Technical data
Connection of the SINAMICS S120 to the Technology CPU 
Product Information, 09/2011, A5E00480378-04 
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Table of contents 
1  Definitions and warnings............................................................................................................................ 7 
2  SINAMICS S120 automation compo
nents................................................................................................. 9 
2.1  Sy
stem overview............................................................................................................................9 
2.2  Control unit
.....................................................................................................................................9 
2.3  Line Modules
................................................................................................................................10 
2.4  Motor Modules
.............................................................................................................................10 
2.5  Expansion and system 
components ............................................................................................11 
2.6  Determining the firmware 
version number...................................................................................11 
2.7  SINAMICS Support Packages
.....................................................................................................13 
3  Commis
sioning ........................................................................................................................................ 15 
3.1  Commiss
ioning procedure ...........................................................................................................15 
3.2  Connecting hardware com
ponents ..............................................................................................15 
3.2.1  PROFIBUS interconnec
tion .........................................................................................................15 
3.2.2  Interconnecti
on of the DRIVE-CLiQ components ........................................................................17 
3.2.3  Additional ha
rdware wiring for Smart Line Modules without DRIVE-CLiQ ..................................21 
3.2.4  Special features of the SINAMICS S120 Traini
ng Case..............................................................22 
3.3  Preparing the c
onnection to the SINAMICS ................................................................................23 
3.3.1  Ov
erview ......................................................................................................................................23 
3.3.2  Creating a S
TEP 7 project ...........................................................................................................23 
3.3.3  Configuring in HW Config
............................................................................................................24 
3.3.4  Ac
tivating routing in NetPro .........................................................................................................30 
3.4  Configuring the dri
ve components ...............................................................................................35 
3.4.1  Ov
erview ......................................................................................................................................35 
3.4.2  Automatic
 configuring ..................................................................................................................35 
3.4.3  Manual 
configuring.......................................................................................................................39 
3.4.4  Alignment of the PROFIdrive mess
age frames ...........................................................................69 
3.4.5  Loadi
ng the configuration into the drive components ..................................................................70 
3.4.6  Optimiz
ing the speed controller in the drive.................................................................................71 
3.5  Diagnos
ing the SINAMICS configuration.....................................................................................75 
3.5.1  Check
ing the DRIVE-CLiQ wiring online .....................................................................................75 
3.5.2  Dri
ve test using the SINAMICS control panel..............................................................................76 
3.6  Creating technology
 objects.........................................................................................................78 
3.6.1  Creating and c
onfiguring axes .....................................................................................................78 
3.6.2  Technology 
Objects Management (TOM)....................................................................................85 
3.7  Diagnos
ing the technology configuration.....................................................................................87 
3.7.1  Ov
erview ......................................................................................................................................87 
3.7.2  Preparations
.................................................................................................................................87 
3.7.3  Ax
is test using the technology axis control panel ........................................................................89 










