July 2, 2025 • 54 mins
Shawn Tierney meets up with Jackie Stokes of Siemens to learn how to commission VFDs using StartDrive in this episode of The Automation Podcast.
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Shawn Tierney (Host): Everybody, thank you for tuning back in. In this episode, I actually meet back up with Jackie Stokes from Siemens to learn how to use a start drive to commission Siemens drive, specifically the g one twenty and the g two twenty. Although, I'm sure some of the other drives are very similar. And this actually came from a request from a viewer who's who asked that we have somebody on the show us that. And because I'm not the expert, I reached out to Jackie and she agreed to come on.
So I'm looking forward to that. Now we're gonna cover the g one twenty. The g two twenty, we're gonna cover how to change Siemens drives to be Ethernet IP instead of PROFINET. They have Ethernet IP built in, which is really cool. And then we're gonna cover some free training they have coming up.
I will include those links below as well as the links from Jackie below in the description. You should see that on all platforms. And I do wanna reach out to you and ask for a favor. I'm coming up on my ten year anniversary of doing this full time, and I was hoping that you guys could help me out to reach a 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. Now I know a lot of you listen on Apple, a lot listen on Spotify, a lot of you consume the shows over at the automationblog.com, and I appreciate you all.
But I thought, wouldn't it be great if I could hit a 100,000 subscribers over on YouTube by the end of the year? And maybe if we do, we could have a celebration. We could do a live stream, do some q and a. I'd love to hear what you guys thought over I actually started the channel twelve years ago. I was doing a part time to start, and I'd love to know what your favorite episodes were or what episodes what kind of episodes you like to see in the future.
And so if you guys I know even if you're on another platform, if you do have a YouTube account, if you could swing by, it's at insights I a. That's a lot shorter than insights in automation. So I shortened it up, I think it was a year ago or two years ago. So it's at insights I a. Again, if you guys are up to it, I'd love to try to hit a 100,000 subscribers by the end of the year to celebrate my tenth year doing this full time.
And with that, let's go ahead and jump into how to use StarDrive to set up and commission Siemens VFDs like the g one twenty and g two twenty. Jackie, welcome back to the show. I'm so happy to have you back on and here to talk about using, Siemens VFDs inside of TIA portal. Now we've talked about your VFDs so many times on the show over the years, and but we've never actually, like, put one in TIA portal and tried it out. And I had actually had a a viewer ask about that.
So thank you for agreeing to come back on. And just in case, some of the audience members didn't watch the previous episodes where you were on, Could you quickly introduce yourself before jumping into our topic for today?
Jackie Stokes (Siemens): Sure. And thanks for having me back on the show. So my name is Jackie Stokes. I am a marketing programs development manager at Siemens. I work in the motion control business unit.
I've been in the business for, oh my goodness, I'm getting old, like, fourteen years now. So I but I've been with Siemens for about three and a half years. So, yeah, we've talked about, our drives family. I think most recently, we talked about the Synamix g two twenty drive with Ivan, one of our product managers. But, yeah, happy to be back and talking about how to integrate our VFDs into portal.
Shawn Tierney (Host): Yeah.
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(00:00):
Everybody, thank you for tuning back in. In
this episode, I actually meet back up with
Jackie Stokes from Siemens
to learn how to use a start drive
to commission
Siemens drive, specifically the g one twenty and
the g two twenty. Although, I'm sure some
of the other drives are very similar. And
this actually came from a request from a
viewer who's who asked that we have somebody
(00:22):
on the show us that. And because I'm
not the expert, I reached out to Jackie
and she agreed to come on. So I'm
looking forward to that. Now we're gonna cover
the g one twenty. The g two twenty,
we're gonna cover how to change Siemens drives
to be Ethernet IP instead of PROFINET. They
have Ethernet IP built in, which is really
cool. And then we're gonna cover some free
training they have coming up. I will include
those links below as well as the links
(00:44):
from Jackie below in the description. You should
see that on all platforms. And I do
wanna reach out to you and ask for
a favor. I'm coming up on my ten
year anniversary of doing this full time,
and I was hoping that you guys could
help me out to reach a 100,000
subscribers on YouTube. Now I know a lot
of you listen on Apple, a lot listen
on Spotify, a lot of you consume the
(01:05):
shows over at the automationblog.com,
and I appreciate you all. But I thought,
wouldn't it be great if I could hit
a 100,000
subscribers over on YouTube by the end of
the year? And maybe if we do, we
could have a celebration. We could do a
live stream, do some q and a. I'd
love to hear what you guys thought over
I actually started the channel twelve years ago.
I was doing a part time to start,
and I'd love to know what your favorite
(01:26):
episodes were or what episodes what kind of
episodes you like to see in the future.
And so if you guys I know even
if you're on another platform, if you do
have a YouTube account, if you could swing
by, it's at insights I a. That's a
lot shorter than insights in automation. So I
shortened it up, I think it was a
year ago or two years ago. So it's
at insights I a. Again, if you guys
(01:47):
are up to it, I'd love to try
to hit a 100,000
subscribers by the end of the year to
celebrate my tenth year doing this full time.
And with that, let's go ahead and jump
into how to use StarDrive
to set up and commission
Siemens VFDs like the g one twenty and
g two twenty.
Jackie, welcome back to the show. I'm so
happy to have you back on and here
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to talk about
using,
Siemens VFDs inside of TIA portal. Now we've
talked about your VFDs
so many times on the show over the
years,
and but we've never actually,
like, put one in TIA portal and tried
it out. And I had actually had a
a viewer ask about that. So thank you
for agreeing to come back on. And just
in case, some of the audience members didn't
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watch the previous episodes where you were on,
Could you quickly introduce yourself before jumping into
our topic for today?
Sure. And thanks for having me back on
the show. So my name is Jackie Stokes.
I am a marketing programs development manager
at Siemens.
I work in the motion control
business unit.
I've been in the business for, oh my
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goodness, I'm getting old, like, fourteen years now.
So I but I've been with Siemens for
about three and a half years. So, yeah,
we've talked about,
our drives family.
I think most recently, we talked about the
Synamix g
two twenty drive with Ivan, one of our
product managers. But, yeah, happy to be back
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and talking about how to integrate our VFDs
into portal.
Yeah. And I appreciate that. I mean, you
don't know what you don't know. And so
when we're going to integrate our first, you
know, drive
into TIA Portal, it's kinda like, well, what
do we do? And so I wanted to
have you on. I I could have fumbled
through it myself, but I'm like, why not
just talk to the experts? So let me
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turn it back to you, and, let's go
ahead and jump in.
Yeah. Sure. So,
I have just
brief slides before we get hands on. I
have a demo unit with me,
but just wanna cover what we're talking about.
So we're talking about our general purpose VFD.
It is called SINAMICS
g one twenty. So Sinamics is the name
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of our
drive family,
and g stands for general purpose.
So that's kind of the decoder ring for
Sinamics g one twenty.
It does come in a few different flavors.
It comes in a modular version version,
which we're using today. It comes in a
compact version,
which is g one twenty c, And it
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also comes in a distributed or on machine
version, which is,
g one twenty
d or
a similar drive, g one fifteen
d, and that d is for distributed.
So the modular version of this drive,
comes with a control unit,
a power
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module,
as well as an
operator interface.
So you can kind of see on the
pictures to the right,
what this looks like. So the control unit
can be separated from the power,
module, and then the operator interface can be
separated
from the components as well.
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So we're using control unit two forty
e Dash two p n dash f,
and then we're using a power module two
forty
dash two IP 20.
The firmware version, I believe, is the latest.
It's firmware version 4.7
service pack 14 hotfix four.
And the software, we are using start drive.
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StartDrive
is our
software for commissioning drives, and it's in TIA
Portal. So if you don't,
have a TIA Portal
license,
to program our PLCs, for instance,
StartDrive is free. So you can download StartDrive
and it will open
essentially in TIA Portal.
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It's just that if you're using the free
version of StartDrive and you don't have a
license for TIA Portal like programming the PLCs,
you won't be able to program a PLC
in it, but you will be able to
commission your drive. So that's the little
distinction between Start Drive and TIA Portal.
There is also a Start Drive Advanced,
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for advanced
features and programming
in the drive that you do have to
pay for, but, most of what you can
do and what we'll do today, you can
do in the free version of StartDrive, and
we'll give you a link to that, how
to download
StartDrive.
And, of course, this is just one way
to commission a drive. You can also commission
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it with that
industrial operator panel, the IOP dash two, which
you can see on your screen.
We also have a basic version of it,
and then we do have a smart access
module which generates,
a Wi Fi hotspot, and then you can,
you know, step away from the drive, connect
on your phone. So three different ways to
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commission that drive.
But if you're a portal user
and you're using a Siemens PLC or maybe
you just, you know, want to do this
in software,
it's really easy to do as well.
So I'm going to give you a brief
overview of what we're doing, so the procedure,
and then I'll jump into the software and
show you what we're doing. So basically, basic,
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we're going to start off with opening TIA
Portal, creating a new project,
we'll go online with the drive via accessible
devices.
This is where we have the opportunity to
assign a name and IP address to the
drive,
and then we will add the drive to
the project. So we are going to upload
the device as a new station.
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So once it's in the project, we'll go
online with the drive. We're gonna use a
commissioning wizard, which is gonna step us through
all the parameters and settings that we need
to commission the drive.
We'll do a motor ID and tuning and
optimization.
And then finally, we'll just kind of take
a look at the parameters and other features
that we can see in portal.
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So with that,
I am going to switch screens.
So now we are in,
my other computer, which we're gonna use
to program
the drive.
So what we're gonna do is we're gonna
open TIA portal.
