
Additional information
You can find additional information and detailed step-by-step instructions in the following
documentation:
● Configuration manual
Process Control System PCS 7; Engineering System
● Configuration Manual
Process Control System PCS 7; Operator Station
6.1.2
Downloading objects in the FF segment
You have to download the following data for the function of the FF devices in a system:
● CPU data
– Hardware configuration of a CPU with connected FF segment (to the CPU)
– Program and connections (to the CPU)
● Schedule, bus parameters and interconnections (to the FF segment)
● Device parameters (to all FF devices)
Note
Downloading function blocks
It is not necessary to download an entire device if there are only minor changes.
You can download a group of function blocks or one individual function block for an FF device.
Replacing devices
You have the following options for replacing devices with SIMATIC PDM:
● Replacement of a device with one of the same type
● Replacing a device with a similar one
Commissioning
6.1 Compile and download
FOUNDATION Fieldbus
60
Commissioning Manual, 02/2015, A5E32711026-AC