Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 - Page 150

Procedure
During configuration in HW Config, you can only select the FF Link interface module in
SIMATIC Manager:
● IM 153-2 FF (for FF Link)
● IM 655-5 FF (for Compact FF Link)
Configure the FF Link and Compact FF link bus link in the same way as the DP/PA link. You
can find information on this in the section "Configuring a bus link for PROFIBUS PA
(Page 147)".
More detailed information on configuring the message is available in the documentation
Compact FF Link
Process Control System PCS 7, FOUNDATION Fieldbus
When configuring in HW Config, you only need to set the transmission rate for the affected
PROFIBUS DP network in the "Network Settings" tab of the "FOUNDATION Fieldbus
Properties" dialog box.
Note
The Field Device Koppler is a virtual bus link object in HW Config.
Result
The figure below shows the configuration of a FF Link in HW Config with the "PCS7_V81"
library as an example:
Additional information
● Operating Instructions SIMATIC; Bus Link; FF Link
● Operating Instructions SIMATIC; Bus Link; Compact FF Link
● Commissioning manual SIMATIC; PCS 7 - FOUNDATION Fieldbus
● Operating manual SIMATIC; SIMATIC PDM
Advantages of high availability components
5.4 Distributed I/O
High Availability Process Control Systems (V9.0)
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