Overview

With Drive ES

(Drive Engineering System), drives from the SIMOREG range can be totally integrated into the SIMATIC automation world with regard to communication, configuration and data management.

Drive ES comprises of four software packages that can be ordered separately: Drive ES Basic, Drive ES Graphic, Drive ES SIMATIC and Drive ES PCS7.

• Drive ES Basic is the basic software that is used to parameterize all drives online and offline as well being the prerequisite for the Drive ES Graphic software.
• Drive ES Graphic is the software that is used for graphical online and offline configuration of the BICO function blocks. The prerequisites are an installed version of Drive ES Basic and an installed version of SIMATIC CFC ≥ V 5.1 (graphical programming tool, see Catalog ST 70, “Industrial Software”).
• Drive ES SIMATIC requires an installed version of STEP 7. It contains a SIMATIC function block library and therefore supports easy and reliable programming of the PROFIBUS-DP interface in the SIMATIC CPU for the drives.
• Drive ES PCS7 requires prior installation of SIMATIC PCS7, Version V 5.0 upwards.
• Drive ES PCS7 provides a function block library complete with function blocks for the drives and the associated faceplates for the operator station. This enables operation of the drives from the PCS7 process control system.

Integration of drives into SIMATIC S7 with Drive ES

Drive ES Basic supports the user with commissioning, servicing and diagnosing all Siemens drives. It can be integrated as an option into STEP 7 or it can be installed without STEP 7 as a stand-alone tool on a PC or programming device. In the case of stand-alone installation, the Drive Manager of Drive ES Basic will be installed instead of the SIMATIC Managers with the same Look & Feel. When it is integrated as an option for STEP 7, the Version of STEP 7 must correspond to that listed in the ordering data.

Drive ES Graphic is an option for Drive ES Basic and is used in conjunction with the SIMATIC tool CFC (Continuous Function Chart) for graphical configuration of the functions available with the SIMOREG DC MASTER (basic unit functions, process-specific functions and freely-definable function blocks). Precondition: Drive ES Basic V 5 and CFC V 5.1 upwards must have been installed on the computer beforehand.

Drive ES SIMATIC provides function block libraries complete with SIMATIC function blocks which reduces the configuration of the communication functions between SIMATIC S7 CPUs and Siemens drives (e. g. SIMOREG DC MASTER) to simple parameter settings. Drive ES SIMATIC supersedes the DVA_S7 software package for all versions of STEP 7 Е  V 5.0 and can also be installed and implemented stand-alone, i. e. without Drive ES Basic.

Drive ES PCS7 provides a function block library complete with display and control function blocks that can be used to integrate Siemens drives (e. g. SIMOREG DC MASTER) on the basis of a speed interface into the SIMATIC PCS7 process control system. Operation and monitoring of the drive is then possible from the Operator Station (OS). The PCS7 library can be used stand-alone, i.e. even without Drive ES Basic, with PCS7 versions V 5.0 and V 5.1.