 7 Basic/Professional V13 and WinCC V13 in a framework
SINAMICS Startdrive V13 can be installed on a computer alongside other versions of Startdrive V12, STEP 7 V12, V5.4 or V5.5, STEP 7 Micro/WIN, WinCC flexible (2008 and above) and WinCC (V7.0 SP2 and above)
Supported virtualization platforms:
- VMware Workstation 10
- VMware Player 6.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
SINAMICS Startdrive has been tested with the following virus scanners:
- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1
- Trend Micro Office Scan Corporate Edition 10.6
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014
- Windows Defender (Windows version 8.1 and above)

Особенности

Efficient commissioning with easy configuration and powerful tools:

High degree of usability thanks to task-based navigation through the engineering workflow
- Hardware configuration
- Parameterization
- Commissioning
- Diagnostics
Time-saving and guided step-by-step commissioning
User-friendly graphic function view for all drive functions
List of drive parameters structured according to functions
Easy integration of SIMOTICS motors
Integrated control panel for direct operation of the inverter from the TIA Portal
Powerful realtime trace for commissioning and drive diagnostics
Intuitive and efficient inverter diagnostics through automatic display of messages
Context-sensitive online help, e.g. for drive messages
Integrated detailed inverter diagnostic functions
- Control/status words
- Parameter status
- Operating conditions
- Communication states
Simple configuration for drive-end Safety Integrated and the drive-internal basic positioning function (EPos)
Graphic configuration of drive-internal free function blocks (FFB)
Online work on the inverter
- Without previous creation of an offline project
- With new SINAMICS firmware (e.g. V4.7), without having to perform a tool update
- Available online functions without project: Commissioning with wizard and control panel, full parameter access with graphic function view and structured parameter list with complete inverter diagnostics

Дальнейшая информация

The SINAMICS Startdrive commissioning tool is available free on the Internet at
http://www.siemens.com/startdrive