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SIMOTION Motion Control System
SIMOTION software
Overview
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Overview
SIMOTION – The scalable system platform for Motion
Control applications
The SIMOTION system has created a scalable system platform for
automation tasks, particularly Motion Control applications.
The scalability of the system makes it possible to implement tailor-
made and cost-effective applications.
The modular SIMOTION software is perfectly integrated and
offers easy-to-use functions for all phases of the automation
process.
SIMOTION – Software for runtime, engineering and
commissioning
The software for SIMOTION is divided into the following
categories:
Runtime software
SIMOTION Kernel – Basic functionality
The SIMOTION Kernel provides the basic functionality and is a
component of all SIMOTION devices.
SIMOTION technology packages
The scope of functions can be modularly expanded by
integrating SIMOTION technology packages.
SIMOTION IT – Web server functions for service and diagnostics
Supports simple diagnostics, service or HMI applications without
SIMOTION SCOUT.
Engineering software
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SIMOTION SCOUT engineering software (with integrated
STARTER commissioning tool)
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Optional CamTool package (cam editor)
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Optional Drive Control Chart (DCC) package
The SIMOTION SCOUT engineering system provides high-
performance tools that provide simple, optimal support for all
engineering steps required in the context of machine automation.
The SIMOTION CamTool is available as an optional package
which permits simple creation of cams.
The optional Drive Control Chart package is available for easy
graphical configuring of technology functions using predefined
function blocks (Drive Control Blocks DCB) (not for SCOUT TIA –
SIMOTION in the TIA Portal).
The SIMOTION SCOUT engineering system can be used in
SIMATIC STEP 7 (with integrated data management and
configuration), or as a stand-alone engineering tool. SIMOTION
SCOUT TIA (SIMOTION in the TIA Portal) can be used in the TIA
Portal environment in version V13 and above and is included in
the scope of supply of SCOUT.
Supplementary software
In addition to the SIMOTION software, other standard software is
available, for example, for easy programming of HMIs on
Operator Panels/Touch Panels/Mobile Panels, as well as Panel
PCs or PC systems.
SIMATIC HMI software
With the SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) and SIMATIC WinCC
product families, SIMATIC HMI offers visualization and
engineering software for the entire HMI spectrum.
See also Industry Mall under Automation Technology/
Operator control and monitoring systems SIMATIC HMI/
HMI Software/... .
The currently available Comfort Panels and the Basic Panels (2nd
generation) can be used as HMI panels for SIMOTION.
Three different possibilities are available for the HMI
engineering:
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SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal - migration)
The entire system is configured in TIA Portal on the basis of
SCOUT TIA and SIMATIC WinCC. For this purpose, a project
created with SCOUT in the STEP 7 V5.5 environment is first
migrated to TIA Portal. All subsequent configuration steps are
then performed using the integrated engineering in the TIA
Portal project.
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SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal - partial migration)
With partial migration, the SIMOTION CPU is configured, as
before, using SCOUT in the STEP 7 V5.5 environment. The data
relating to HMI is then supplied to a device proxy in TIA Portal,
so that only the HMI configuration is performed in TIA Portal.
The SIMOTION CPU is configured, as before, with SCOUT in
the STEP 7 V5.5 environment. This requires SCOUT/SCOUT TIA
V4.4 or higher and a SIMOTION C, P or D controller of version
V4.3 or higher.
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SIMATIC NET for implementing HMI over OPC in Windows
environments.
SIMOTION Utilities & Applications
The SIMOTION Utilities & Applications DVD, which is available
free of charge, supplements the SIMOTION software with a wide
range of valuable information and tools for SIMOTION
applications as well as SIMOTION easyProject.
The project generator SIMOTION easyProject enables basic and
modular machine functions to be integrated into SCOUT
engineering projects. The project generator is not currently
available for SCOUT TIA (SIMOTION in the TIA Portal).
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Interpolation
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Synch. operation
Positioning
PLC
Test and
diagnostics
Graphic or textual
programming
For programming,
parameterizing, ...
Hardware platforms
Runtime system
Engineering system
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