EASY Engineering Tools

We support your
engineering.
The right tool for every task.
You want to plan, build or commission machines? Set up or carry out
diagnostics on existing machines? Regardless of whether these applications
are simple or require maximum precision and dynamics: You can select the
tools that are right for you and make your engineering faster and easier.

EASY Product Finder – for Drive Solution Designer – for sizing

finding the right products drive solutions

The EASY Product Finder (EPF) is the Application-oriented drive sizing is

online tool for searching, configuring, fundamental to the development of
requesting quotations and a goal-oriented machine concept.
ordering Lenze products. The EPF Create, optimize and document drive
presents you with all the important solutions with the Drive Solution
information about our product Designer (DSD). The DSD considers
range. This includes, for example, energy efficiency separately for
CAD data and product-relevant each application. As a result, the
torque-speed characteristics. Basic tool uncovers potential savings for
sizing makes it easy to calculate you during the development of the
applications and develop initial ideas machine concept.
for the machine solution.

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Planning Implementation Operation

• Concept • Parameterization • Commissioning

• Product selection • Configuration • Diagnostics
• Dimensioning • Programming • Troubleshooting
• Quotation requests • Debugging
• Ordering • Setup
• Interface design

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Developing Implementing Drafting Manufacturing Ensuring
ideas solutions concepts machines productivity

PLC Designer – for EASY UI Designer – for EASY Starter – for

programming the controller machine visualization parameterization and operation

The PLC Designer is the tool for The EASY UI Designer is your tool The EASY Starter supports service
program creation and commissioning for easily creating modern user technicians with the commissioning
of products with PLC functionality interfaces for our v800 industrial and maintenance of your machines
on the basis of CODESYS V3. Logic & PC series. The software offers thanks to easy-to-use diagnostic
motion is programmed in accordance comprehensive functions and and parameterization dialogs. As
with the IEC 61131-3 standard. an efficient graphical editor for an option, the tool facilitates online
PLCopen certified components for designing individual user interface diagnostics and troubleshooting
motion control and coordinated concepts for mechanical and without the danger of inadvertent
motion make it easy to implement plant engineering. Create your changes to the application. The EASY
even extensive PLC projects. A own templates for a personalized Starter provides all the functions
graphical cam editor for cam profiles, application and move the focus to required for safe machine operation.
debuggers and monitoring functions the user – with intuitive and user- The basic functions of the EASY
provides you with support. friendly machine operation. Starter can be used to load finished
applications, update device firmware
and adjust parameters in context-
guided interfaces.

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EASY Product Finder
Product selection and more

The EASY Product Finder (EPF) supports designers and A comprehensive range of products such as geared
purchasers in selecting and procuring Lenze drive and motors can easily be adapted to suit your machine
automation products. requirements. Your selected products are added to
the shopping cart and can be printed out as a results
• Clear display of all products list. Therefore a price inquiry is possible with a just few
• Quickly find the right products with the various search mouse clicks. You will receive all necessary information in
functions. no time.
• The EPF searches our product database for you using
performance data or specific properties in order to The basic sizing of the EPF allows you to develop an initial
present you with the right product. draft for a drive solution consisting of a geared motor and
• Central management via the shopping cart inverter.

Your personal login provides the following options: It is easy to create a drive solution in just a few steps
• Direct access to comprehensive product information using basic applications such as traveling/conveying,
(e.g. CAD, data sheet, documentation) lifting or rotating.
• Search for products by material number
• Determine prices and availability Flexible access from anywhere:
• Place orders directly https://Productfinder.Lenze.com
• View order history

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Optimum search result
• Quick search, detailed search, keyword search
• Product comparison
• Configuration of drive and
automation products
• Basic sizing of drive trains
• Product change to the new g500 gearbox series
EASY Product Finder

Product search Shopping cart

The EPF supports you in your search for the right The shopping cart is the central location for storing your
products with intuitive search functions. selected products and for carrying out all further steps
in the procurement process. Shopping baskets can be
• The quick search provides a targeted entry based on stored locally, divided and merged when they are loaded.
the most important search criteria.
• Search criteria, product properties or type designations Storage of the product selection:
can be entered directly and linked via the keyword • Product search
search. • Product configuration
• Further useful search criteria in the detailed search • Basic sizing
help to refine the result or to enable other search • Sizing from the DSD
entries. • Material number (login)
• Product suggestions from the results list can be • Order history (login)
compared based on their properties.
• Additional options can then be defined in the product Shopping basket functions for the further
configuration for products with many variants, such as procurement process:
geared motors. • View/log product data
• Modify product configuration
• Generate CAD data and dimensional drawings
• Detailed product data sheet incl. dimensional drawings,
product data in CSV/XLS
• Direct download of product documentation via
DocFinder
• Make request for quotation
• Determine prices and availability (login)
• Order products directly (login)

