Getting started   
2.2 Configuring 
  S7-1200 Functional Safety Manual 
44  Manual, 02/2015, A5E03470344-AA 
3.  Return to the "Device view" and select the F-DQ 4x24VDC_1. Under the "Properties" tab, 
select the "IO tags" tab. This action displays the "Process value" and "Quality" bits for the 
fail-safe module. Here, you can define tags for each channel: 
 
Each Process value bit has an associated Quality bit that reports whether the 
corresponding process value is good. Quality bits are ON for good quality and OFF for 
bad quality. If an entire module or channel is passivated, the associated Quallity bits are 
OFF. 
To check the Process value bits and the Quality bits, you must know where these bits are 
mapped in the module. For an F-DQ 4x24VDC_1, the first four bits of the output (Q) 
image register are the Process value bits, and the first four bits of the input (I) image 
register are the Quality bits. For example, if the module starting address is I17.0 and 
Q17.0 for the F-DQ 4x24VDC_1, then the Process value bits and corresponding Quality 
bits are allocated as shown in the following table: 
 
4.  Under the "Properties" tab, select the "General" tab, and then select the "F-parameters" 
area. Here, you can change the following parameters or accept the default settings: 
–  "F-monitoring time": A valid current safety message frame must be received from the 
fail-safe CPU to the F-DQ DC within the F-monitoring time. Otherwise, the F-DQ DC 
goes to safe state. The F-monitoring time must be set high enough so that message 
frame delays are tolerated and, at the same time, low enough that the process can 
react as quickly as possible when a fault occurs and run without impairment. By 
default, the F-DQ DC's F-monitoring time is taken from the "Default F-monitoring time 
for central F-I/O" parameter of the fail-safe CPU. 
–  "F-destination address": A unique PROFIsafe address is critical for every F-IO used in 
a safety system (network and CPU-wide). Refer to the "SIMATIC, Industrial Software, 
SIMATIC Safety - Configuring and Programming, Programming and Operating 
Manual" (http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/54110126/0/en) for 
procedures to set and verify unique PROFIsafe addresses in networked systems. 
Leave the settings unchanged for the F-parameters for this example.