13 SIMATIC NCM PC Project Engineering Tool

13.2Relationship Between SIMATIC NCM PC and STEP 7

SIMATIC NCM PC and STEP 7 are compatible with each other.

SYou can open and edit projects that you created with SIMATIC NCM PC at any time in STEP 7/SIMATIC Manager. This allows you to use additional functions for programming and configuring S7 stations.

SYou can open and edit projects that you created with SIMATIC NCM PC at any time in STEP 7/SIMATIC Manager. You can edit PC stations you have already created and create new PC stations. You can configure communication connections from these PC stations to existing S7 stations.

NCM PC Can Use STEP 7 Project Data

The restrictions in SIMATIC NCM PC relate to the station types that can be created. The project engineering for S7 stations and programming them can only be done in STEP 7.

The types of stations that you can configure only in STEP 7 can be used in SIMATIC NCM PC as target stations for a connection configuration after importing the project.

The symbol files created for the S7 stations can also be used by the OPC server. You decide on these settings when you create the project engineering data for the OPC server.

After working on such a project in SIMATIC NCM PC, you can return it to STEP 7 and edit it again at any time.

STEP 7 provides extra functions for testing and diagnostics.

Commissioning PC Stations - Manual and Quick Start

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Siemens C79000-G8976-C156-07 quick start Relationship Between Simatic NCM PC and Step, NCM PC Can Use Project Data