Getting Started
Windows Automation Center, WinAC Slot Version 4.0
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Hardware Installation and Operating Manual, Edition 02/2006, A5E00273194-02
3.2.1.3 Additional
Hardware Configuration Options
The following tasks are optional, depending on your specific application:
1. Insert any additional CPs needed for your application into the PC station.
2. Insert any HMI devices, for example, text displays or operator panels.
3. Configure the CPU 41x-2 PCI for peer-to-peer communications:
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Select the controller name in the SIMATIC Manager.
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Double-click the Connections icon in the right-hand pane.
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Use NetPro to describe the network.
After you have configured the CPU 41x-2 PCI you can use SIMATIC Manager to
develop and to download your STEP 7 user program.
3.2.2
Connecting STEP 7 to the Controller
You must establish a connection from STEP 7 to the controller to download the
configuration and blocks of the STEP 7 user program. This type of communication
is called PG/OP communication. The controller can connect to STEP 7 in any of
the following ways:
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Through the virtual backplane bus to STEP 7 on the same computer as the
controller
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Through the MPI/DP interface to a CP on the computer with STEP 7
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Through the DP interface to a CP on the computer with STEP 7
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Through an Industrial Ethernet card configured in the PC Station of the
computer with WinAC Slot to an Industrial Ethernet card on the computer with
STEP 7
Note:
Configuring a communications interface in the PC Station requires the
installation of SIMATIC NET, an additional software package.