I already have it open, but you can
see the icon here. We are gonna use
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TIA Portal v 20, so this is the
latest version of Portal.
And this is what it looks like when
you open Portal.
What you wanna do is
create a new project.
So I'm just gonna hit create a new
project. We'll call this g
column 20.
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Okay. So if you've never seen TIA Portal
before,
you have a lot of different options, and
it can be slightly overwhelming.
So I recommend we go to project view,
and that's a good way to just jump
into what we need to see,
for our commissioning.
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So the first thing we wanna do so
this is what portal looks like. A lot
of different windows, a lot of things going
on.
At the end, I'll talk about some free
training we have. If you're unfamiliar with portal
and you want to,
just see what it looks like and understand
all the windows and buttons
and how to be efficient in the tool.
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But for today, I'm just gonna show you
the commissioning.
So under online access,
I'm just gonna expand this on the left
hand side. So this is our project tree.
You can see we don't have any devices
here. You could add a new device if
you wanted,
but right now, we'll just look at our
online access. So these are all the things
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that we can access online, our communications.
I'm gonna click up here, which is accessible
devices.
And up here,
this is how we're gonna find the drive.
So
on my computer,
I am networked
to the drive. So I'm connected to an
Ethernet switch on the drive itself,
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and then my computer has two Ethernet
ports,
and the port I'm looking for is this,
gigabit network connection. So this is the one
that's tied to the drive. You may have
to adjust these settings on your own PC
in order to see the drive.
But, once you have these configured, you know,
you can see different options here.
You're gonna hit start search,
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and as we're waiting,
one thing to keep in mind is you
will need to configure your network adapter
settings so that you're on the same subnet
mask as this drive. So,
just make sure your PC is
configured properly. Otherwise, it won't be able to
find the drive. So here we are. We
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see this G 120 Drive one. It has
this IP address,
one nine two point one six eight point
zero point one,
and you can see the device type here.
So,
earlier I mentioned that control unit, that CU
two forty e,
that is the drive we're connected to. So
we're gonna hit show here. We're gonna highlight
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it,
and then we'll hit show.
Now just for the audience who is listening,
there is an option there to flash the
screen. So like I showed you with the
PLCs in previous episodes, you can do that
with the drive as well. It has a
little checkbox here. So if you had three
or four drives side by side, you could
make sure you connect it to the right
one
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by flashing the screen. So go ahead. I'll
turn it back to you, Jackie.
Yeah. That's a that's a good point. So
right. I I have just one demo unit
in my room, so I know what I'm
connected to, but that is that's a very
good point.
You can flash that little LED.
So now you can see we have under
online access, under this,
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gigabit port network connection, we have this g
one twenty drive, and this is where we
can go to online and diagnostics,
and
we can make some changes here.
So you'll see,
we know we're online. So this is another
key thing when you're
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commissioning drives or any devices within or working
with devices within TIA Portal is making sure
you're online with the the correct device and
and that you are online. And so this
turns to orange up here, and you can
see, like, online access here.
So that's an indication that you are online
with that device.
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So we'll go to functions here,
and this is where you can assign a
name. So if you wanted,
we could call this
drive underscore one.
And then what you do is just hit
assign name.
And then, like, let's say we wanna change
the IP address
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to dot three, and we'll assign the IP
address.
So we changed the name, we changed this
IP address.
If you double click on update accessible devices,
you can see that our drive
one drive underscore one name changed and that,
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the IP address changed.
So that's what we that's what we're looking
for. So we just made those changes to
the drive.
Now what we can do,
and, actually, once you change the IP address,
you might need to cycle power. So I'm
gonna cycle power to the drive.
One second.
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But what we can do in the meantime
is we can upload this device as a
new station.
So what this is going to do is
it's going to put
the drive into the project
and it's creating this drive underscore one.
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And it's giving us a little bit of
a warning, but that's okay. We're gonna upload
from the device.
Okay. So now we see drive underscore one
in our project tree. I'm going to
kind of minimize this online access, and we're
gonna look at the drive up here so
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we don't get too confused.
So here, we wanna make sure
we want to go online with the drive
so we can
make sure you so, you know, once you
if you're following along, you wanna make sure
you select this drive, especially if you have
lots of other things in your project tree,
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because you can go online with a lot
of different things. So if you have
I remember when I was first learning,
portal yeah. If you don't have the right
thing selected and you select go online and
you're going online with something else,
that's not quite right. So make sure you
have it selected and then hit go online
up here. It's this
little orange connector.
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And then you'll see this green check mark.
So that indicates
that we are online and connected and the
drive is happy.
So now we'll go to
the commissioning wizard. So under here, we'll double
click commissioning,
and we have a few options here. So
you see the commissioning wizard. We see control
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panel, motor optimization,
and this backup and restore.
So we'll start here with the commissioning wizard.
And then, basically, it's just gonna step us
through
how we wanna set up this drive.
So we have some options here, the application
class. So,
there's expert,
which means that all the options are available
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in the wizard.
There's standard drive control,
which again is the most common applications.
And then we have dynamic drive control. So
these are
more advanced applications.
So you can kinda read through this. And
if you had questions about what I should
be using, you can click this little green
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arrow here at the bottom for online help.
So we'll just click standard drive control,
and we'll hit next.
And this is where you have the option.
You need to tell it,
are you connected to a PLC?
If you are, where that ramp function is.
Is it in the PLC, or are you
gonna do it in the drive, or is
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it gonna be a standalone drive, no PLC?
So I'll walk through this scenario with,
standard drive no PLC, and then I can
also show you what it looks like
if you go the PLC route and how
that configures.
But a lot of the things are
are the same. So you have
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an IO configuration here. You have some options.
I'm gonna
choose
12.
As you can see at the top here,
they're predefined interconnections of the inputs and outputs.
However, you can change them later. So,
choose the one that best fits your application,
but, again, keep in mind, you can change
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it later if,
you change your mind or need to change
something.
We'll click next.
We are using
this motor.
So I'm just gonna keep this here, this
IEC, and then two twenty volt.
We do not have a breaking resistor,
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and we do not have a filter.
Again, this is where you have the option
to select a filter if you are using
one, and then it'll give you a few
more.
I'll just show you an example. So if
we had a
a sine wave filter third party, you would
have to input these values. But for
this application, we'll choose no filter,
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and then we're gonna
enter the motor data. So this is where
you're going to need to read your
motor nameplate data,
and then we'll input
the motor nameplate data here. So
right now we have
point
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nine seven,
point one eight
and kilowatts, and then 350
RPM,
and then we'll hit next,
and then we'll hit next.
This is where,
I wouldn't don't touch the current limit. I'm
not gonna touch the minimum speed or maximum
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speed. You have the option here to change
your
ramp up time or ramp down time if
you want. So just,
for example,
we'll change
these values here,
and we'll click next.
You have an option to change the
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application, so constant loads, speed to dependent load,
and then the motor identification.
So if you want,
inhibited,
identifying motor at standstill,
or motor data identification.
So I'll click,
this option two here,
and then it says that the motor data
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identification will be performed at the next time
that the drive is enabled.
And then we'll hit next.
And then here,
we'll save the RAM to ROM, so it'll
be saved in the drive.
And then we'll hit and you can see
the summary up here. So,
you have the opportunity,
like, if you're reading through this and
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maybe you mistyped your motor current,
you can go back and,
change that setting right now
if you wanted.
So I would recommend that you read through
this, make sure it's all correct,
and then hit finish.
So now we are saving to the eprom.
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I'm going
let's see what's
so it says maintenance required in lower component.
So we're gonna look at diagnostics
here. So you can see,
sometimes you wanna
you know, if this is unhappy, you kinda
wanna see what's going on. So we'll go
to this online and diagnostics
here.
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Diagnostics,
general.
Okay. So you can see, you know, we
have
our
name of our drive and the part number,
but let's look at active faults on alarms.
Okay. And what it doesn't like, the motor
data identification activated. So it basically, it's looking
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for that motor
data,
and that's why it's it's giving us this
little maintenance required.
So what we can do is we'll go
back into commissioning.
We'll go into
motor optimization here. And so once you click
on it, it's gonna give you a warning.
This motor identification
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is performed
once the drive is enabled.
So we'll click okay.
And then what we can do
so first, what you can we'll hit,
activate here.
We'll click
accept,
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and then we'll switch on.
And then our motor ID is done.
And you can see here, it has switched
from that,
kind of wrench icon to this green checkbox
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icon, which means that we did a good
job.
So it went through
and,
identified the motor. It applied power to the
motor,
and I couldn't see what was happening with
the motor. Did it turn the motor at
all, or did it just supply power to
it? Or
Yes. So it just supplied power to it.
So and you can see here the the
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following parameters are determined or changed when the
motor with with the motor
data identification.
So this is what it's looking at.
And we did a stationary
measurement, so it did not
rotate during that measurement.
Okay.
And then we can deactivate control.
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Yes.
Okay.
And then we can look at the control
panel. So this is kinda cool.
This allows you to test the drive in
TIA Portal. You know, we didn't write any
PLC programming.
We haven't,
you know, since I have this demo unit,
it's wired up for
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these particular, you know, little switches that I
have on it. But Mhmm.
Regardless and independent of that, we can actually,
you know, kinda jog and
turn on the drive and just test it
out. So I'm gonna hit activate master control.
And again, it's gonna give us a warning
because the drive
can move. So just
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be aware of what you're doing. It wants
to make sure you're
you're okay with this. So I'm gonna hit
accept.
We can give it a speed set point,
so we'll give it 200 RPM,
and then we can give it a forward
command.
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We can tell it to go backwards.
