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Chapter
6
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Fieldbus gateways
Click on the button to the right of the data block for which you want to change the start
address. The following dialog appears:
Type in the desired new start address or use the arrows to change the address. The ad-
dress set will be checked automatically for plausibility, i.e. it is not possible to configure
data blocks with overlapping address ranges.
Click
OK
to accept the new start address.
For further information on how to configure the process image, see chapter 7 “Layout and
content of the process image” on page 173 and the Flexi Soft Designer operating instruc-
tions (SICK part no. 8012998).
6.1.3
PROFIBUS configuration of the gateway — How the data are transferred
The following steps need to be taken in order to configure the communication between
PLC and gateway.
This document does not cover the creation of the PROFIBUS DP network or the rest of the
automation system project in the network configuration tool. It is assumed the PROFIBUS
project has already been set up in the configuration program, e.g. SIEMENS SIMATIC
Manager. Examples refer to configurations performed with SIEMENS SIMATIC manager.
Fig. 61: PROFIBUS DP gate-
way configuration dialog
Fig. 62: Edit the data block
start address
Note