The Starter Commissioning Tool - Siemens SINAMICS S120 Getting Started

Prerequisites
2.3

The STARTER commissioning tool

To start the STARTER application, click the STARTER icon or choose the following
menu path in the Windows start menu: Start > SIMATIC > STEP 7 > STARTER.
Note
The screenshots used in this manual are from STARTER version V3.1.1. Screens
in other versions may differ slightly from those used here.
2.3.1 The STARTER user interface
You can use STARTER (see Fig. 2-3 on the following page) to create the sample
project. The different areas of the user interface are used for different configuration
tasks:
S Project navigator: this area displays the elements and objects that can be
added to your project.
S Working area: You create the project in this area:
– When you are configuring the drive, this area contains the Wizards that help
you configure the drive objects.
– You can configure the parameters for the speed setpoint filter, for example.
– When you call up the expert list, the system displays a list of all the parame-
ters that you can view or change.
S Detail view: this area contains detailed information on faults and alarms, for ex-
ample.
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