Starter Commissioning Tool; Important Starter Functions - Siemens SINAMICS S120 Commissioning Manual

2.2

STARTER commissioning tool

The STARTER commissioning tool is used to parameterize and commission drive units from
the SINAMICS product family.
STARTER can be used for the following:
● Commissioning
● Testing (via the control panel)
● Drive optimization
● Diagnostics
● Setting up and activating the safety functions
System prerequisites
You can find the system requirements for STARTER in the "readme" file in the STARTER
installation directory.
2.2.1

Important STARTER functions

STARTER offers the following functions to support the project handling:
● Restoring the factory settings
● Various operating wizards
● Configuring and parameterizing drives
● A virtual control panel to rotate the motors
● Run trace functions for drive controller optimization
● Create and copy data records
● Load the project from the programming device to the target device
● Copy volatile data from the RAM to a ROM
● Load the project from the target device to the programming device
● Create and activate safety functions
● Activate write protection
● Activate know-how protection
The programming device is called "PG/PC" in the subsequent text. The Control Unit of the
SINAMICS drive system is called the "Target device".
Commissioning Manual
Commissioning Manual, (IH1), 01/2012, 6SL3097-4AF00-0BP2
Commissioning
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