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SIMOTION Motion Control System
SIMOTION C – Controller-based
SIMOTION C240/240 PN Motion Controller
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Design
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Interfaces
Operation, display and diagnostics
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1 × mode selector
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1 × LED strip for fault and status indicators
Onboard I/O
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18 digital inputs
(C240: of which 2 for local measuring inputs and 4 for global
measuring inputs/zero marks, C240 PN: of which 4 for global
measuring inputs)
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8 digital outputs
Drive interfaces (C240)
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1 × setpoint output interface for up to 4 axes (optionally for
analog, stepper or hydraulic drives; also usable as freely
assignable analog outputs)
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4 × encoder inputs for incremental or absolute encoders (can
also be used as freely assignable up/down counters)
Communication
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1 × interface for Industrial Ethernet
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2 × interfaces for PROFIBUS DP
(of which one interface is for MPI)
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1 × interface (3 ports) for PROFINET IO (C240 PN)
Data backup
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1 × slot for SIMOTION Micro Memory Card (MMC)
Additional interfaces
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Power supply terminals
Data storage/data backup
The SIMOTION C Motion Controller has an integrated non-
volatile data memory for storing process variables.
The data is backed up on a SIMOTION Micro Memory Card
(MMC).
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Function
Basic functionality
SIMOTION C provides the following basic functionality for a wide
variety of automation requirements:
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SIMOTION runtime system
- User-programmable with several languages conforming to
IEC 61131
- Various methods of program execution (cyclic, sequential,
event-driven)
- PLC and arithmetic functionality
- Communication and management functions
- Motion Control functions (Motion Control Basic)
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Testing and diagnostic interfaces
This basic functionality can be expanded with loadable
technology packages, if required.
SIMOTION technology packages
A special feature of SIMOTION is that the operating system
functionality can be expanded by loading technology packages,
such as:
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Motion Control with the functions:
- POS – Positioning
- GEAR – Synchronous operation/electronic gear
- CAM – Cam
- PATH - Path interpolation
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TControl – Temperature controller
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MIIF – Multipurpose Information Interface
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Vibration Extinction (VIBX)
• OACAMGEN
Since the technology functions have modular licenses, you only
pay for what you use.
Configuring/parameterizing/programming
SIMOTION SCOUT is a powerful and user-friendly engineering
tool. It is an integrated system for all engineering steps, from
configuring and parameterization, through programming, to
testing and diagnostics. Graphical operator prompting, using
dialog boxes and wizards, as well as text-based and graphical
languages for programming, considerably reduce the
familiarization and training periods.
Operator control and monitoring (HMI)
Communication utilities which support user-friendly data
exchange with HMI devices are integrated in the basic
functionality of the SIMOTION C Controller. The HMI devices can
be connected to a SIMOTION C via Industrial Ethernet,
PROFIBUS or PROFINET (for C240 PN). They are configured by
means of SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal).
The SIMATIC NET communication software provides an open,
standardized OPC interface for accessing SIMOTION from other
Windows-based HMI systems.
SIMOTION IT provides SIMOTION C with an integrated web
server on which, for example, user-specific web pages can be
stored. Read and write access can be made to the Motion
Controller variables. Java scripts or applets also allow the
implementation of active operation and display functions in the
web pages that can be executed on a client PC with an Internet
browser.
© Siemens AG 2017