We can increase the speed.
And, you know, you can jog forward to
this momentary
push button here.
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And yeah. So it says a nice way
to to kinda test it out right here.
And then we can deactivate the control.
And so and then once you've done this,
you know, you can go to backup and
restore. So this will save
RAM to RAM. We can save it here.
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It'll save RAM to RAM.
One thing that I should have done when
I was first starting out, and that is
restore to factory settings.
So I won't do this now, but you
can you know, if you get in a
situation where you do need to restore to
factory settings or,
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you gotta drive from somewhere else and you
need to restore it, you can do that
within TIA Portal.
So we could do that now and then
and then redo the commissioning. So
occasionally
at least in my experience with the demo
units, sometimes they come in and you don't
know what someone has done with them. Sure.
So you wanna start with this. But since
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I've been playing around with this demo,
for the past few days, I kinda know
what's in it.
Yeah. And that would be important too if
you took the if you're repurposing it from
one application to another,
you definitely wouldn't wanna wipe out everything, restore
it to the factory defaults
before you, before you use it on a
new application.
Yes. And that is something,
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that's something you can do in,
that online access area. So once you're you
know, so here, when you first
saw that drive before you upload it as
a new station, you have that ability.
You know, again, it's in that commissioning menu.
It's it's mirrored up here too. Yeah. But
you can go there and do that backup
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and restore. So that's the best practice, again,
if you're
repurposing a drive. But if it's out of
the box,
you know, it's already at factory default.
So once your drive is in a good
state,
you've done your commissioning,
you've
saved RAM to ROM. What you want to
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do is you want to make sure your
drive is selected,
which it should be,
but we'll just go offline here.
And then what you wanna do, just to
be sure so your project should match what
was in the drive, but, a good best
practice here is to upload from the device.
So that means your project will match
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whatever is in the drive right now.
So this is just warning us,
this Telegram configuration, but we'll hit upload from
device.
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And then we will save our project.
So that is,
how you make sure your project now matches
the drive. And then if you wanted,
you could, you know, have another drive that
you're connecting to, and you could then download
to that device,
but we know the project matches.
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So that was a good overview
of commissioning
basic commissioning for Synamix g one twenty.
Our newer drives look a little different. The
commissioning wizard is different. So we're coming out
with our next generation of Synamics drives,
two drives to look out for. One is
our motion drive.
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So it's a servo motion.
It is the Synamix s two ten,
and then we have a new drive, the
Synamix g two twenty,
who Ivan, our product manager for that product,
was on the show about a year ago
and talked in-depth about it. But the whole
product family sits a little bit higher than
the g one twenty in terms of,
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capabilities and performance. So it's not
a successor to the g one twenty.
It's it's a complement to the product portfolio.
But I'll just give you an overview
of what that looks like.
We can
since I don't have this demo myself,
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right now, I'm gonna add a new device.
So, again, another idea
if, let's say, you wanted to get your
project already so that once your drive arrives,
you can just simply download to it.
Another way to do this is to add
a new device here in your project tree
instead of
scanning for it, you know, on the network,
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assuming you're connected to a physical device.
We can just add it here,
do all the commissioning, set up all the
parameters, and then once you get the physical
drive, you can download to that drive.
So,
as you can see here, on the left
hand side, we have controllers, HMI,
PC systems, drives. So it's gonna let you
add whatever you want to your project.
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I have it selected on drives, and we'll
name this,
g two twenty.
And then here,
you know, we're just gonna filter down. So
you see all of our g drives here.
The g two twenty is at the bottom.
We'll do g two twenty PROFINET also means
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Ethernet IP,
and
make sure the version, article number, and we'll
hit okay.
Ah, so if you listen to Ivan's overview
of the g two twenty,
one
of the new features
is its security.
And when we say security here in this
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context, we're talking about user security. So user
management and access control, also known as UMAQ
or abbreviated UMAQ. So what you have the
opportunity to do here is to configure your
security settings.
If you want, you can also continue with
low security settings.
But this is what this looks like. I'll
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just kinda walk through what it looks like.
So start a new configuration,
what it is.
So if you're unfamiliar with user manage
management and access control,
this is what it tells you
you can do with this tool.
So you can enable UMac for the project
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and prompt users to log in in order
to work with the project.
You can enable UMac for the drive and
prompt users to log in in order to
work with the drive via the web server
and start drive.
So one of the new commissioning
options that you have with our next generation
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of drives is a web server.
And, again, I don't have the drive with
me now, so I won't show you the
web server. We'll just show you TIA Portal,
but that's what it's referring to when it
says this web server.
So just be aware if you check these
boxes,
and then these later steps will go through,
you will have
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to know your username and password or you
will not be able to access this drive.
So,
just remember to save save your passwords,
if you do
yes. If you do go down this route.
Now,
the scenario of
I lost my password, I lost my username,
I can't access this drive.
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How do I get around that? Well,
the only way to get around that is
you're going to have to get a u
sorry, an SD card and insert that into
the drive and it will have just reset.
Txt on it, so a reset text file.
Okay.
Yes. So there is a way. It's you're
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not totally,
you know,
in trouble there, but, you will have to
reset the whole drive.
So there's no there's no,
secret way of getting around it. So if
you do enable that, that is how
you would restore your drive or get access
to it again,
and then you can see here. So,
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data encryption, if you wanted, you could do
this,
Activate user controls incomplete.
Ah, okay. So it said it was incomplete
because we did not specify a password, so
we have to specify a password here.
And I think it has
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some requirements for your password, so
you just wanna make sure you remember this
one.
We'll hit okay
and then next.
It doesn't like this.
I have to click I have read the
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information above. Yes. Okay.
Click next. Username.
So you could allow a guest to enable
access to the drive.
It's up to you. Uses the anonymous user,
so we'll hit yes.
Allow data exchange via fieldbus. So is the
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anonymous
user as they is used for fieldbus communication.
So again, just want to make sure you
understand these settings.
The SDI standard panel access,
so we'll allow the drive to be changed
via the standard panel without a username and
password,
web server access,
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so again going through all the different ways
to access this drive and making sure you
are okay
with how you're accessing it.
Data encryption,
next,
and then we will hit finish.
So it's pretty in-depth.
Again, you if you don't want to,
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you can
skip the security settings.
You can also go back and reconfigure them
too. So if you're just working on this
project,
you know, you don't you can configure it
later.
So here, similar to that, drive one, which
is the g one twenty, we have all
of our options here. We're gonna go to
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device configuration
or
yes. So we'll look at our device configuration.
You can see here,
we have our Synamix g two twenty. We
have a motor here, which we actually don't
have a motor.
So let's see here.
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Properties.
Yes. So we just added the drive. We
didn't add a motor. So we can add
the motor here.
This is where we're gonna enter our motor
data,
for whatever motor we have. So I'm just
gonna make up some values. This is what's
on
my current demo unit, so point seven.
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Obviously, you wanna look at your motor nameplate
and make sure it matches,
and then we'll go to our guided quick
setup.
So
little
different
look and feel,
compared to
(35:19):
what we did with the g one twenty.
It's giving us a warning here, so the
device is not specified. Specify the device first.
We can click on this here.
So it wants a little bit more information
on
what
drive we're using.
Yeah. The power. Right?
(35:39):
Yes.
So, again, since we're,
we cheated well, I wouldn't say cheated. But
with the g one twenty, when you have
it, when you're online with it, you can
upload as new station, so it's detecting what
you have. Mhmm. But since we don't have
that, we're making this up in the project.
It needs to know,
the information. So we're just gonna pick
(36:02):
this one here to satisfy the requirement,
and now it's now it's happy again. So
we'll go back to quick guided startup.
Yes. And our warning went away.
I'll just move this
down.
Alright. So connection to the PLC. Define connection.
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Actually, I'm gonna
minimize this window here.
Yes. Do you want to connect it? Will
it connect to a PLC via Telegram?
In this case, we'll say yes.
It won't be standalone. It'll be connected to
a PLC.
And then do we want the ramp function
in the drive, or do we want in
the PLC? We'll say we want it with
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the drive.
And then, you know, if you're using safety
integrated functions via Prophysafe,
you can check that box.
So we have made our selections here.
Actually, let's I wanna see green check boxes
at the top.
Okay. So we've made our selection and you
can see the green box. So we we
have done completed this step.
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So select the application, we're gonna select speed
control,
we'll go next.
The operating mode, so similar to that g
one twenty, it's asking a standard drive control,
dynamic, and you can see how this changes,
or selecting other closed loop control modes.
So we'll go back with standard drive control
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and click next.
Here are the limits. So again, that maximum
and minimum speed, this ramp up time,
we'll change it to five seconds.
Our limits has turned green.
So again, we have an option here, this
fieldbus with data switch over.
You can delete all these connections if you
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want, but, this is just how your digital
inputs are,
digital inputs,
digital outputs, analog inputs, and analog outputs
are connected. So you have the option if
you wanna get rid of them,
or if you want to
to keep them and modify them. So we'll
just keep them, and we'll hit next. Graphical
(38:11):
mapping there of each digital and each IO
point
to the actual value in the drive, where
the previous drive,
we had a bunch of items to choose
from. We chose 12, which was the standard,
you know, your standard inputs and outputs and
analog values.
But here, it's very graphical. I like this.
This looks really cool, and it looks like
(38:32):
it almost looks like I can go in,
like, the where it says no connection.
D I four. Right? No connection. It looks
like you could choose, like, a yeah. Look
at that list. A whole list of parameters
that you could choose to put in that
spot.
Yes. Exactly.
You can get to this setting in the
g one twenty. It's just not part of
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the commissioning.
So Okay.
