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 drives 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 drives in the TIA Portal-wide configuration/network editor
• Device access to the drives via the PLC across network boundaries (dataset routing)
• Automatic frame comparison between converters/inverters and SIMATIC S7 PLC
• Reduction of standstill times through the integration of converter/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 savings thanks to simple and guided configuration of the drives 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 converters/inverters, e.g. Undo, Redo
• Block library supplied for easy integration of SINAMICS drives 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 drives

Integration of the SINAMICS drives into the TIA Portal is carried out in steps. The following drives 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).

Requirements for the installation

The following chart shows the minimum hardware and software requirements that must be met for installation:

Recommended PC hardware

The following table shows the recommended hardware for the operation of SINAMICS Startdrive.

Compatibility with other products

• SINAMICS Startdrive can be installed alongside STARTER
• SINAMICS Startdrive V14 SP1 operates with STEP 7 Basic/Professional V14 SP1 and WinCC V14 SP1 in a framework
• SINAMICS Startdrive V14 SP1 can be installed on a computer alongside other versions of Startdrive, STEP 7, STEP 7 V5.4 or V5.5, STEP 7 Micro/WIN, WinCC flexible (2008 and above) and WinCC (V7.0 SP2 and above)

Supported virtualization platforms

SINAMICS Startdrive can be installed in a virtual machine. For this purpose, one of the following virtualization platforms in the specified version or a newer version can be used:

• VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.0
• VMware Workstation 12.5
• VMware Player 12.5
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016

The following operating systems can host these virtualization platforms:

• Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate/Enterprise (64 bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit)
• Windows 8.1 Professional/Enterprise (64 bit)
• Windows 10 Professional/Enterprise (64 bit)

You can use the following guest operating systems to install SINAMICS Startdrive within the selected virtualization platform:

• Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate/ Enterprise (64 bit)
• Windows 8.1 Professional/Enterprise (64 bit)

Supported security programs

The following security programs are compatible with SINAMICS Startdrive V14 SP1:

• Virus scanners:
  • Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1
  • Trend Micro Office Scan Corporate Edition 11.0
  • McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2016
  • Windows Defender (Windows version 8.1 and above)
  • Qihoo "360 Safe Guard" 9.7
• Encryption software:
  • Microsoft Bitlocker
• Host-based Intrusion Detection System:
  • McAfee Application Control 6.2.0