Installation
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Compatibility
PDM V8.2 is compatible with STEP7 V5.5 SP4 and PCS7 V8.1.
PCS7 V8.0x (STEP7 V5.5.3 and prior versions) are not supported.
3.1
Preparing SIMATIC PDM
Requirement
● SIMATIC PDM is installed.
You can find information on this in the section "Installing SIMATIC PDM (Page 23)"
● Project settings have been made.
You can find information on this in the section ""Options" menu (Page 208)".
● The settings have been made for the fieldbus interfaces.
● Field device planning has been completed.
You can find information on this in the section "Establishing connections to field devices
● The device description files for the field devices used within a plant have been integrated
into SIMATIC PDM. You can find information on this in the section "Integrating device
Recommendation:
Hardware has been prepared (configuration, power supply, network connections).
Additional information
● For additional information on assigning a network, refer to the section "Setting the interface
● For information on the particular issues relating to the distributed I/O, refer to the section
"Modular PROFIBUS device (remote I/O) (Page 95)".
3.2
Installing SIMATIC PDM
SIMATIC PDM must be installed before it can be started. The software package contains all
SIMATIC PDM software. Depending on the use case in question, you will only need to install
certain applications from the CD.
Help for SIMATIC PDM (V8.2)
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