7.4 Fast commissioning (Quick Start) with SIWATOOL
7.4.1 Service with the SIWATOOL program
You can use the SIWATOOL program to commission the scale independent of the SIMATIC
automation system. The program is included in the configuration package.
Install the SIWATOOL program (SIWATOOL folder) on your PC for commissioning.
The SIWATOOL program is described in the sectionService with the SIWATOOL program
(Page 56).
You require an RS485-USB converter from Siemens in order to connect the PC to the
SIWAREX (see section Ordering data (Page 123)). You can then connect the RS485 interface
of the SIWAREX to the USB port of the PC.
● Close the RS485-USB converter proposed by Siemens (see section Ordering data
(Page 123)) at the base unit of SIWAREX WP321 as follows:
RS485-USB converter Base unit of SIWAREX WP321
Terminal A Terminal 13 (D+)
Terminal B Terminal 14 (D-)
Terminal X -
- Bridge between terminals 9 (T+) and 11 (D+‘)
- Bridge between terminals 10 (T-) and 12 (D-‘)
7.4.2 Establish communication to SIWAREX WP321
● After starting the SIWATOOL program, select the SIWAREX WP321 from the "Device
selection" window.
Figure 7-8 SIWATOOL: Device selection window
● Select the menu command "Communication" > "Choose interface".
Commissioning
7.4 Fast commissioning (Quick Start) with SIWATOOL
SIWAREX WP321
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