Chapter
10
Operating Instructions
Flexi Classic Gateways
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PROFINET IO Gateway
10.3.2
STEP 2 — Add the gateway to the project
In order to have the Flexi Classic system data available in the PLC process image, the gate-
way must be added to the hardware configuration first. The procedure associated with this
depends on the hardware configuration program of the PLC being used. On this topic,
please also read the documentation for the corresponding program.
The example below shows how to add the gateway to a SIEMENS SIMATIC Manager project.
In the SIEMENS SIMATIC Hardware Manager, the gateway may be found in the hardware
catalogue under >>
PROFINET IO
>
Additional Field Devices
>
Gateway
>
SICK
.
Drag & drop the device into the Ethernet PROFINET IO network. Example figure see
below.
After adding the device into the automation network it is required to configure which of the
cyclic data sets will be used and where they will be addressed in memory. For details refer
to section 10.4.
10.3.3
STEP 3 — Configure the properties of the gateway
Double click on the gateway hardware symbol.
Configure the update time of the cyclic IO data exchange. To do this click on the
IO Cycle
tab and select the desired rate from the
update time
pull-down menu as
shown below.