So but that's a that's a good point.
So in here, in the, you know, in
this
newest
generation of drives, the commissioning, you have the
option to set this up here. But,
yeah, it you're right. You can do it
in the g one twenty, but it it
doesn't prompt you right from the get go.
(39:14):
Okay.
I'm gonna go back to application setting because
I just wanna make sure
I
you can show more data. Let's see. Okay.
Now that looks good.
Next.
Telegram. Here we go.
So
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since we're talking to a PLC,
it wants to know which Telegram we're gonna
use. So the Telegram is basically that
exchange of data between PLC and drive.
It comes from, like, the PROFI
drive,
profile.
So it's kind of a a PROFINET
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thing term, I guess, I should say.
So you want to know what I'm trying
to say is you wanna know what each
of these telegrams mean in terms
of status and control words and the information
being exchanged between PLC and drive.
So we usually use
well, I shouldn't say usually, but we use,
(40:17):
like,
Siemens Telegram three fifty two,
for basic, like, speed control. But you can
choose any of these telegrams, and I would
encourage you, if you're not familiar with telegrams,
to,
you know, look at the table, see what
what kind of data is being
exchanged between the drive and PLC,
so that you're selecting the correct one.
(40:40):
And
you can change this
later if you want. So so, you know,
so if, if you make the wrong selection
here, you can go back and change it.
Now it looks like it wants us to
update the, IO configuration now because we changed
the Telegram,
which would make sense.
Ah,
yes. And,
(41:00):
I'll go back to that for a second.
So if you go to this PZD interconnections
and this and so this is, process data.
That's what the PZD
kinda stands for.
If we click on that,
you can see here
what,
(41:21):
the Telegram configuration looks like.
So you can see,
you know, the alarm code, the fault code,
current torque speed,
and the control.
And then that's in the receive direction.
So that's just what it looks like here.
(41:42):
K.
And you're right. So if we go IO
configuration
Yes.
So you're right. Since we are using
Telegram three fifty two, we are
not having these IO connections connected to parameters
within the drive.
Next.
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We'll be prompted for this rotate and optimize.
So again, we have this option,
identify motor data, optimize PDs controller, identify motor
data at standstill. So we'll just
keep that and hit next.
And
at the end here is our summary. So
these are all the changes we made, similar
(42:25):
to g one twenty. You can go through,
make sure
you set everything correctly,
and then you would perform a download, except
we,
don't have our drive yet. So
you can't quite do that right now. But
what you can do,
is you can save this. So you can
(42:45):
save your project, and then once you get
your drive,
you can,
go online with it and download to that
drive.
Excellent. I mean, it's interesting to see the
difference between the, the original one we looked
at, the g one twenty, and then this
model,
the g two twenty, and to see how
the the wizard changed over time.
(43:06):
And it's it's just very interesting. This one
seems to be more like like, it's offering
you more details upfront.
And,
but it's good to know both because you
may have a one twenty or a two
twenty or some other drive, so understanding the
different interfaces
is very helpful.
Yes.
(43:26):
So now what I wanna show so right
now we have this drive configured,
to run with a PLC. We've have it
configured for Telegram three fifty two.
And then what we can also do so,
like, say we're in a scenario.
Right now it's configured all the drives are
configured,
for PROFINET
out of the box this G120 and this
(43:48):
G220.
But let's say we have a scenario where
we need to configure it for ethernet IP.
So maybe we're using
a non Siemens controller. How would you do
that? So it's a little different in the
g two twenty compared to the g one
twenty. So I just want to make,
you know, our viewers
(44:08):
aware of these differences.
So what we wanna do in the g
two twenty is we wanna go to this
drive here.
We're going to hit properties.
So we're gonna pull up this window,
so that we can see it while close
out that commissioning window.
(44:28):
So now we're in the properties
of this.
And what we want to do is go
to
protection and security here. Mhmm.
And
ports and protocols,
and this is the fieldbus and related protocol
(44:48):
configuration.
So this is where
we can switch to Ethernet IP or Modbus
TCP.
We're gonna switch to Ethernet IP,
and then we'll hit okay.
And that's all we had to do. So
again here,
you could right click. I think you can
(45:08):
yeah. Right click and hit properties here,
and then that would is how you find
it.
Nice. That was easy.
Yes.
Now what's different
is in
the g one twenty, so we'll go up
here.
It's actually just a parameter in the g
(45:30):
one twenty. Oh.
So this is a little different.
So what I do usually is I go
to parameter view,
and then I
go
to display
extended parameters. So this shows all the parameters.
(45:53):
And I'm gonna hit control f, so I'm
gonna find it. And it's parameter twenty thirty
for field bus. Let's go find it.
And you can see here, you know, since
we made this a standalone drive, it has
no protocol,
and this is where you can change it
from PROFINET or Ethernet IP.
Nice.
(46:15):
So the big difference here is,
like the g one twenty, the s one
twenty,
these all have a parameter, parameter twenty thirty,
and you just change one parameter and it
switches between Ethernet and PROFINET.
In the newer drives,
you have to go into
the device properties,
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ports and protocols,
and make that change if you wanna make
it.
That's good to know. It's,
I don't think I woulda guessed that.
It was something we learned when we got
our new demos. So
is there anything else?
I think that's enough to get anybody started.
(46:57):
I mean, it's always good. If you have
to sit down with a new VFD, it's
always good to have somebody kinda walk through
it first,
and then that gives you the confidence to
get in there. You know you could get
something working. And I I don't think you'll
ever get through one of these commissionings
without having to crack the book. You'll definitely
wanna read any literature that comes with the
VFD.
(47:17):
There's safety stuff in there you gotta know
about, because you're gonna follow NEC and all
those other applicable,
codes,
but, and all, you know, safety safety codes
as well.
But, you know, I think, you know, just
having somebody it's one thing to read a
book. It's another thing to see actually somebody
walk through it. And I know I feel
a lot more confident,
that I'm, you know, now going and trying
(47:38):
something out than I would have before you
came on and showed us how to do
this. So I really appreciate you, Jackie, the
time. And I don't know. Was there anything
else you want to show? Yes. I do
wanna show,
some resources we have,
to get you guys started and, you know,
help you on your journey to commissioning cinematics
drives in TIA Portal.
(47:59):
So if you are new to,
TIA Portal,
Synamics drives,
just integrating maybe a PLC into TIA Portal,
integrating a drive into TIA Portal,
we have a really cool
tool. So,
or I should say a really cool class.
So it's TIA University.
(48:21):
So they're free expert led workshops,
and self study courses. So there are some
basic video series. Again, most of this is
for,
you know, PLC,
TIA Portal. However, they do incorporate
how to integrate a Dynamics drive into this.
So if you've never opened up TIA Portal
(48:41):
or if it's been a while,
I recommend you do this TIA Test Drive
class.
So it happens
every month. It's a full day.
It is virtual instructor led, so you'll be
able to remote into a TIA portal project
(49:03):
and follow along with the instructor. So you
will get to be hands on, but you
can do it from your office, from home,
from wherever.
Again, it's a day long class. You can
download the syllabus here and take a look.
So that's the TIA test drive. Gives you
a really nice overview
of TIA Portal and all the things you
can do with it. We also have another
(49:23):
class called Merge Logics with TIA Portal.
So if you're a Rockwell user,
familiar with Studio 5,000,
Logix Designer,
and you have
a
a TIA portal project or a Siemens project
coming up and you're like, oh, I'm not
quite sure,
(49:45):
how to do that.
This gives
you context
of TIA or this presents
TIA portal in the context of what you're
used to in Logix.
So if you're familiar with Logix, the instructor,
kind of translates that into TIA Portal for
you. So if you're used to one thing,
(50:06):
this is what it looks like in TIA
Portal. So again, if you're, you know, familiar
with,
Studio 5,000, this will give you a really
nice overview.
Similar to that TIA test drive class, it's
offered every
month. It's a day long class. It's hands
on but virtual. So, again, we use a
hypervisor. You'll be able to remote into a
(50:28):
virtual machine and, get hands on with the
software.
So I encourage you guys to,
join one of those classes or both.
And then I also want to I'll give
you these links,
or rather Sean will in the video.
So this just kind of covers,
(50:48):
all things,
Dynamics drives. I'll link to our website,
overview of our
VFDs and our high performance and servo drives,
distributor DC drives, digital drive train, and then
our tools and resources. So we have our
Siemens product configurator,
sizer, TIA selection tool, SINAMICS selector mobile app,
(51:10):
drive connections
or drive applications.
Here I've added this Ethernet IP connectivity. So
if you are using SINAMICS drives on Ethernet
IP,
this will give you all the resources you
need
to set that up, one, in the drive
and then, two,
we have add on instructions, EDS files,
(51:31):
things like that to make your life easier.
And then of course TIA Portal, Dynamic Start
Drive,
this is
what this looks like. So if you do
not have Start Drive yet you can download
the latest version here And again, that,
start drive is within TIA Portal and it's
free, so feel free to download it.
(51:54):
And with that,
Sean, it's been
so great to show you all about,
TA portal and commissioning,
so dynamics drives in it. So feel free
to reach out to me again.
Jackie, thank you so much for,
taking time out of your busy schedule to
do this for us. I know, you know,
a, an audience member, you know, asked
(52:17):
to,
us to kinda cover that, and I'm like,
you know, and I'm like, I'll get Jackie
back on the show. So thank you for
coming on and showing us star drive
and how you know, even though it's integrated
in the TI portal, that component
allows us to
commission our VFDs,
you know, upload from download to them, change
parameters,
(52:38):
you know, identify the motor, and just everything
you walked us through was very helpful. And
I'm hoping the audience guys, let me know
in the comments. Did you think that was
helpful?
