7 Expansion to multiple Slaves 
7.2 Expansion to multiple slaves with S7-1500 
 
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Table 7-4: Port expansion for S7-1500 
Installing and wiring new hardware 
As shown in Figure 5-2, add the drives to your configuration that are to 
communicate with the controller via the new, additional port. 
Add a new CM PtP RS422/485 communication module to the SIMATIC S7-1500 
station. 
Physically establish the USS bus connection between the drives and the new 
port. 
Parameterizing new drives using the BOP 
Follow no. 1 to 10 of Table 4-1 to parameterize the added inverters using the 
built-in BOP. From "1” onward, the drive addresses have to be assigned 
continuously. 
Device configuration in TIA Portal 
In the device configuration, copy the existing communication module (1) and 
paste it directly to the right of it (2). 
 
 
Program extension in TIA Portal 
In the project tree, copy the code blocks ... 
  Cyclic_interrupt 
  UssCyclic 
 
The copies are automatically created with index _1:  
  Cyclic_interrupt_1 
  UssCyclic_1 
The name of the copied blocks can be changed in the block properties. 
Open the Main OB (OB1). Now drag the copied block, UssCyclic_1, to a network 
and supply it with a new instance data block.