Platform Concept And Totally Integrated Automation - Siemens S120 Manual

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Platform Concept and Totally Integrated Automation

All SINAMICS versions are based on a platform concept. Joint hardware and software
components, as well as standardized tools for design, configuration, and commissioning
tasks ensure high-level integration across all components. SINAMICS handles a wide variety
of drive tasks with no system gaps. The different SINAMICS versions can be easily
combined with each other.
Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) with SINAMICS S120
SINAMICS is one of the core components of TIA alongside SIMATIC, SIMOTION and
SINUMERIK. The STARTER commissioning tool is an integral element of the TIA platform. It
is thus possible to parameterize, program and commission all components in the automation
system using a standardized engineering platform and without any gaps. The system-wide
data management functions ensure consistent data and simplify archiving of the entire plant
project.
PROFIBUS DP, the standard field bus of the TIA system, is supported by all
SINAMICS S120 variants. It provides a high-performance, system-wide communication
network which links all automation components: HMI, controls, drives and I/O devices.
SINAMICS S120 is also available with a PROFINET interface. This Ethernet-based bus
allows the rapid exchange of control data via PROFINET IO.
Figure 2-2 SINAMICS as part of the Siemens modular automation system
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