Siemens SIMOTION D425 Manual page 11

Hardware components: SIMOTION runtime system and SINAMICS drive control
As the central hardware, SIMOTION D uses the SIMOTION D4x5 as a Control Unit
consisting of the SIMOTION runtime system and the SINAMICS drive control. The Control
Unit uses the SINAMICS Integrated drive with various SINAMICS S120 drive modules (Line
and Motor Modules) to perform open-loop and closed-loop control of the axis grouping. A
range of additional SINAMICS S120 components, such as SMx encoder systems or terminal
modules can be connected via DRIVE-CLiQ. With a few exceptions (e.g. no basic positioner
EPos, no Basic Operator Panel BOP20, etc.) the drive control integrated in SIMOTION D
has the same control characteristics and performance features as the SINAMICS S120
CU320 Control Unit. The EPos functionality is provided by the SIMOTION technology
functions. The functionality of SIMOTION D can be expanded with the distributed I/O via
PROFIBUS or with the CBE30 Ethernet Communication Board via PROFINET IO.
The following figure shows a typical SIMOTION D axis grouping.
Figure 1-1
A SIMOTION D axis grouping generally consists of the following elements:
● SIMOTION D (Control Unit) (1)
● One SINAMICS infeed (Line Module) (2)
D4x5
Manual, 05/2009
Example of a SIMOTION D4x5 axis assembly
This unit contains the programmable runtime system of SIMOTION and the drive software
of SINAMICS S120. In principle, SIMOTION D is capable of controlling multiple
axes/drives.
This module generates a DC link from the supply system.
Description
1.1 System overview
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