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Basic sizing CAD data

In addition to the pure product search in the EASY • Search for and find CAD data in a targeted manner
Product Finder, the basic sizing offers you the opportunity • Retrieve a product directly from the shopping cart
to easily come up with a "first" draft of a drive solution • Generation of dimensional drawings
for a geared motor with an inverter.
Available in all common 2D and 3D formats, including 3D
In just a few steps, the tool finds a solution quickly and PDF.
efficiently using basic applications such as travelling/
conveying, lifting or rotating.

1. Select application
2. Select drive concept
3. Enter the application data
4. Select product family
5. Drive solution
6. Request quotation/logging

Includes product and sizing information, M-n

characteristics, product data sheet, DocFinder, CAD and
ePLAN data

M-n characteristics

Determine and log torque-speed characteristics of

motor/inverter combinations.

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Drive Solution Designer
Plan and test drive solutions

A mechatronic system analysis is extremely important Alternatives can be developed with different solution
for a machine concept. Designers can quickly and easily concepts, drive technologies, products or utilization in
determine the right drive sizing with the Drive Solution the application to achieve the optimum drive solution.
Designer (DSD).
The energy performance certificate transparently
The DSD contains well-founded and proven knowledge illustrates the energy balance of the calculated drive
on drive applications and electromechanical drive solution. A detailed technical protocol summarizes the
components. This knowledge is made available to you sizing results.
interactively. Both simple and complex applications are
defined by their individual process data and specific The DSD is equipped with an interface to the EASY
speed curves. Product Finder (EPF), thereby combining the advantages
of the EPF with those of the DSD.
The mechanical and electrical drive structure can be
individually adapted to the requirements of your machine. The highlights of the DSD include optimum ease of
The drive components are tested for both the physical operation for quick and simple drive sizing, analysis and
requirements as well as the feasible combinations. testing of the entire drive system and the creation of
alternative drive solutions.
All parties involved in the planning process have a shared
view of the development of the drive solution.

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Optimum result
• Shared view of the development of the drive solution
• Create alternatives with different solution concepts
and drive technologies
• Transparent energy balance
• Comparison of all solutions
• Detailed technical protocol
Drive Solution Designer

User groups Mains, environment

• Design engineers in the planning phase • Supply forms and mains voltages
• Project engineers in the development and • AC mains and DC multi-axis network
commissioning phase • Ambient conditions
• Service staff for checking field problems

Drive systems
Applications
• Motor on inverter with different control processes
• Comprehensive applications such as linear and rotary • Mechanical built-on accessories (brakes, encoders)
drives, crank drives, winding drives, wheel drives, hoist • With or without gearboxes
drives and synchronous drives, belt conveyors and • With or without additional drive element
pumps • Single and multi-axis systems
• Process parameters with solution knowledge • Regenerative power supply modules
• Description of standardized operating modes • Brake resistors
• User-definable motion sequences using convenient • Component combinability
editor • System integration and product knowledge
• Import of an M/n load characteristic • Sizing of application motors
• Check lists for collecting the application parameters

Tests/scenarios

• Limit loads (electrical/mechanical)

• Utilizations, reserves, mains load
• System tests, e.g. by considering the M-n
characteristics of the drive system up to field
weakening
• Possible combinations
• Losses and energy efficiency
• Coordinated motion sequences

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Useful functions Features

• Drive Solution Energy Performance Certificate • Optimum ease of operation for fast, simple and
• Transparency for the application and the entire drive professional drive sizing
system • Optional selection of the product options
• Energy requirements, energy costs, CO2emissions, • Consideration and check of the entire drive system
optimization potential, amortization • Providing alternatives with comparison
• Application tuner • Various host computers and tables of values
Immediate comparison of solutions with different • Available in different languages
operation of the application • Metric and imperial units
• Solution documentation through adaptable protocols • Online help with operating and sizing tips
(short and detailed protocol, commissioning protocol) • Comprehensive web links to further information
sources

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PLC Designer
Program creation and commissioning

The PLC Designer is the tool for your program creation The software is based on CODESYS V3 and is intended for
and commissioning of our PLC products. The PLC project engineers of mechanical engineering companies.
products are programmed in accordance with the IEC
61131-3 standard. The PLC Designer functionalities include an extensive
library of function blocks for a wide range of tasks. The
The PLC Designer offers you all the functions you need PLC Designer can be used in combination with the EASY
for convenient engineering of controller-based solutions. Starter for straightforward commissioning.
In addition, we offer you comprehensive support in
the realization of your projects through our application
engineers in every project phase.

