BasicProcedure for Hardware configuration


Basic Procedure for Configuring Hardware

Window for Configuring
Configuring a programmable controller involves the use of two windows:
• The station window in which you place the racks for the station structure
• The "Hardware Catalog" window from which you select the required hardware components, for
example, racks, modules, and interface submodules.

 Displaying the Hardware Catalog.
 If the "Hardware Catalog" window is not displayed, select the menu command View > Catalog.
This command toggles the display of the Hardware Catalog on and off.

Basic Steps for Configuring a Station
Independent of which structure a station has - you always configure using the following steps:
1. Select a hardware component in the "Hardware Catalog" window.
2. Copy the selected component to the station window using drag & drop.
The following figure shows the basic operation:
Layout of the Station Window
The lower part of the station window shows a detailed view of the inserted/selected rack. The order
numbers and addresses of the modules are shown here in table form.
The table has the structure shown below for a central rack equipped with modules (detailed view):


Representation of Modules in the Detailed View
The following special features apply to the display of modules and submodules:
• If DP slaves were configured in "DPV0" interrupt mode, the modules of these DP slaves have a
faded appearance in the detailed view. The faded appearance indicates the modules do not
provide any diagnostic information.
• If the name of the module is shown in italics, this is integrated in the central module and cannot
be configured individually.

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