Drive Manager for SIMATIC (DM4S-01) is a plug-in tool that can be easily installed in STEP 7 and TIA Portal. It uses the TCI interface of the SIMATIC PLC to communicate with the drives connected to PROFIBUS or PROFINET. Drive Manager for
SIMATIC has a number of pre-configured functions that simplify the setting of ABB low voltage frequency converters used together with the SIMATIC S7 PLC. Features include:
Network connection via PROFIBUS and PROFINET (central access point)
Online and offline configuration of the drives
Monitoring of the drive actual values
Export to/import from the drive-specific PC tools
Storage of the drive parameter settings in the SIMATIC PLC project