Beginners’ manual Series xx7│Document 26/835; Version E 2│22.04.2005
Saia-Burgess
Controls AG
Generating a confi guration
Configuring I/O modules with the I/O Builder
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The details in the Name, Family and Author fields are picked up by the hardware data
block / CDB under STEP
®
7. Within STEP
®
7, these details are displayed under object
properties.
3.2.1 Allocation of modules
Prerequisite
You must have created a new project with the xx7 I/O Builder.
Procedure
1. Select a component (e.g. a PCD CPU) from the “Hardware Catalog” window.
2. Drag and drop the component into the relevant row in the hardware configuration
table. The xx7 I/O Builder checks whether any slot rules are being violated.
Symbol for a violation of slot rules.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the hardware configuration is equipped with the desired
modules.
As an alternative to step 2, you can double-click on the component in the “Hardware
Catalog”.
3.2.2 Specifying the properties of modules/interfaces
For most modules, properties can be set (e.g. the base address).
Prerequisite
You must have set up at least one module with configurable properties in the Station
window.
Procedure
Double-clicking on the module in the Station window opens the dialog box to change
the module properties. The properties of the modules are covered in later sections.