And, do you have any follow-up questions? I
think we covered so much territory. I don't
have any questions right now, but I would
be,
I would be interested in knowing what the
audience thinks. And, again, Jackie, thank you so
(52:59):
much for your time and for showing us
how to use stock drive. Thank you, Sean.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed that episode.
I wanna thank Jackie for coming on and
teaching us how to use stock drive. I've
never used it before, so I really appreciate
you're coming on. And if there's other things
you guys wanna see,
let me know. I'm have no problem reaching
out to the vendors.
Sometimes, like, great vendors like Siemens and Rockwell
(53:20):
and Schneider and other great vendors, they come
on and they'll they'll offer it. Sometimes I
get crickets, but that's okay. You don't know
until you try. So if there's anything else
you'd like to see, let me know.
And if you do have a YouTube account,
maybe you're watching this on YouTube or you're
listening on Apple or Spotify or at the
automationblog.com,
please consider giving me a sub over on
(53:41):
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this is my tenth year doing this full
time, twelfth year since I've created the, created
the blog and the YouTube site. And I'd
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know, I'm not one of those people who
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(54:01):
whatnot. I know you have to do it,
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be awesome. In any case, with all that
said, I wanna wish you good health and
happiness. And until next time, my friends,
peace.
Everybody, thank you for tuning back in. In
this episode, I actually meet back up with
Jackie Stokes from Siemens
to learn how to use a start drive
to commission
Siemens drive, specifically the g one twenty and
the g two twenty. Although, I'm sure some
of the other drives are very similar. And
this actually came from a request from a
viewer who's who asked that we have somebody
(00:22):
on the show us that. And because I'm
not the expert, I reached out to Jackie
and she agreed to come on. So I'm
looking forward to that. Now we're gonna cover
the g one twenty. The g two twenty,
we're gonna cover how to change Siemens drives
to be Ethernet IP instead of PROFINET. They
have Ethernet IP built in, which is really
cool. And then we're gonna cover some free
training they have coming up. I will include
those links below as well as the links
(00:44):
from Jackie below in the description. You should
see that on all platforms. And I do
wanna reach out to you and ask for
a favor. I'm coming up on my ten
year anniversary of doing this full time,
and I was hoping that you guys could
help me out to reach a 100,000
subscribers on YouTube. Now I know a lot
of you listen on Apple, a lot listen
on Spotify, a lot of you consume the
(01:05):
shows over at the automationblog.com,
and I appreciate you all. But I thought,
wouldn't it be great if I could hit
a 100,000
subscribers over on YouTube by the end of
the year? And maybe if we do, we
could have a celebration. We could do a
live stream, do some q and a. I'd
love to hear what you guys thought over
I actually started the channel twelve years ago.
I was doing a part time to start,
and I'd love to know what your favorite
(01:26):
episodes were or what episodes what kind of
episodes you like to see in the future.
And so if you guys I know even
if you're on another platform, if you do
have a YouTube account, if you could swing
by, it's at insights I a. That's a
lot shorter than insights in automation. So I
shortened it up, I think it was a
year ago or two years ago. So it's
at insights I a. Again, if you guys
(01:47):
are up to it, I'd love to try
to hit a 100,000
subscribers by the end of the year to
celebrate my tenth year doing this full time.
And with that, let's go ahead and jump
into how to use StarDrive
to set up and commission
Siemens VFDs like the g one twenty and
g two twenty.
Jackie, welcome back to the show. I'm so
happy to have you back on and here
(02:07):
to talk about
using,
Siemens VFDs inside of TIA portal. Now we've
talked about your VFDs
so many times on the show over the
years,
and but we've never actually,
like, put one in TIA portal and tried
it out. And I had actually had a
a viewer ask about that. So thank you
for agreeing to come back on. And just
in case, some of the audience members didn't
(02:29):
watch the previous episodes where you were on,
Could you quickly introduce yourself before jumping into
our topic for today?
Sure. And thanks for having me back on
the show. So my name is Jackie Stokes.
I am a marketing programs development manager
at Siemens.
I work in the motion control
business unit.
I've been in the business for, oh my
(02:51):
goodness, I'm getting old, like, fourteen years now.
So I but I've been with Siemens for
about three and a half years. So, yeah,
we've talked about,
our drives family.
I think most recently, we talked about the
Synamix g
two twenty drive with Ivan, one of our
product managers. But, yeah, happy to be back
(03:13):
and talking about how to integrate our VFDs
into portal.
Yeah. And I appreciate that. I mean, you
don't know what you don't know. And so
when we're going to integrate our first, you
know, drive
into TIA Portal, it's kinda like, well, what
do we do? And so I wanted to
have you on. I I could have fumbled
through it myself, but I'm like, why not
just talk to the experts? So let me
(03:34):
turn it back to you, and, let's go
ahead and jump in.
Yeah. Sure. So,
I have just
brief slides before we get hands on. I
have a demo unit with me,
but just wanna cover what we're talking about.
So we're talking about our general purpose VFD.
It is called SINAMICS
g one twenty. So Sinamics is the name
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of our
drive family,
and g stands for general purpose.
So that's kind of the decoder ring for
Sinamics g one twenty.
It does come in a few different flavors.
It comes in a modular version version,
which we're using today. It comes in a
compact version,
which is g one twenty c, And it
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also comes in a distributed or on machine
version, which is,
g one twenty
d or
a similar drive, g one fifteen
d, and that d is for distributed.
So the modular version of this drive,
comes with a control unit,
a power
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module,
as well as an
operator interface.
So you can kind of see on the
pictures to the right,
what this looks like. So the control unit
can be separated from the power,
module, and then the operator interface can be
separated
from the components as well.
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So we're using control unit two forty
e Dash two p n dash f,
and then we're using a power module two
forty
dash two IP 20.
The firmware version, I believe, is the latest.
It's firmware version 4.7
service pack 14 hotfix four.
And the software, we are using start drive.
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StartDrive
is our
software for commissioning drives, and it's in TIA
Portal. So if you don't,
have a TIA Portal
license,
to program our PLCs, for instance,
StartDrive is free. So you can download StartDrive
and it will open
essentially in TIA Portal.
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It's just that if you're using the free
version of StartDrive and you don't have a
license for TIA Portal like programming the PLCs,
you won't be able to program a PLC
in it, but you will be able to
commission your drive. So that's the little
distinction between Start Drive and TIA Portal.
There is also a Start Drive Advanced,
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for advanced
features and programming
in the drive that you do have to
pay for, but, most of what you can
do and what we'll do today, you can
do in the free version of StartDrive, and
we'll give you a link to that, how
to download
StartDrive.
And, of course, this is just one way
to commission a drive. You can also commission
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it with that
industrial operator panel, the IOP dash two, which
you can see on your screen.
We also have a basic version of it,
and then we do have a smart access
module which generates,
a Wi Fi hotspot, and then you can,
you know, step away from the drive, connect
on your phone. So three different ways to
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commission that drive.
But if you're a portal user
and you're using a Siemens PLC or maybe
you just, you know, want to do this
in software,
it's really easy to do as well.
So I'm going to give you a brief
overview of what we're doing, so the procedure,
and then I'll jump into the software and
show you what we're doing. So basically, basic,
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we're going to start off with opening TIA
Portal, creating a new project,
we'll go online with the drive via accessible
devices.
This is where we have the opportunity to
assign a name and IP address to the
drive,
and then we will add the drive to
the project. So we are going to upload
the device as a new station.
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So once it's in the project, we'll go
online with the drive. We're gonna use a
commissioning wizard, which is gonna step us through
all the parameters and settings that we need
to commission the drive.
We'll do a motor ID and tuning and
optimization.
And then finally, we'll just kind of take
a look at the parameters and other features
that we can see in portal.
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So with that,
I am going to switch screens.
So now we are in,
my other computer, which we're gonna use
to program
the drive.
So what we're gonna do is we're gonna
open TIA portal.
I already have it open, but you can
see the icon here. We are gonna use
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TIA Portal v 20, so this is the
latest version of Portal.
And this is what it looks like when
you open Portal.
What you wanna do is
create a new project.
So I'm just gonna hit create a new
project. We'll call this g
column 20.
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Okay. So if you've never seen TIA Portal
before,
you have a lot of different options, and
it can be slightly overwhelming.
So I recommend we go to project view,
and that's a good way to just jump
into what we need to see,
for our commissioning.
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So the first thing we wanna do so
this is what portal looks like. A lot
of different windows, a lot of things going
on.
At the end, I'll talk about some free
training we have. If you're unfamiliar with portal
and you want to,
just see what it looks like and understand
all the windows and buttons
and how to be efficient in the tool.
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But for today, I'm just gonna show you
the commissioning.
So under online access,
I'm just gonna expand this on the left
hand side. So this is our project tree.
You can see we don't have any devices
here. You could add a new device if
you wanted,
but right now, we'll just look at our
online access. So these are all the things
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that we can access online, our communications.
I'm gonna click up here, which is accessible
devices.
And up here,
this is how we're gonna find the drive.
So
on my computer,
I am networked
to the drive. So I'm connected to an
Ethernet switch on the drive itself,
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and then my computer has two Ethernet
ports,
and the port I'm looking for is this,
gigabit network connection. So this is the one
that's tied to the drive. You may have
to adjust these settings on your own PC
in order to see the drive.
But, once you have these configured, you know,
you can see different options here.