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Highlights
• Function blocks according to PLCopen part 1 + 2
• Graphical cam editor with import and export function
• Integrated visualization for easy
process visualization
• All important information at a glance
during the commissioning process
• Visualization of trends and process data 13
PLC Designer

PLC functionality in line with IEC 61131-3 Simply master the complex

• Instruction list (AWL) • Library collection with standardized FAST technology

• Ladder diagram (LD) modules
• Function block diagram (FBD) • Different versions of the same library can be used
• Structured text (ST)
• Sequential function chart (SFC)
• Continuous function chart editor (CFC)

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Distributed applications Reuse

• Several control systems in one project • Object-oriented programming

• Separation of functioning and hardware • Conditional code generation – facilitates the creation
• Several applications on one hardware device of scalable programs through the use of pre-processor
instructions

Parameterization dialog Graphical cam editor

All diagnostic and parameterization dialogs in the EASY Easily define complex motion control, including cam
Starter are also available in the PLC Designer tracks as well as the import and export of data point
tables.

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EASY UI Designer
Intuitive visualization with individual design

With the help of EASY UI Designer, you can easily create All included elements were designed according to UX
web-based machine visualizations without any web design rules and are customizable. A high-performance
programming knowledge! graphical editor supports your project planning and
simplifies the interface design by means of drag and drop.
A good machine visualization is more than an aesthetic
interface. It enables easy and error-free operation of EASY UI Designer is based on an open system approach.
the machine and thus increases the productivity of your Advanced controls outside the standard can be
entire production line. developed together.

EASY UI Designer is exactly the right tool for

implementing such interfaces. Using the visualization
elements already implemented, you can easily create
individual operating concepts for different user groups.

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Highlights
• Modern web visualizations without
programming knowledge
• Web technology enables flexible use
of different browser-based display devices
• Graphical editor for interface design via
Drag & Drop
• Individual machine visualizations
by adapting our prepared
templates and controls

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EASY UI Designer

Features Language switching

• Vector-based visualization • Display of your visualization in different languages

• Quicker and easier operation with advanced
technologies that support multi-touch gestures
• Prepared templates Alarm management
• Layout templates (fixed and responsive)
• Various themes • Management of historical and current alarms with own
• Recipes, users, language switching error texts
• Control and action library
• Pie chart, donut gauge, panorama view, slider
• Advanced communication error handling, e.g. through
optical feedback of the controls
• Process communication via OPC-UA

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Recipe management User management

• Loading, saving and editing of recipes for the realization • Administration of users of the visualization with
of different production orders different permissions

Trend recording

• Display of production variables in the form of a

graphical trend

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Easy Starter
Commissioning and maintenance

By users for users. The EASY Starter supports you in the A user-friendly menu navigation featuring buttons
commissioning and maintenance of your machines. Easy supports you in all machine adjustments.
to use parameterization and diagnostic dialogs and a
structured graphical user interface allow you to keep the The EASY Starter includes all functions that are of
necessary overview in every situation. importance to you, such as the loading of finished
applications onto the device, updating the device
The EASY Starter has been designed specifically for the firmware or adjusting parameters in context-guided
commissioning and maintenance of Lenze products. interfaces. The EASY Starter has the right user interface
The tool enables online diagnostics and troubleshooting for a variety of applications.
within this framework. No parameter modification is
possible in the diagnostic mode, meaning that there is no
danger of accidental application modification.

