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The SIMOTION D4x5‑2 Control Units and their CX32‑2, CBE30-2 and TB30 supplementary
system components are described in the following.
Note
With the SIZER configuration tool, you can easily configure the SINAMICS S110/120 drive
family including SIMOTION.
It provides you with support for selecting and dimensioning the components required for a
Motion Control task.
You can also determine the possible number of axes and the resulting load with SIZER in
accordance with your performance requirements.
Hardware components
As the central hardware, SIMOTION D uses the SIMOTION D4x5‑2 as 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 also 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 CU320‑2
Control Unit. The EPOS functionality is provided by the SIMOTION technology functions. The
functionality of SIMOTION D can be expanded with distributed I/O via PROFIBUS or
PROFINET IO.
The following figure shows a typical SIMOTION D axis grouping.
Figure 2-1
SIMOTION D4x5-2
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Example of an axis grouping with SIMOTION D4x5-2
Description
2.1 System overview
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