Basic Commissioning With Starter; Adapting The Usb Interface - Siemens SINAMICS G110M Getting Started

4.8

Basic commissioning with STARTER

STARTER and STARTER screen forms
STARTER is a PC-based tool to commission Siemens inverters. The graphic user interface
of STARTER supports you when commissioning your inverter. Most inverter functions are
combined in screen forms in STARTER.
The STARTER screen forms that are shown in this manual show general examples. The
number of setting options available in screen forms depends on the particular inverter type.
Preconditions for basic commissioning
You require the following to commission the inverter using STARTER:
● An installed drive (motor and inverter)
● A computer with Windows XP or Windows 7
● The latest version of STARTER. Download STARTER
(http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/10804985/133100)
● An appropriate USB cable. If you are not using the USB interface, but the PROFINET
interface of the inverter, you can find information in section: Adapting the USB interface
(Page 79).
Commissioning using STARTER
The following interfaces - which are control unit dependent - are available:
Table 4- 3
Type
PC connected to CU using
Interface
Restrictions
In the following the commissioning via USB is described.
4.8.1

Adapting the USB interface

Procedure
Proceed as follows to set the USB interface:
1. Switch on the converter power supply and connect the converter to the PC via USB.
2. The USB drivers are installed if you are connecting the converter and PC together for the
first time. Windows 7 automatically installs the drivers without you having to take any
SINAMICS G110M Getting Started
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Connection possibilities for STARTER
USB cable
Mini-USB
4.8 Basic commissioning with STARTER
USB PROFIBUS
PROFIBUS interface
M12 - 5 pole con-
nector
- up to 125 slaves
Commissioning
PROFINET
PROFINET interface
M12 - 4 pole con-
nector
None
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