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Highlights
• Intuitive interface
• Support in the commissioning and
maintenance of Lenze products
• Application-specific interfaces possible

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EASY Starter

Intuitive interface Maintenance

• Interfaces optimized for different applications and • Update the application

users • Obtain a speedy diagnostics (incl. trend)
• Concise menus with just a few buttons • Update the firmware
• User guidance independent of the device • Perform engineering tasks with many inverters and
• Easy management of multiple devices controllers at the same time
• The right parameter with just a few clicks • Use oscilloscope for the diagnostics and optimization of
• Direct support for all device parameters and fast processes (device-dependent)
messages • Carry out program-controlled updates of application
and firmware (batch mode)
• Retrieve from external tools via tool calling interface
Commissioning (TCI)
• Configure IoT gateway for OPC-UA
• Parameterize inverters or controllers with dialog
guidance
• Compare and document applications that have been Application-specific interfaces
created
• Perform engineering tasks with many inverters and The EASY Starter can be used in operating modes specific
controllers at the same time to the application, giving each user an individually tailored
• Use innovative near field communication (NFC) for interface to efficiently perform their task:
parameterization • Easy Starter
• Parameterize safety functions • EASY Starter/Online only
• EASY Starter/Online & read only
• EASY Application Loader
• EASY Firmware Loader
• Smart Motor

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EASY Starter EASY Firmware Loader

• The full range of functions of the EASY Starter for all • Easy-to-use assistant for service personnel of
users who want to diagnose and set up machines and mechanical engineering companies and end customers
drives. • Load firmware into devices in just a few steps
• Management of offline and online devices • Batch control available for serial commissioning

EASY Starter Online only

• Modifications of parameters directly in the connected

device
• Communication via all available Lenze OPC bus servers
• Easy selection of the communication path to the device
• Transfer to several devices possible

EASY Starter Online & read only

Simple online device diagnostics – without the danger of

inadvertent changes to the application

EASY Application Loader

• Easy-to-use assistant for service personnel of Lenze Smart Motor

mechanical engineering companies and end customers
• Load the finished customer application into devices in • For service personnel of mechanical engineering
just a few steps companies and end customers who use the Lenze
• Batch control available for serial commissioning Smart Motor
• Easy-to-use PC tool for parameterizing Lenze Smart
Motors
• Transfer to motor via USB-NFC adapter (not included in
the scope of supply)

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License model

The right license

for every user group
EASY Professional – easy programming

Create and commission machines with maximum precision, dynamics and safety

EASY Advanced – easy parameterization

Rebuild and commission machines

EASY Essentials

Plan,

set up and
diagnose machines

EASY Essentials (free of charge) EASY Professional (license)

Everything you need in the planning phase of your Machine programming according to industrial standards:
machine: quickly and easily identify, design and assemble EASY Professional contains all the functions you need
the right products. And when operating your machine, to plan and implement complex tasks to completely
you can access all the parameters quickly and adapt them automate the machine.
if necessary.
Possible variants for all license levels:
• Single – Single user license for one workstation
EASY Advanced (license) • Company – multi-user license for all workstations
within a company
With additional functions for convenient commissioning • Buyout – Multi-user license for all workstations within
and optimization of the drive train, your possibilities are a company, sub-licensing to customers as part of
broadened. This allows you to configure machines more machine supply permitted
quickly. Become more confident about developing and
commissioning your machine. With the EASY Advanced EASY Professional is available as a 30-day trial version
license, you can adjust, analyse and optimize the drive for with full functionality.
the application in question more precisely and efficiently.

Our engineering tools are available for download:

http://www.Lenze.com/de-de/service/software-downloads

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Drive Solution Designer
 EASY Essentials

EASY Product Finder

 EASY Advanced

EASY UI Designer
 EASY Professional

PLC Designer

EASY Starter
Use case/function

Catalog function: Find products, choose options, request a quotation 

Basic sizing: Find the right products for the application 

Planning

Exact sizing: Optimally size the drive train for the application 

Carry out an energy efficiency analysis for the application with the entire drive train 

Use engineering data (CAD, M-n characteristics and much more) of Lenze products  

Supports custom motors  

Parameterize inverters and controllers with dialog guidance  

Use extensive application templates 

Edit projects and applications offline  

Compare and document applications that have been created  

Implementation

Perform engineering tasks with many inverters and controllers at the same time  

Use innovative near field communication (NFC) for parameterization 

to graphically configure inverters with the FB Editor for the particular tasks of your machine 

Program inverters or controllers for the machine tasks (logic and motion) 

Set up complex processes, e.g. electronic cams or coordinated movements 

Parameterize safety functions  

Create machine user interfaces 

Update application  

Speedy diagnostics (incl. trend record)  

Update firmware 
Operation

Perform engineering tasks with many inverters and controllers at the same time  

Oscilloscope for the diagnostics and optimization of fast processes (device-dependent)  

Carry out program-controlled updates of application and firmware (batch mode) 

Retrieve from external tools via tool calling interface (TCI) 

Configure IoT gateway for OPC-UA 

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