Step 7 Operations And Components; Using Step 7 With The Controller; Configuring The Operational Parameters For The Controller - Siemens SIMATIC 6ES7673-2CC40-0YA0 Hardware Installation And Operating Manual

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STEP 7 Operations and Components

5.1

Using STEP 7 with the Controller

STEP 7 provides programming and configuration tools for working with the CPU
41x-2 PCI. You perform the following tasks with STEP 7:
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Define the controller and DP I/O configuration through the STEP 7 Hardware
Configuration tool
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Develop a STEP 7 user program using any of the STEP 7 control programming
languages
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Configure operational parameters and I/O addresses for the controller
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Download your configuration and STEP 7 user program to the controller
Refer to your STEP 7 documentation for additional information.
5.2 Configuring the Operational Parameters for the
Controller
STEP 7 provides a Hardware Configuration application for configuring the
operational parameters for the controller. This configuration is then stored in
various SDBs in the System Data container.
After you download the System Data, the controller uses the configured
parameters for the following events:
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Whenever you power up the controller
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On the transition to RUN mode (if you modified the hardware configuration
online while the controller was in STOP mode)
To configure the operational parameters from the STEP 7 Hardware Configuration
application, right-click the controller entry in the station window and select Object
Properties. From the Properties dialog, you configure the operational parameters.
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