Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Commissioning Manual

4.2 Configuring
4.2.1 How to place FF devices on the FOUNDATION Fieldbus
Example of an FF configuration
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Recommendation for using symbolic names
Assign symbolic names to the signals of the FF devices. Symbolic names facilitate
configuration and documentation of the automation task.
The use of symbolic names is taken into account in the following.
Requirement
● SIMATIC PCS 7 is installed.
● SIMATIC PDM is installed.
● A project has been created in the SIMATIC Manager. An automation system with a
PROFIBUS DP master system has been created in HW Config.
Additional information is available in the manual
SIMATIC; Process Control System PCS
7; Getting Started Part 1 ; section "First Steps in the Project".
● The device descriptions of the FF devices have been imported.
You can find information on this in section "How to integrate a device description
(Page 22)".
● You are familiar with the functions and signals required by the FF device.
Information must be contained in the FF device documentation.
Engineering
4.2 Configuring
FOUNDATION Fieldbus
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Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SIMATIC PCS 7
Category	Control Systems
Language	English