Contents
Contents |
| |
This manual | 5 | |
Contents | 8 | |
1 Welcome to Advanced PC Configuration | 13 | |
1.1 | A New Concept for Your Benefit | 13 |
1.2 | PC Stations in SIMATIC | 15 |
1.3 | A Brief Introduction to Tools and Utilities | 18 |
1.4 | Guide to Installation and Commissioning | 19 |
1.4.1 | PG Operation or Configured Mode - Considerations | 19 |
1.4.2 | Commissioning for PG Operation - Overview | 21 |
1.4.3 | Commissioning for Configured Mode - Overview | 22 |
Getting Started |
| |
2 Getting Started “Configured Mode” | 26 | |
2.1 | Steps in Creating Project Engineering Data | 27 |
2.2 | Steps for Initial Configuration | 34 |
2.2.1Case a) Initial configuration using remote configuration with STEP 7 /
|
| NCM PC | 35 |
| 2.2.2 | Case b) Initial configuration with XDB file | 37 |
| 2.2.3 | Initial configuration without XDB file | 39 |
3 | Getting Started “PG Operation” | 41 | |
| 3.1 | Configuration for PG Operation - Programming Device (PG/PC) . . . . | 42 |
| 3.2 | Configuration for PG Operation - HMI Stations | 44 |
4 | Using Additional Functions - Special Features to Note | 49 | |
| 4.1 | Checking the Configuration and Diagnostics | 49 |
| 4.2 | Testing with the OPC Scout | 49 |
| 4.2.1 | Detecting Errors in Communication with the OPC Scout | 50 |
| 4.3 | Further Functions / Special Features | 52 |
4.3.1Adopting the Project Engineering and Symbols from PROFINET iMap and
| SIMOTION Scout | 52 |
4.3.2 | Configuring Access Points for STEP 7 and STEP 5 | 53 |
4.3.3 | Points to Note with SOFTNET Industrial Ethernet Modules | 55 |
5 Project Engineering for the OPC Server | 56 | |
5.1 | Significance of Project Engineering | 57 |
5.2 | Specifying the Properties of the OPC Server in Project Engineering . | 58 |
5.3Specifying Connection Properties for the OPC Server in
| Project Engineering | . . 60 |
5.4 | Using Symbols for S7 Connections | . . 64 |
5.5 | Configuring OPC Properties for SNMP in Project Engineering . . . . | . . 65 |
8 | Commissioning PC Stations - Manual and Quick Start | |
| Release 5/2005 |