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SIMOTION Motion Control System
SIMOTION P – PC-based
SIMOTION P320-4 Motion Controller
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Design
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High system availability
The following features of the SIMOTION P320-4 Motion
Controller afford an especially high degree of system availability:
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Integrated monitoring functions for battery, temperature and
program execution
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LEDs on front panel for efficient diagnosis
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An integrated power supply with capacity to bridge brief
supply failures (not a UPS).
Flexible mounting in the control cabinet
SIMOTION P320-4 can be mounted in a variety of positions in
the control cabinet, e.g. on a standard rail, cabinet wall or by
portrait assembly kit. This means that valuable space inside the
cabinet can be saved for other purposes.
Flexible mounting in the control cabinet: (1) Standard rail mounting,
(2) Wall mounting, (3) Portrait assembly, (4) Front portrait assembly
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Function
System concept
The control and Motion Control software execute on the basic
system (SIMOTION Kernel).
The internal PC communication provides high-performance data
exchange between the SIMOTION Kernel and the Microsoft
Windows operating system. Further processing of this data, e.g.
using OPC server, is possible in any Microsoft program.
SIMOTION basic functionality
The SIMOTION P systems provide the following basic
functionality for a wide variety of automation requirements:
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SIMOTION runtime system
- User-programmable with several languages conforming to
IEC 61131
- Various methods of program execution (cyclic, sequential,
event-driven)
- PLC and arithmetic functionality
- Communication and management functions
- Technology functions for Motion Control Basic
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Testing and diagnostic tools
This basic functionality can be expanded with loadable
technology packages, if required.
SIMOTION technology packages
A special feature of SIMOTION is that the operating system
functionality can be expanded by loading technology packages,
such as:
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Motion Control with the functions
- POS – Positioning
- GEAR – Synchronous operation/electronic gear
- CAM – Cam
- PATH - Path interpolation
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TControl – Temperature controller
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MIIF – Multipurpose Information Interface
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Vibration Extinction (VIBX)
• OACAMGEN
Since the technology functions have modular licenses, you only
pay for what you will actually use: "only pay for what you need"
Configuring/parameterizing/programming
SIMOTION SCOUT is a powerful and user-friendly engineering
tool. It is an integrated system for all engineering steps, from
configuring and parameterization, through programming, to
testing and diagnostics. Graphical operator prompting, using
dialog boxes and wizards, as well as text-based and graphical
languages for programming, considerably reduce the
familiarization and training periods.
Series commissioning with optional USB flash drive
For the purpose of commissioning several Motion Controllers at
once, it is possible to copy a pre-generated data image to the
USB flash drive using SIMATIC IPC Image & Partition Creator
(own software).
The SIMATIC IPC Image & Partition Creator must either be
ordered separately, or is pre-installed on the SIMATIC IPC USB
flash drive (see selection and ordering data).
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