10. A dialog appears where you can
configure the connection parameters.
Set up the IP - Address of the module and
configure the rack number as well as the
slot number.
Confirm this configuration by clicking
“OK”.
Example configuration:
IP - address 192.168.1.55
Rack - Number: 0
Slot - Nr.: 2
11. With a right-click on the new connection you can start the properties dialog. In this dialog
please click on properties.
12. In this “Channel unit properties” you are
able to see all “available connections”.
Choose the latest created connection and
click again on „Properties”.
Now you can see all the variables which has
been created for this connection.
In fact this connection is a new connection
so there should not be any variable in the
list.
To add a new variable click on „New”.
13. Now you are able to set up the name of the variable and different more properties.
In our example, we assign the following values:
Name: „S7LAN_MW0“
Data type : „unsigned 16 - Bit value“
Length: „2“
Address: „MW0“
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