Hardware Configuration

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 Hardware Configuration and Parameter Assignment

Configuration Assignment of racks, cards, blocks and

distributed I/O in the station window of the
Hardware Configuration
You can select the components from a
hardware catalog.

Parameter-assignment Specifying the behavior of parameter

assignable modules such as startup behavior,
retentive areas, etc.

Setpoint configuration Planned hardware configuration and

parameter assignment using the Hardware
configuration tool.

Actual configuration Actual configuration and parameter assignment

of an existing hardware.

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 Inserting a Station

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 Starting the HW Configuration Editor

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 Generating a Hardware Setpoint Configuration

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 Module Address Overview

Slot No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Modules PS CPU SM SM SM SM SM SM SM

Address 0.0
Address 0.7
Address 1.0
Address 1.7

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 DI/DO Default Addressing in Multi-Tier Configurations

PS IM 96.0 100.0 104.0 108.0 112.0 116.0 120.0 124.0

Rack
3 (Receive) to to to to to to to to
99.7 103.7 107.7 111.7 115.7 119.7 123.7 127.7

PS IM 64.0 68.0 72.0 76.0 80.0 84.0 88.0 92.0

Rack (Receive) to to to to to to to to
2 67.7 70.7 75.7 79.7 83.7 87.7 91.7 95.7

PS
IM 32.0 36.0 40.0 44.0 48.0 52.0 56.0 60.0
Rack
1 (Receive) to to to to to to to to
35.7 39.7 43.7 47.7 51.7 55.7 59.7 63.7

PS 0.0 4.0 8.0 12.0 16.0 20.0 24.0 28.0

CPU IM
Rack (Send) to to to to to to to to
0 3.7 7.7 11.7 15.7 19.7 23.7 27.7 31.7

Slot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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 Module Address Overview

“Address
Overview”

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 Variable Addressing

2x

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 HW Config: Edit Symbolic Names, Monitor/Modify Variables

1x right

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 CPU Propertires: Cycle / Clock Memory

Double-click

Clock Memory Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Frequency (Hz) 0.5 0.62 1 1.25 2 2.5 5 10
Period (s) 2 1.6 1 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1

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 Saving the Setpoint Configuration and Downloading it in Modules

Download
(only when CPU
is in STOP mode)

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 Uploading the HW Actual Configuration to the PG/PC

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 Exercise: Upload Actual Configuration to the PG/PC and Rename It

Result

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 Exercise 3: Assigning Parameters to the CPU Clock Memory and
Testing It

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 CPU Properties

2x

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 CPU Properties: General

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 CPU Properties: Startup

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 CPU Properties: Retentive

Only relevant if CPU

has no backup
battery

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 CPU Properties: Protection

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 CPU Properties: Diagnostics / Clock

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 CPU Properties: Communication

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