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7.4.6 How to edit the hardware configuration of the PC stations on the engineering
station
Introduction
Once you have created the BOX PC in the SIMATIC Manager, you may add additional
components in HW Config. Compare the configuration required for the BOX PC with the tables
in section " Requirements for loading the BOX PC (Page 46) ".
Requirements
● The ES has been inserted in your PCS 7 project.
● The PCS 7 project is displayed in the component view in SIMATIC Manager.
Procedure
1. In the component view, select the SIMATIC PC station (SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX) which
contains the CPU.
2. Double-click the "Configuration" object in the detail window.
HW Config opens.
3. If the hardware catalog is not visible, select the menu command View > Catalog.
4. Switch to the hardware catalog.
5. Drag and drop the missing components to the respective slots in the station window.
6. Click "OK".
7. Save and compile your changes.
8. In the component view, select the SIMATIC PC station that represents the ES.
9. Double-click the "Configuration" object in the detail window.
HW Config opens.
10.Go to the "SIMATIC PC Station > CP Industrial Ethernet" folder in the hardware catalog.
Select the "IE General" object.
11.Drag the selected CP to a free slot (such as Index 5) in the station window.
12.Click "OK".
13.Save and compile your changes.
14.Close HW Config.
Additional information
● Online help for
HW Config
Commissioning and configuration of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX
7.4 Configuring SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX with external engineering
BOX (V8.1)
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Function Manual, 03/2015, A5E32711362-AC