You're gonna hit start search,
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and as we're waiting,
one thing to keep in mind is you
will need to configure your network adapter
settings so that you're on the same subnet
mask as this drive. So,
just make sure your PC is
configured properly. Otherwise, it won't be able to
find the drive. So here we are. We
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see this G 120 Drive one. It has
this IP address,
one nine two point one six eight point
zero point one,
and you can see the device type here.
So,
earlier I mentioned that control unit, that CU
two forty e,
that is the drive we're connected to. So
we're gonna hit show here. We're gonna highlight
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it,
and then we'll hit show.
Now just for the audience who is listening,
there is an option there to flash the
screen. So like I showed you with the
PLCs in previous episodes, you can do that
with the drive as well. It has a
little checkbox here. So if you had three
or four drives side by side, you could
make sure you connect it to the right
one
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by flashing the screen. So go ahead. I'll
turn it back to you, Jackie.
Yeah. That's a that's a good point. So
right. I I have just one demo unit
in my room, so I know what I'm
connected to, but that is that's a very
good point.
You can flash that little LED.
So now you can see we have under
online access, under this,
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gigabit port network connection, we have this g
one twenty drive, and this is where we
can go to online and diagnostics,
and
we can make some changes here.
So you'll see,
we know we're online. So this is another
key thing when you're
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commissioning drives or any devices within or working
with devices within TIA Portal is making sure
you're online with the the correct device and
and that you are online. And so this
turns to orange up here, and you can
see, like, online access here.
So that's an indication that you are online
with that device.
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So we'll go to functions here,
and this is where you can assign a
name. So if you wanted,
we could call this
drive underscore one.
And then what you do is just hit
assign name.
And then, like, let's say we wanna change
the IP address
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to dot three, and we'll assign the IP
address.
So we changed the name, we changed this
IP address.
If you double click on update accessible devices,
you can see that our drive
one drive underscore one name changed and that,
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the IP address changed.
So that's what we that's what we're looking
for. So we just made those changes to
the drive.
Now what we can do,
and, actually, once you change the IP address,
you might need to cycle power. So I'm
gonna cycle power to the drive.
One second.
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But what we can do in the meantime
is we can upload this device as a
new station.
So what this is going to do is
it's going to put
the drive into the project
and it's creating this drive underscore one.
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And it's giving us a little bit of
a warning, but that's okay. We're gonna upload
from the device.
Okay. So now we see drive underscore one
in our project tree. I'm going to
kind of minimize this online access, and we're
gonna look at the drive up here so
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we don't get too confused.
So here, we wanna make sure
we want to go online with the drive
so we can
make sure you so, you know, once you
if you're following along, you wanna make sure
you select this drive, especially if you have
lots of other things in your project tree,
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because you can go online with a lot
of different things. So if you have
I remember when I was first learning,
portal yeah. If you don't have the right
thing selected and you select go online and
you're going online with something else,
that's not quite right. So make sure you
have it selected and then hit go online
up here. It's this
little orange connector.
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And then you'll see this green check mark.
So that indicates
that we are online and connected and the
drive is happy.
So now we'll go to
the commissioning wizard. So under here, we'll double
click commissioning,
and we have a few options here. So
you see the commissioning wizard. We see control
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panel, motor optimization,
and this backup and restore.
So we'll start here with the commissioning wizard.
And then, basically, it's just gonna step us
through
how we wanna set up this drive.
So we have some options here, the application
class. So,
there's expert,
which means that all the options are available
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in the wizard.
There's standard drive control,
which again is the most common applications.
And then we have dynamic drive control. So
these are
more advanced applications.
So you can kinda read through this. And
if you had questions about what I should
be using, you can click this little green
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arrow here at the bottom for online help.
So we'll just click standard drive control,
and we'll hit next.
And this is where you have the option.
You need to tell it,
are you connected to a PLC?
If you are, where that ramp function is.
Is it in the PLC, or are you
gonna do it in the drive, or is
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it gonna be a standalone drive, no PLC?
So I'll walk through this scenario with,
standard drive no PLC, and then I can
also show you what it looks like
if you go the PLC route and how
that configures.
But a lot of the things are
are the same. So you have
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an IO configuration here. You have some options.
I'm gonna
choose
12.
As you can see at the top here,
they're predefined interconnections of the inputs and outputs.
However, you can change them later. So,
choose the one that best fits your application,
but, again, keep in mind, you can change
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it later if,
you change your mind or need to change
something.
We'll click next.
We are using
this motor.
So I'm just gonna keep this here, this
IEC, and then two twenty volt.
We do not have a breaking resistor,
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and we do not have a filter.
Again, this is where you have the option
to select a filter if you are using
one, and then it'll give you a few
more.
I'll just show you an example. So if
we had a
a sine wave filter third party, you would
have to input these values. But for
this application, we'll choose no filter,
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and then we're gonna
enter the motor data. So this is where
you're going to need to read your
motor nameplate data,
and then we'll input
the motor nameplate data here. So
right now we have
point
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nine seven,
point one eight
and kilowatts, and then 350
RPM,
and then we'll hit next,
and then we'll hit next.
This is where,
I wouldn't don't touch the current limit. I'm
not gonna touch the minimum speed or maximum
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speed. You have the option here to change
your
ramp up time or ramp down time if
you want. So just,
for example,
we'll change
these values here,
and we'll click next.
You have an option to change the
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application, so constant loads, speed to dependent load,
and then the motor identification.
So if you want,
inhibited,
identifying motor at standstill,
or motor data identification.
So I'll click,
this option two here,
and then it says that the motor data
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identification will be performed at the next time
that the drive is enabled.
And then we'll hit next.
And then here,
we'll save the RAM to ROM, so it'll
be saved in the drive.
And then we'll hit and you can see
the summary up here. So,
you have the opportunity,
like, if you're reading through this and
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maybe you mistyped your motor current,
you can go back and,
change that setting right now
if you wanted.
So I would recommend that you read through
this, make sure it's all correct,
and then hit finish.
So now we are saving to the eprom.
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I'm going
let's see what's
so it says maintenance required in lower component.
So we're gonna look at diagnostics
here. So you can see,
sometimes you wanna
you know, if this is unhappy, you kinda
wanna see what's going on. So we'll go
to this online and diagnostics
here.
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Diagnostics,
general.
Okay. So you can see, you know, we
have
our
name of our drive and the part number,
but let's look at active faults on alarms.
Okay. And what it doesn't like, the motor
data identification activated. So it basically, it's looking
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for that motor
data,
and that's why it's it's giving us this
little maintenance required.
So what we can do is we'll go
back into commissioning.
We'll go into
motor optimization here. And so once you click
on it, it's gonna give you a warning.
This motor identification
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is performed
once the drive is enabled.
So we'll click okay.
And then what we can do
so first, what you can we'll hit,
activate here.
We'll click
accept,
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and then we'll switch on.
And then our motor ID is done.
And you can see here, it has switched
from that,
kind of wrench icon to this green checkbox
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icon, which means that we did a good
job.
So it went through
and,
identified the motor. It applied power to the
motor,
and I couldn't see what was happening with
the motor. Did it turn the motor at
all, or did it just supply power to
it? Or
Yes. So it just supplied power to it.
So and you can see here the the
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following parameters are determined or changed when the
motor with with the motor
data identification.
So this is what it's looking at.
And we did a stationary
measurement, so it did not
rotate during that measurement.
Okay.
And then we can deactivate control.
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Yes.
Okay.
And then we can look at the control
panel. So this is kinda cool.
This allows you to test the drive in
TIA Portal. You know, we didn't write any
PLC programming.
We haven't,
you know, since I have this demo unit,
it's wired up for
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these particular, you know, little switches that I
have on it. But Mhmm.
Regardless and independent of that, we can actually,
you know, kinda jog and
turn on the drive and just test it
out. So I'm gonna hit activate master control.
And again, it's gonna give us a warning
because the drive
can move. So just
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be aware of what you're doing. It wants
to make sure you're
you're okay with this. So I'm gonna hit
accept.
We can give it a speed set point,
so we'll give it 200 RPM,
and then we can give it a forward
command.
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We can tell it to go backwards.
We can increase the speed.
And, you know, you can jog forward to
this momentary
push button here.
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And yeah. So it says a nice way
to to kinda test it out right here.
And then we can deactivate the control.
And so and then once you've done this,
you know, you can go to backup and
restore. So this will save
RAM to RAM. We can save it here.
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It'll save RAM to RAM.
One thing that I should have done when
I was first starting out, and that is
restore to factory settings.
So I won't do this now, but you
can you know, if you get in a
situation where you do need to restore to
factory settings or,
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you gotta drive from somewhere else and you
need to restore it, you can do that
within TIA Portal.
So we could do that now and then
and then redo the commissioning. So
occasionally
at least in my experience with the demo
units, sometimes they come in and you don't
know what someone has done with them. Sure.
So you wanna start with this. But since
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I've been playing around with this demo,
for the past few days, I kinda know
what's in it.
Yeah. And that would be important too if
you took the if you're repurposing it from
one application to another,
you definitely wouldn't wanna wipe out everything, restore
it to the factory defaults
before you, before you use it on a
new application.
Yes. And that is something,
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that's something you can do in,
that online access area. So once you're you
know, so here, when you first
saw that drive before you upload it as
a new station, you have that ability.
You know, again, it's in that commissioning menu.
It's it's mirrored up here too. Yeah. But
you can go there and do that backup
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and restore. So that's the best practice, again,
if you're
repurposing a drive. But if it's out of
the box,
you know, it's already at factory default.
So once your drive is in a good
state,
you've done your commissioning,
you've
saved RAM to ROM. What you want to
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do is you want to make sure your
drive is selected,
which it should be,
but we'll just go offline here.
And then what you wanna do, just to
be sure so your project should match what
was in the drive, but, a good best
practice here is to upload from the device.
