Configuring the hardware and networks
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3.1 How to Configure the Hardware
Introduction
The PCS 7 Wizard has created a SIMATIC 400 station, a SIMATIC PC station, and a master
data library.
Carry out the following configuration steps in HW Config:
● Create a communication interface.
● Add hardware modules from the hardware catalog for the automation system.
Requirement
● You have created the PCS 7 multiproject "fast_MP".
Procedure
Step Action
1 Select the SIMATIC 400 station in the Component view, followed by the menu command
Edit > Open Object.
HW Config opens.
2 Open the shortcut menu of module CPU 414-3 in the X5 connector (PN-IO) and select the
Object properties menu command.
The "Properties - PN-IO (R0/S3.5)" dialog box opens.
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● Open the "General" tab.
● Click the "Properties" button in the "Interface" area.
The "Properties - Ethernet interface PN-IO (R0/S3.5)" dialog box opens.
● Change the entry in the "IP address" input field to a free address within the address range
of your computer.
Note: You can obtain information on the address range of your computer via the
command line program "ipconfig".
● Click the "New" button in the "Subnet" area.
The "Properties - New Subnet Industrial Ethernet" dialog box opens.
● Enter a name, e.g. "Plant bus", for the communication channel in the "Name" input field.
● Click "OK" in the "Properties – New Subnet Industrial Ethernet" dialog box. The dialog
box closes.
● In the "Properties - Ethernet Interface PN-IO (R0/S3.5)" dialog box, the list in the "Subnet"
area now shows the "Plant bus" entry.
● Click "OK". The dialog box closes.
● Click "OK" in the "Properties – PN-IO (R0/S3.5)" dialog box. The dialog box closes.
Getting Started (V8.1 with APL)
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