Online functionality
8.4 Uploading from the online CPU
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Using the "unspecified CPU" to upload the hardware configuration
If you have a physical CPU that you can connect to the programming device, it is easy to
upload the configuration of the hardware.
You must first connect the CPU to your programming device, and you must create a new
project.
Use either of the following options to insert an
"unspecified CPU":
•
In the device configuration (Project view or Portal
view), add a new device, but select the "unspecified
CPU" instead of selecting a specific CPU..
•
In the Portal view, click the "Create a PLC program"
from the "First steps".
STEP 7 Basic creates an unspecified CPU.
After creating the unspecified CPU, you can upload the
hardware configuration for the online CPU.
From the program editor,
you select the "Hardware
detection" command from
the "Online" menu.
From the device
configuration editor, you
select the option for
detecting the
configuration of the
connected device.
After you select the CPU from the online dialog, STEP 7 Basic uploads the hardware
configuration from the CPU, including any modules (SM, SB, or CM).