SIADIS Software - v3.11 needed!
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:32 pm
I have a Siemens Simotion AC Inverter drive which I have been trying to get to work. It came from a scrap yard - without any of the accompanying wiring etc, so I've been trying to reverse engineer it to some extent.
I found a copy of the manual on the web and eventually found the pinouts / pin numbers for the big 68 way connector - and am pretty sure it is all connected correctly - but it refuses to come to life.
It would be rather helpful if I could get my PC to talk to the controller - for which the SIADIS software is used. The only version I can find on line is 2.05 - but in the manual it says it needs 3.11. It may not make any difference, but it's another thing to rule out in getting it going.
If any of you have a vehicle with a Simotion controller, I have a few more questions about the way it is wired up and what the warning lights mean.
I have asked everywhere (Metricmind, Evisol, Siemens) but nobody is prepared to give me any help. They only seem to give you the time of day if you want to give them 10 grand for a motor/controller!
Any help would be invaluable!
If I cannot get it to talk, my only remaining option is building a 3 phase inverter - which isn't as impossible as it at first appears! I'd rather not have to though!
Si
I found a copy of the manual on the web and eventually found the pinouts / pin numbers for the big 68 way connector - and am pretty sure it is all connected correctly - but it refuses to come to life.
It would be rather helpful if I could get my PC to talk to the controller - for which the SIADIS software is used. The only version I can find on line is 2.05 - but in the manual it says it needs 3.11. It may not make any difference, but it's another thing to rule out in getting it going.
If any of you have a vehicle with a Simotion controller, I have a few more questions about the way it is wired up and what the warning lights mean.
I have asked everywhere (Metricmind, Evisol, Siemens) but nobody is prepared to give me any help. They only seem to give you the time of day if you want to give them 10 grand for a motor/controller!
Any help would be invaluable!
If I cannot get it to talk, my only remaining option is building a 3 phase inverter - which isn't as impossible as it at first appears! I'd rather not have to though!
Si