So that means your project will match
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whatever is in the drive right now.
So this is just warning us,
this Telegram configuration, but we'll hit upload from
device.
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And then we will save our project.
So that is,
how you make sure your project now matches
the drive. And then if you wanted,
you could, you know, have another drive that
you're connecting to, and you could then download
to that device,
but we know the project matches.
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So that was a good overview
of commissioning
basic commissioning for Synamix g one twenty.
Our newer drives look a little different. The
commissioning wizard is different. So we're coming out
with our next generation of Synamics drives,
two drives to look out for. One is
our motion drive.
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So it's a servo motion.
It is the Synamix s two ten,
and then we have a new drive, the
Synamix g two twenty,
who Ivan, our product manager for that product,
was on the show about a year ago
and talked in-depth about it. But the whole
product family sits a little bit higher than
the g one twenty in terms of,
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capabilities and performance. So it's not
a successor to the g one twenty.
It's it's a complement to the product portfolio.
But I'll just give you an overview
of what that looks like.
We can
since I don't have this demo myself,
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right now, I'm gonna add a new device.
So, again, another idea
if, let's say, you wanted to get your
project already so that once your drive arrives,
you can just simply download to it.
Another way to do this is to add
a new device here in your project tree
instead of
scanning for it, you know, on the network,
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assuming you're connected to a physical device.
We can just add it here,
do all the commissioning, set up all the
parameters, and then once you get the physical
drive, you can download to that drive.
So,
as you can see here, on the left
hand side, we have controllers, HMI,
PC systems, drives. So it's gonna let you
add whatever you want to your project.
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I have it selected on drives, and we'll
name this,
g two twenty.
And then here,
you know, we're just gonna filter down. So
you see all of our g drives here.
The g two twenty is at the bottom.
We'll do g two twenty PROFINET also means
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Ethernet IP,
and
make sure the version, article number, and we'll
hit okay.
Ah, so if you listen to Ivan's overview
of the g two twenty,
one
of the new features
is its security.
And when we say security here in this
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context, we're talking about user security. So user
management and access control, also known as UMAQ
or abbreviated UMAQ. So what you have the
opportunity to do here is to configure your
security settings.
If you want, you can also continue with
low security settings.
But this is what this looks like. I'll
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just kinda walk through what it looks like.
So start a new configuration,
what it is.
So if you're unfamiliar with user manage
management and access control,
this is what it tells you
you can do with this tool.
So you can enable UMac for the project
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and prompt users to log in in order
to work with the project.
You can enable UMac for the drive and
prompt users to log in in order to
work with the drive via the web server
and start drive.
So one of the new commissioning
options that you have with our next generation
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of drives is a web server.
And, again, I don't have the drive with
me now, so I won't show you the
web server. We'll just show you TIA Portal,
but that's what it's referring to when it
says this web server.
So just be aware if you check these
boxes,
and then these later steps will go through,
you will have
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to know your username and password or you
will not be able to access this drive.
So,
just remember to save save your passwords,
if you do
yes. If you do go down this route.
Now,
the scenario of
I lost my password, I lost my username,
I can't access this drive.
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How do I get around that? Well,
the only way to get around that is
you're going to have to get a u
sorry, an SD card and insert that into
the drive and it will have just reset.
Txt on it, so a reset text file.
Okay.
Yes. So there is a way. It's you're
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not totally,
you know,
in trouble there, but, you will have to
reset the whole drive.
So there's no there's no,
secret way of getting around it. So if
you do enable that, that is how
you would restore your drive or get access
to it again,
and then you can see here. So,
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data encryption, if you wanted, you could do
this,
Activate user controls incomplete.
Ah, okay. So it said it was incomplete
because we did not specify a password, so
we have to specify a password here.
And I think it has
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some requirements for your password, so
you just wanna make sure you remember this
one.
We'll hit okay
and then next.
It doesn't like this.
I have to click I have read the
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information above. Yes. Okay.
Click next. Username.
So you could allow a guest to enable
access to the drive.
It's up to you. Uses the anonymous user,
so we'll hit yes.
Allow data exchange via fieldbus. So is the
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anonymous
user as they is used for fieldbus communication.
So again, just want to make sure you
understand these settings.
The SDI standard panel access,
so we'll allow the drive to be changed
via the standard panel without a username and
password,
web server access,
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so again going through all the different ways
to access this drive and making sure you
are okay
with how you're accessing it.
Data encryption,
next,
and then we will hit finish.
So it's pretty in-depth.
Again, you if you don't want to,
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you can
skip the security settings.
You can also go back and reconfigure them
too. So if you're just working on this
project,
you know, you don't you can configure it
later.
So here, similar to that, drive one, which
is the g one twenty, we have all
of our options here. We're gonna go to
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device configuration
or
yes. So we'll look at our device configuration.
You can see here,
we have our Synamix g two twenty. We
have a motor here, which we actually don't
have a motor.
So let's see here.
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Properties.
Yes. So we just added the drive. We
didn't add a motor. So we can add
the motor here.
This is where we're gonna enter our motor
data,
for whatever motor we have. So I'm just
gonna make up some values. This is what's
on
my current demo unit, so point seven.
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Obviously, you wanna look at your motor nameplate
and make sure it matches,
and then we'll go to our guided quick
setup.
So
little
different
look and feel,
compared to
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what we did with the g one twenty.
It's giving us a warning here, so the
device is not specified. Specify the device first.
We can click on this here.
So it wants a little bit more information
on
what
drive we're using.
Yeah. The power. Right?
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Yes.
So, again, since we're,
we cheated well, I wouldn't say cheated. But
with the g one twenty, when you have
it, when you're online with it, you can
upload as new station, so it's detecting what
you have. Mhmm. But since we don't have
that, we're making this up in the project.
It needs to know,
the information. So we're just gonna pick
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this one here to satisfy the requirement,
and now it's now it's happy again. So
we'll go back to quick guided startup.
Yes. And our warning went away.
I'll just move this
down.
Alright. So connection to the PLC. Define connection.
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Actually, I'm gonna
minimize this window here.
Yes. Do you want to connect it? Will
it connect to a PLC via Telegram?
In this case, we'll say yes.
It won't be standalone. It'll be connected to
a PLC.
And then do we want the ramp function
in the drive, or do we want in
the PLC? We'll say we want it with
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the drive.
And then, you know, if you're using safety
integrated functions via Prophysafe,
you can check that box.
So we have made our selections here.
Actually, let's I wanna see green check boxes
at the top.
Okay. So we've made our selection and you
can see the green box. So we we
have done completed this step.
(37:07):
So select the application, we're gonna select speed
control,
we'll go next.
The operating mode, so similar to that g
one twenty, it's asking a standard drive control,
dynamic, and you can see how this changes,
or selecting other closed loop control modes.
So we'll go back with standard drive control
(37:29):
and click next.
Here are the limits. So again, that maximum
and minimum speed, this ramp up time,
we'll change it to five seconds.
Our limits has turned green.
So again, we have an option here, this
fieldbus with data switch over.
You can delete all these connections if you
(37:50):
want, but, this is just how your digital
inputs are,
digital inputs,
digital outputs, analog inputs, and analog outputs
are connected. So you have the option if
you wanna get rid of them,
or if you want to
to keep them and modify them. So we'll
just keep them, and we'll hit next. Graphical
(38:11):
mapping there of each digital and each IO
point
to the actual value in the drive, where
the previous drive,
we had a bunch of items to choose
from. We chose 12, which was the standard,
you know, your standard inputs and outputs and
analog values.
But here, it's very graphical. I like this.
This looks really cool, and it looks like
(38:32):
it almost looks like I can go in,
like, the where it says no connection.
D I four. Right? No connection. It looks
like you could choose, like, a yeah. Look
at that list. A whole list of parameters
that you could choose to put in that
spot.
Yes. Exactly.
You can get to this setting in the
g one twenty. It's just not part of
(38:53):
the commissioning.
So Okay.
So but that's a that's a good point.
So in here, in the, you know, in
this
newest
generation of drives, the commissioning, you have the
option to set this up here. But,
yeah, it you're right. You can do it
in the g one twenty, but it it
doesn't prompt you right from the get go.
(39:14):
Okay.
I'm gonna go back to application setting because
I just wanna make sure
I
you can show more data. Let's see. Okay.
Now that looks good.
Next.
Telegram. Here we go.
So
(39:34):
since we're talking to a PLC,
it wants to know which Telegram we're gonna
use. So the Telegram is basically that
exchange of data between PLC and drive.
It comes from, like, the PROFI
drive,
profile.
So it's kind of a a PROFINET
(39:55):
thing term, I guess, I should say.
So you want to know what I'm trying
to say is you wanna know what each
of these telegrams mean in terms
of status and control words and the information
being exchanged between PLC and drive.
So we usually use
well, I shouldn't say usually, but we use,
(40:17):
like,
Siemens Telegram three fifty two,
for basic, like, speed control. But you can
choose any of these telegrams, and I would
encourage you, if you're not familiar with telegrams,
to,
you know, look at the table, see what
what kind of data is being
exchanged between the drive and PLC,
so that you're selecting the correct one.
(40:40):
And
you can change this
later if you want. So so, you know,
so if, if you make the wrong selection
here, you can go back and change it.
Now it looks like it wants us to
update the, IO configuration now because we changed
the Telegram,
which would make sense.
Ah,
yes. And,
(41:00):
I'll go back to that for a second.
So if you go to this PZD interconnections
and this and so this is, process data.
That's what the PZD
kinda stands for.
If we click on that,
you can see here
what,
(41:21):
the Telegram configuration looks like.
