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[4] Click the Properties button. The Properties dialog box appears.
[5] Click the S7 Protocol tab and select the Search button. The Search Database
dialog box appears.
[6] Locate the binary connection database you created earlier.
[7] Click OK to save your database selection.
[8] Repeat steps 3 to 7 until all your communication processors are defined.
Once SIMATIC NET is configured, you are ready to configure the SI7 driver with the
Power Tool.
[1] Start the Power Tool and add a channel.
[2] Select one of the communication processors you added from the
Communication Processor field.
[3] Select a virtual field device for the selected communication processor from the
Virtual Field Device field.
[4] Enable the channel and add a device.
[5] Select a connection for the device from the Connection field.
[6] Enable the device and add the datablocks you need. Remember to enable each
datablock so it can communicate with the process hardware.
Industrial Ethernet to S7 400
The SI7 7.x driver can communicate with an S7 400 PLC on an Industrial Ethernet
network using a CP1413 network card, a CP1613 network card, or a standard
Ethernet interface card installed in your SCADA server.
NOTE: If you are using a standard Ethernet card, install the interface card driver
required by your operating system. Typically these drivers accompany the interface
card. Refer to your Ethernet card documentation for more information.
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