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.
In addition to the SINAMICS DC MASTER, the current version of STARTER also supports all of the SINAMICS AC drives - including MICROMASTER 4 and the frequency converters for the SIMATIC ET 200S FC distributed I/O.
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 interactivelly 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 running is merely a question of setting a few of the drive parameters as part of the drive configuration process.
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 (depending on drive)
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 to successfully commission the drive for the first time: Motor rotates
- Solution-based user navigation simplifies commissioning
- The built-in trace function provides optimum support during commissioning, optimization and troubleshooting
Minimum hardware and software requirements
PG or PC with Pentium III 1 GHz
512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM recommended)
Screen resolution 1 024 768 pixels, 16 bit color depth
Free hard disk memory: 2 GB
Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2003 Server SP1, SP2
Windows XP Professional SP2 or SP3
Windows Vista Business SP1, Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0