Siemens SIMOTION D4 5-2 Series Commissioning And Hardware Installation Manual page 234

Commissioning (software)
6.7 Creating and testing axes
5. Click Finish to confirm the "Summary" window.
Note
During system power-up, reference variables as well as drive and encoder data of the
SINAMICS are automatically taken over for the SIMOTION configuration data of the
SIMOTION technology objects "TO axis" and "TO externalEncoder".
Encoder assignment
With a position axis, encoder 1 is also created on the TO axis (motor encoder) and
automatically assigned to the first encoder on the drive.
If encoder 2 (direct encoder) is created at the TO axis, it is assigned to the second encoder
of the drive control.
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The configured real axis is displayed in the project navigator.
Figure 6-41 Axis wizard summary
Commissioning and Hardware Installation Manual, 02/2012
SIMOTION D4x5-2