5.3.2
Menu bar
Structure
Below you will find an overview of the Device Integration Manager menus.
Menu
Submenu
Function
File
Select the storage location of the device descriptions to be read in.
Set the path to the device descriptions or navigate to the location.
Select the storage location of the compressed device descriptions to be read in.
Set the path and the file name for compressed device descriptions or navigate
to the location.
The device descriptions integrated in the PC are read in to the device list.
The device descriptions used in the STEP 7 project are displayed.
● Save device list (Page 47) The displayed information of the current device list is saved.
Specify the storage location and file name for the file in which the device list is
to be saved.
The device list is sent to the selected printer.
The displayed device list is emptied.
Application example:
Clearing the device list before reading in device descriptions again.
Closes the Device Integration Manager.
View
The device list window is split or the split is removed.
Catalog
If the software detects that relevant information is missing in a device description
during its import, the "Device info incomplete" icon appears in the status column
of the device list.
If you select an affected device in the device list, you can then complete the
device information in a dialog.
The device descriptions are integrated into SIMATIC PDM for those devices
selected in the device list.
Requirement:
The check box for the required device is selected in the "Path" column of the
device list.
Your own device library is created.
Device libraries that were created in this way can be copied, compressed or
burned to DVD. These libraries can be read in and integrated with the Device
Integration Manager just like the SIMATIC PDM DVD "Device Library …".
Select a filter file (previously saved device list) according to which the currently
displayed device list is to be filtered.
Select a project or multiproject to filter the currently displayed device list for
components used in the project.
Filtering by means of a filter file or project filter is stopped.
The "Messages" dialog box opens.
Integrating devices into SIMATIC PDM
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