Description

The SINAMICS-Xplorer interface is suitable for measurement data acquisition from SINAMICS frequency inverters via TCP/IP using the standard network cards, as well as via Profibus using SIMATIC NET interface cards. Access is transparent for the drive controller. It is not necessary to specially configure or program it.

The signals to be measured are selected by entering the desired parameter indices and data types in the I/O Manager of ibaPDA. A parameter construction kit is available to allow the input of multiple parameters.

The connections to the SINAMICS drives can be established via standard interfaces of the computer or corresponding CP modules.

On the SINAMICS side, the following interfaces are supported:

  • LAN X127 (TCP)

  • PROFINET X150 P1 and X150 P2 (TCP)

  • Communication Board Ethernet CBE20 X1400 (TCP)

  • Profibus interface X126 (PROFIBUS)

Additional Siemens software (e.g., SIMATIC NET or SIMATIC STEP 7) is needed for operation, in case the connection to the control system is established via a SIMATIC NET communication card (CP) in the computer to an integrated Ethernet interface of the CPU (if available) or to a CP module in the PLC.

Generally, no particular configuration and programming is required on the drive side. When using the PC/CP connection mode, a suitable access point must be configured in the SIMATIC PG/PC interface of the ibaPDA computer.

Up to 32 drives can be connected per license. Extensions are possible.
Interface settings

Set all values to zero if the connection to a drive...

If this option is enabled, all the measured values for a drive are set to zero as soon as the connection is lost.

Start acquisition even if a drive is not accessible

If this option is enabled, the acquisition will start even if a drive is not accessible. Instead of an error, a warning is indicated in the validation dialog. If the system has been started without a connection to the drive, ibaPDA will try to connect to the drive at regular intervals

Allow inaccessible parameters

Enable this option to start the acquisition even if no drive parameters are accessible. Inaccessible parameters are then issued as alerts in the validation dialog rather than errors.

<Open log file>

If connections to drives have been established, all connection-specific actions are recorded in a text file. Using this button, you can open and see this file. In the file system on the hard drive, you will find the log files in the program path of the ibaPDA server (…\ProgramData\iba\ibaPDA\Log\). The file name of the current log file is SINAMICSLog.txt, the name of the archived log files is SINAMICSLog_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.txt.

<Reset counter>

Resets the error counter as well as the response times in the connection table to zero.

Connection table

The table shows the counters as well as the response times of the individual connections during data measurement.
Available modules

  • SINAMICS
Product name

ibaPDA-Interface-SINAMICS-Xplorer (Art. no. 31.000030)

The SINAMICS-Xplorer interface license is also included in the ibaPDA-Drive-Xplorer product (Art. no. 31.001044).