Getting Started
Windows Automation Center, WinAC Slot Version 4.0
Hardware Installation and Operating Manual, Edition 02/2006, A5E00273194-02
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3.2.2.3
Connecting STEP 7 to a Networked Controller on a Different PC
within the STEP 7 Project
If you want to use STEP 7 to access a different controller in the same project, enter
"PC internal" as the interface.
With the PC internal interface, STEP 7 communicates to all controllers (S7 CPUs
or PC-based controllers) that have been configured with NetPro in PC Stations in
the STEP 7 project.
3.3
Using the Station Configuration Editor to Configure PC
Components within the PC
Function of the Station Configuration Editor
The Station Configuration Editor allows you to communicate the following settings
to the PC:
•
Station name, maximum of 24 characters
•
Type of WinAC controller
Note
The settings in the Station Configuration Editor must agree with the subsequent
configuration made in the STEP 7 Hardware Configuration application:
•
Station name
•
Type
•
Index (corresponds to the slot in "Hardware Config")
Index
The CPU 41x-2 PCI can be operated on an index from 2 to 18. The index
corresponds to a virtual slot in the PC.
Name of the WinAC Controller
You can select any name for the controller in STEP 7 (default: CPU 41x-2 PCI).
Only characters that can be used in file names are permitted. Leading blanks are
not permitted.
Note
The name assigned to the controller in STEP 7 corresponds to the name
that you use to access the controller panel of the PCU via the taskbar. For
example, if you name the CPU 41x-2 PCI "Slot_PLC", you then access the
controller panel via Start > Simatic > PC Based Control > Slot_PLC.
