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: Refers to the underlying software communication profile or architectural model used by Siemens to represent complex drive configurations as software objects inside the TIA Portal environment.
Select the relevant drive packages, click , and close all background TIA Portal instances to let the installation finish. 📈 Long-Term Maintenance and Prevention
The “data package container” is therefore a software object that holds a collection of drive configuration data — essentially, the in-memory representation of what would be stored in ACX files on a CF card. This object can be created, modified, serialized to disk, deserialized, and passed to other engineering tools or runtime systems.
┌─────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ EPLAN Electric │ │ Siemens TIA Portal │ │ (Hardware Topology / │ ── AML File ─► (Startdrive Hardware) │ │ Device Pin Mapping) │ │ Package Container │ └─────────────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────┘ : Refers to the underlying software communication profile
The project utilizes specialized drives (e.g., SIMATIC Drive Controller) that required an extra installation package (toolbox) that is not currently installed.
Why does Siemens structure it this way? For the .
The data.package container serves as the software object that holds all this information — whether from automatic detection or user-defined files — within a structured, programmable format. Engineering tools like CMC, TIA Portal, and custom .NET applications use this container to manipulate, transfer, and apply drive configurations. This object can be created, modified, serialized to
If you are using or Libs No Engine to automate your engineering (generating 50 identical drive configurations), you will directly reference this container path in your C# or Python script to instantiate the drive type.
: Eases maintenance and troubleshooting by providing a clear and organized record of drive settings.
: Represents the raw dataset of the hardware, which includes fieldbus parameters, motor data, encoder definitions, and communication frame slots (telegrams). For the
<ACX Name="MyServoDrive" Version="5.2"> <SINAMICS> <ControlUnit Type="CU320-2 PN" ArticleNo="6SL3040-1MA01-0AA0"> <DeviceObject Id="1" Type="Servo"> <ParameterList> <Parameter Number="p0090" Value="0"/> <!-- DO ready --> <Parameter Number="p0300" Value="1"/> <!-- Motor type: Induction --> <Parameter Number="p0305" Value="3.5"/> <!-- Rated current --> <Parameter Number="p0922" Value="105"/> <!-- PROFIdrive Telegram 105 --> </ParameterList> <FunctionalScope> <EPOS> <!-- Basic Positioner --> <Parameter Number="p2571" Value="1000"/> <!-- Positioning velocity --> </EPOS> </FunctionalScope> </DeviceObject> </ControlUnit> </SINAMICS> </ACX>
: If you are using SINUMERIK MC, you may need the SINUMERIK MC STEP 7 Toolbox (e.g., V17 Update 12 or similar), which provides these specific data containers for motion control.
The data.package container is no longer just for commissioning. In the age of the , this container is the synchronization bridge.
: The core "configuration data," including motor data, ramp times, and controller gains.