As we that the initial rotor position is required for Field Oriented Control (FOC) of PMSM drives. There are some sensorless rotor position estimation methods which can detect the initial position for the FOC control of PMSM. Here are some reference:
[1] S. Nakashima, Y. Inagaki, and I. Miki, “Sensorless initial rotor position
estimation of surface permanent magnet synchronous motor,” IEEE Trans.
Ind. Appl., vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1598–1603, Nov./Dec. 2000.
[2] M. Tursini, “Initial rotor position estimation method for PMmotors,” IEEE