So you can see,
you know, the alarm code, the fault code,
current torque speed,
and the control.
And then that's in the receive direction.
So that's just what it looks like here.
(41:42):
K.
And you're right. So if we go IO
configuration
Yes.
So you're right. Since we are using
Telegram three fifty two, we are
not having these IO connections connected to parameters
within the drive.
Next.
(42:03):
We'll be prompted for this rotate and optimize.
So again, we have this option,
identify motor data, optimize PDs controller, identify motor
data at standstill. So we'll just
keep that and hit next.
And
at the end here is our summary. So
these are all the changes we made, similar
(42:25):
to g one twenty. You can go through,
make sure
you set everything correctly,
and then you would perform a download, except
we,
don't have our drive yet. So
you can't quite do that right now. But
what you can do,
is you can save this. So you can
(42:45):
save your project, and then once you get
your drive,
you can,
go online with it and download to that
drive.
Excellent. I mean, it's interesting to see the
difference between the, the original one we looked
at, the g one twenty, and then this
model,
the g two twenty, and to see how
the the wizard changed over time.
(43:06):
And it's it's just very interesting. This one
seems to be more like like, it's offering
you more details upfront.
And,
but it's good to know both because you
may have a one twenty or a two
twenty or some other drive, so understanding the
different interfaces
is very helpful.
Yes.
(43:26):
So now what I wanna show so right
now we have this drive configured,
to run with a PLC. We've have it
configured for Telegram three fifty two.
And then what we can also do so,
like, say we're in a scenario.
Right now it's configured all the drives are
configured,
for PROFINET
out of the box this G120 and this
(43:48):
G220.
But let's say we have a scenario where
we need to configure it for ethernet IP.
So maybe we're using
a non Siemens controller. How would you do
that? So it's a little different in the
g two twenty compared to the g one
twenty. So I just want to make,
you know, our viewers
(44:08):
aware of these differences.
So what we wanna do in the g
two twenty is we wanna go to this
drive here.
We're going to hit properties.
So we're gonna pull up this window,
so that we can see it while close
out that commissioning window.
(44:28):
So now we're in the properties
of this.
And what we want to do is go
to
protection and security here. Mhmm.
And
ports and protocols,
and this is the fieldbus and related protocol
(44:48):
configuration.
So this is where
we can switch to Ethernet IP or Modbus
TCP.
We're gonna switch to Ethernet IP,
and then we'll hit okay.
And that's all we had to do. So
again here,
you could right click. I think you can
(45:08):
yeah. Right click and hit properties here,
and then that would is how you find
it.
Nice. That was easy.
Yes.
Now what's different
is in
the g one twenty, so we'll go up
here.
It's actually just a parameter in the g
(45:30):
one twenty. Oh.
So this is a little different.
So what I do usually is I go
to parameter view,
and then I
go
to display
extended parameters. So this shows all the parameters.
(45:53):
And I'm gonna hit control f, so I'm
gonna find it. And it's parameter twenty thirty
for field bus. Let's go find it.
And you can see here, you know, since
we made this a standalone drive, it has
no protocol,
and this is where you can change it
from PROFINET or Ethernet IP.
Nice.
(46:15):
So the big difference here is,
like the g one twenty, the s one
twenty,
these all have a parameter, parameter twenty thirty,
and you just change one parameter and it
switches between Ethernet and PROFINET.
In the newer drives,
you have to go into
the device properties,
(46:36):
ports and protocols,
and make that change if you wanna make
it.
That's good to know. It's,
I don't think I woulda guessed that.
It was something we learned when we got
our new demos. So
is there anything else?
I think that's enough to get anybody started.
(46:57):
I mean, it's always good. If you have
to sit down with a new VFD, it's
always good to have somebody kinda walk through
it first,
and then that gives you the confidence to
get in there. You know you could get
something working. And I I don't think you'll
ever get through one of these commissionings
without having to crack the book. You'll definitely
wanna read any literature that comes with the
VFD.
(47:17):
There's safety stuff in there you gotta know
about, because you're gonna follow NEC and all
those other applicable,
codes,
but, and all, you know, safety safety codes
as well.
But, you know, I think, you know, just
having somebody it's one thing to read a
book. It's another thing to see actually somebody
walk through it. And I know I feel
a lot more confident,
that I'm, you know, now going and trying
(47:38):
something out than I would have before you
came on and showed us how to do
this. So I really appreciate you, Jackie, the
time. And I don't know. Was there anything
else you want to show? Yes. I do
wanna show,
some resources we have,
to get you guys started and, you know,
help you on your journey to commissioning cinematics
drives in TIA Portal.
(47:59):
So if you are new to,
TIA Portal,
Synamics drives,
just integrating maybe a PLC into TIA Portal,
integrating a drive into TIA Portal,
we have a really cool
tool. So,
or I should say a really cool class.
So it's TIA University.
(48:21):
So they're free expert led workshops,
and self study courses. So there are some
basic video series. Again, most of this is
for,
you know, PLC,
TIA Portal. However, they do incorporate
how to integrate a Dynamics drive into this.
So if you've never opened up TIA Portal
(48:41):
or if it's been a while,
I recommend you do this TIA Test Drive
class.
So it happens
every month. It's a full day.
It is virtual instructor led, so you'll be
able to remote into a TIA portal project
(49:03):
and follow along with the instructor. So you
will get to be hands on, but you
can do it from your office, from home,
from wherever.
Again, it's a day long class. You can
download the syllabus here and take a look.
So that's the TIA test drive. Gives you
a really nice overview
of TIA Portal and all the things you
can do with it. We also have another
(49:23):
class called Merge Logics with TIA Portal.
So if you're a Rockwell user,
familiar with Studio 5,000,
Logix Designer,
and you have
a
a TIA portal project or a Siemens project
coming up and you're like, oh, I'm not
quite sure,
(49:45):
how to do that.
This gives
you context
of TIA or this presents
TIA portal in the context of what you're
used to in Logix.
So if you're familiar with Logix, the instructor,
kind of translates that into TIA Portal for
you. So if you're used to one thing,
(50:06):
this is what it looks like in TIA
Portal. So again, if you're, you know, familiar
with,
Studio 5,000, this will give you a really
nice overview.
Similar to that TIA test drive class, it's
offered every
month. It's a day long class. It's hands
on but virtual. So, again, we use a
hypervisor. You'll be able to remote into a
(50:28):
virtual machine and, get hands on with the
software.
So I encourage you guys to,
join one of those classes or both.
And then I also want to I'll give
you these links,
or rather Sean will in the video.
So this just kind of covers,
(50:48):
all things,
Dynamics drives. I'll link to our website,
overview of our
VFDs and our high performance and servo drives,
distributor DC drives, digital drive train, and then
our tools and resources. So we have our
Siemens product configurator,
sizer, TIA selection tool, SINAMICS selector mobile app,
(51:10):
drive connections
or drive applications.
Here I've added this Ethernet IP connectivity. So
if you are using SINAMICS drives on Ethernet
IP,
this will give you all the resources you
need
to set that up, one, in the drive
and then, two,
we have add on instructions, EDS files,
(51:31):
things like that to make your life easier.
And then of course TIA Portal, Dynamic Start
Drive,
this is
what this looks like. So if you do
not have Start Drive yet you can download
the latest version here And again, that,
start drive is within TIA Portal and it's
free, so feel free to download it.
(51:54):
And with that,
Sean, it's been
so great to show you all about,
TA portal and commissioning,
so dynamics drives in it. So feel free
to reach out to me again.
Jackie, thank you so much for,
taking time out of your busy schedule to
do this for us. I know, you know,
a, an audience member, you know, asked
(52:17):
to,
us to kinda cover that, and I'm like,
you know, and I'm like, I'll get Jackie
back on the show. So thank you for
coming on and showing us star drive
and how you know, even though it's integrated
in the TI portal, that component
allows us to
commission our VFDs,
you know, upload from download to them, change
parameters,
(52:38):
you know, identify the motor, and just everything
you walked us through was very helpful. And
I'm hoping the audience guys, let me know
in the comments. Did you think that was
helpful?
And, do you have any follow-up questions? I
think we covered so much territory. I don't
have any questions right now, but I would
be,
I would be interested in knowing what the
audience thinks. And, again, Jackie, thank you so
(52:59):
much for your time and for showing us
how to use stock drive. Thank you, Sean.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed that episode.
I wanna thank Jackie for coming on and
teaching us how to use stock drive. I've
never used it before, so I really appreciate
you're coming on. And if there's other things
you guys wanna see,
let me know. I'm have no problem reaching
out to the vendors.
Sometimes, like, great vendors like Siemens and Rockwell
(53:20):
and Schneider and other great vendors, they come
on and they'll they'll offer it. Sometimes I
get crickets, but that's okay. You don't know
until you try. So if there's anything else
you'd like to see, let me know.
And if you do have a YouTube account,
maybe you're watching this on YouTube or you're
listening on Apple or Spotify or at the
automationblog.com,
please consider giving me a sub over on
(53:41):
YouTube. I really would like to try to
hit a 100,000
subscribers before the end of the year. It's
kind of a stretch goal, but, you know,
this is my tenth year doing this full
time, twelfth year since I've created the, created
the blog and the YouTube site. And I'd
really like to see if we couldn't hit
that. I don't ask a lot. I you
know, I'm not one of those people who
like to ask for subs and likes and
(54:01):
whatnot. I know you have to do it,
but in any case, if you guys don't
mind, I'd love to try to hit that
number. So if you can help, that would
be awesome. In any case, with all that
said, I wanna wish you good health and
happiness. And until next time, my friends,
peace.
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