Preface   
 
  SIRIUS Soft Starter 3RW44 PCS 7 Library V8.2 
8  Getting Started, 07/2016, A5E36563533002A/RS-AA/001 
Software required for the Getting Started of the PCS 7 block library for Soft Starters 
●  You can execute the example project on any PC or programming device on which the 
following software is installed: 
–  Windows operating system 
–  Internet Explorer 
–  Message Queuing service 
–  SQL server 
 
Note 
The versions required depend on the version of PCS 7 installed.
 
You can find further relevant details in the following manuals:  
–  SIMATIC Process Control System PCS 7 PC Configuration and Authorization (V8.0) 
on the Internet (https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/document/68157327/
). 
–  SIMATIC Process Control System PCS 7 Released Modules (V8.0) on the Internet 
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/document/109736547/
). 
●  You create the PCS 7 project with SIMATIC Manager. 
To do so, follow the instructions in the Process Control System PCS 7; Getting Started 
documentation. 
Hardware required for creating an example project 
 
Table 1- 1  Soft Starter hardware 
3RW4422-1BC44  SIRIUS Soft Starter, values with 400 V, 40 DEG., Standard: 29 A, 15 KW, inside-delta 
circuit: 50 A, 22 KW, 200 … 460 V AC, 230 V AC, screw terminals 
3RW4900-0KC00  Communication board PROFIBUS for SIRIUS Soft Starter 3RW44 
Note on the firmware version 
If the Soft Starter is operated as a DP slave following a Y link with a firmware version 
<=*E03*, no DPV1 functionality is available. Firmware version >=*E04* is required for 
DPV1 functionality following a Y link.