Connecting 
  3.2 Safety information for wiring 
SIMOTION D4x5-2 
Commissioning and Hardware Installation Manual, 02/2012 
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3.2  Safety information for wiring 
Requirement 
You have mounted the Control Unit in the control cabinet. 
The SIMOTION D4x5-2 Control Unit has a connection for the protective conductor and a 
connection for the equipotential bonding conductor (M5 screw, Torx T25). Only one 
connection is available for the CX32-2 - this must be used both for the protective conductor 
and the equipotential bonding conductor. 
 
 
Note 
Requirements for functional safety for machines and systems; reliability and EMC are only 
guaranteed with original SIEMENS cables. 
 
Note the following safety information: 
 
DANGER 
 
De-energize the system/machine before you wire the Control Unit. 
 
Protective conductor connection 
SIMOTION D and the SINAMICS S120 drive system are designed for use in cabinets with a 
protective conductor connection.   
All system components and machine parts must be incorporated in the protection concept.  
The drive line-up must be arranged on a common bright mounting plate 
① in order to 
comply with the EMC limit values. The connection 
② establishes a low-impedance 
connection to the mounting plate. 
The mounting plate must be connected to the protective conductor connection of the control 
cabinet. For this purpose, a connection 
③ must be established to the protective conductor 
bar 
④. The protective conductor bar ④ must be connected to the protective conductor ⑤. 
The protective connection (PE connection) that is used for the motors 
⑥ must be 
established through the motor cable. 
For EMC reasons, the motor cable shield must be laid flat at both the Motor Module (MM) / 
Power Module (PM) and motor. 
A protective connection 
⑧ must also be established for components that are not connected 
with low impedance (e.g. control cabinet door via hinges 
⑦). 
Example: Booksize axis grouping comprising Control Unit (CU), line module (LM) and motor 
modules (MM) as well as drive in blocksize format comprising a power module (PM) with 
snapped on Control Unit (CU)