The new version of Drive ES Basic Maintenance V5.7 replaces the previous version V5.6 SP2.

Reasons for the last revision are the update of the integrated object managers and the update of the supported Microsoft operating systems.
Drive ES Basic Maintenance V5.7 supports the updated integrated Object Manager (OMs) and the feature "monitoring the application integrity" of STEP 7 >= V5.7.(see also:109794088)

The following tools are available in Drive ES Basic Maintenance V5.7:

• DriveMonitor Version V5.5 SP2, the tool for MASTERDRIVES and SIMOREG, has been integrated.
  (including DriveMonitor HF V05.05.02.01_00.00.03.00 and HF2 V05.05.02.02_00.00.03.02. The HF2 will only be automatically installed, if at newer operating system environments the MicroSoft Component MSXML V4.0 SPx no longer exists. The caused problems when running DriveMonitor are fixed with HF2).

• SimoCom U Version V14.03.02, the tool for SIMODRIVE 611U and POSMO CA/CD/SI, has been integrated.
  (Note: Please uninstall all SimoCom U versions manually before installing Drive ES Basic Maintenance from DVD)

• SimoCom A Version V 05.05.04, the tool for POSMO A, has been integrated.
  (Note - for the case that an update should be made to this version of SimoCom A: Please uninstall all older SimoCom A versions manually before installing Drive ES Basic Maintenance from DVD)

• Advantages compared to all individual tools (SimoCom U/A and DriveMonitor)
  • More convenient integration of the drives in the hardware configuration of SIMATIC S7 using object manager (SlaveOM) - instead of GSD files
  • Communication beyond network boundaries is supported through routing in SIMATIC and SIMOTION stations. Without Drive ES, single tools can only communicate with the drives that are connected to the same subnetwork (PROFIBUS), such as the engineering PC/PG. Please read the routing notes!

• The tools can be directly called up in a context-sensitive manner from the SIMATIC Manager.
  • All of the necessary network infrastructure information is automatically transferred for routing.
• Further advantages when compared to DriveMonitor and SimoCom U/A
  • Data archiving in the S7 project
• Additional advantage when compared to DriveMonitor

• Direct communication via PROFIBUS
  Without Drive ES, DriveMonitor can only communicate with the drives using the USS protocol via a serial interface or via a PROFIBUS-OPC server.
• Important note for SINAMICS and MICROMASTER 4 drives and STARTER:
  From STARTER V4.3 SP2, the above-stated STEP7 integration features (Drive ES Basic functionality) are provided at no cost. This means that STARTER installs the object managers (SlaveOM and DeviceOM) when a STEP7 full version has been installed. This only applies to the relevant drives that are supported by STARTER! Information about the latest STARTER version is provided in 109800526.