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Tools and configuration
Drive ES Engineering Software
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Overview
Drive ES is the engineering system used to integrate the commu-
nication, configuration and data management functions of Sie-
mens drive technology into the SIMATIC automation world easily,
efficiently and cost-effectively.
Various software packages are available for selection:
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Drive ES Basic
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Drive ES PCS 7
Drive ES (
D
rive
E
ngineering
S
oftware) fully integrates drives
from Siemens into the world of Totally Integrated Automation.
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Design
Various software packages are available for selection:
•
Drive ES Basic
•
Drive ES PCS 7
(APL Style or Classic Style)
Drive ES Basic
Drive ES Basic is for first-time users of the world of Totally Inte-
grated Automation and the basic software for setting the param-
eters of all drives online and offline in this environment. Drive ES
Basic enables both the automation system and the drives to be
handled using the SIMATIC Manager software. Drive ES Basic is
the starting point for common data archiving for complete proj-
ects and for extending the use of the SIMATIC teleservice to
drives. Drive ES Basic provides the configuration tools for the
new Motion Control functions – slave-to-slave communication,
equidistance and isochronous operation with PROFIBUS DP
and ensures that drives with PROFINET IO are simply integrated
into the SIMATIC environment.
Note:
For SINAMICS and MICROMASTER 4 drives, this TIA functional-
ity is also provided with the STARTER commissioning tool (V4.3.2
and above).
Drive ES PCS 7 (APL Style or Classic Style)
Drive ES PCS 7 links the drives with a PROFIBUS DP interface
into the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system, and it requires
that SIMATIC PCS 7, V6.1 or higher has first been installed.
Drive ES PCS 7 provides a function block library with function
blocks for the drives and the corresponding faceplates for the
operator station, which enables the drives to be operated from
the PCS 7 process control system. From version V6.1 and
higher, drives will also be able to be represented in the PCS 7
Maintenance Station.
In Drive ES PCS 7 version V8.0 and higher, two versions of the
library are available: The APL (Advanced Process Library) vari-
ant and the previous version in the so-called Classic Style.
Contents of the Drive ES PCS 7 package (APL Style or Classic
Style) in detail
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Function block library for SIMATIC PCS 7
Faceplates and
control blocks for SIMOVERT
MASTERDRIVES
VC and MC, as
well as MICROMASTER/MIDIMASTER of the third and fourth
generation as well as SIMOREG DC-MASTER and SINAMICS
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STEP
7 slave object manager
for convenient configuration of
drives and non-cyclic PROFIBUS DP communication with the
drives
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STEP 7 device object manager
for easy configuration of
drives with PROFINET-IO interfaces (V8.0 SP1 and higher)
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SETUP program
for installing the software in the PCS 7
environment
Configuration / Commissioning
SIMATIC Programs
G_D211_EN_00275b
Drive ES Basic
Drive ES PCS 7
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