SIEMENS
SINAMICS DCM
Tools and engineering
STARTER commissioning tool
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Siemens D 23.1 · 2014
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Overview
The user-friendly STARTER commissioning tool can be used for:
• Commissioning
•
Optimization and
• Diagnostics
This software can either be operated as a stand-alone PC
application or can be integrated into the SCOUT engineering
system (with SIMOTION) or STEP 7 (with Drive ES Basic). The
basic functions and handling are the same in both cases.
Engineering can be performed online, directly connected with
the drive, or offline. If several drives are connected to a commu-
nication bus, then an online connection can be established to
several drives simultaneously.
SINAMICS DC MASTER is supported from STARTER 4.1.5; it is
not possible to use older STARTER versions.
The project wizards can be used to create the drives within the
structure of the project tree.
Entry level personnel are interactively supported in a solution-
oriented way.
First commissioning is guided by a wizard which makes all of the
basic settings in the drive. Therefore, getting a motor up and run-
ning is merely a question of setting a few of the drive parameters
as part of the drive configuration process. The travel commands
can be simply entered via the control panel from the PC.
The individual settings can be made using the graphic parame-
terizing screen forms, which precisely visualize the drive mode
of operation.
Examples of individual settings that can be made include:
• Terminals
•
Bus interface
•
BICO interconnections
Diagnostics
Experts can quickly access all of the parameters via the Expert
List and do not have to navigate through dialogs.
In addition, the following functions are available for optimization
purposes:
•
Trace to precisely trace signals
Diagnostic functions provide information about:
•
Control/status words
•
Parameter status
•
Operating conditions
•
Communication states
Performance features
•
Easy to use: Only a small number of settings need to be made
for successful first commissioning: The motor turns
•
Solution-based user navigation simplifies commissioning
•
The built-in trace function provides optimum support during
commissioning, optimization and troubleshooting
Minimum hardware and software requirements
• Hardware
- PG or PC with Pentium III 1 GHz (recommended: > 1 GHz)
- 1 GB RAM (recommended: 2 GB RAM)
- Screen resolution 1024
×
768 pixels, 16-bit color depth
- Free hard disk memory: 3 GB
• Software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer V6.0 or higher
- 32-bit operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (standard installation)
- 64-bit operating systems:
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (standard installation)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
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