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Configuring an external controller using Siemens Step7 PC tool
Description
This is a configuration example for an internal device with 32 byte input and 32
byte output size. The example also shows how to configure a PLC that connects
against the internal device.
This example uses the Siemens Step7 PC tool. The procedure can be used with
other tools as well. See the documentation for your PLC configuration tool.
Configuring the internal device
Use the procedure described in sections Configuring the PROFINET network
settings on page 36 and Configuring the internal device on page 38 . Set the Input
Size and Output Size to 32 bytes.
Configuring the external controller
Use this procedure to configure a Siemens PLC to connect to the internal device,
using Siemens Step 7.
Note Action
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Start Simatic Manager and create a new
PLC project. Open the
HW Config window
for the PLC hardware configuration.
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Make sure the PROFINET network connec-
ted to the PLC is the same as the network
connected to the IRC5 controller’s
PROFINET network port. Also make sure
that they are on the same logical subnet IP
address range. See
Configuring the
PROFINET network settings on page 36 .
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