Hardware Configuration

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 Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter the participant will ...

... be able to insert a hardware station into a project
... be able to create a setpoint configuration and assign parameters to it
... be able to read out an actual configuration and assign parameters to it
... be familiar with the addressing of S7-300™ input and output modules

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 Hardware Configuration and Parameter Assignment

Configuration Assignment of racks, blocks and distributed

I/O in the Hardware Configuration tool.
You can select the components from a
hardware catalog.

Parameter assignment Parameter assignments such as retentive

areas, scan cycle time, and set-up of
analog input cards

Setpoint configuration Planned hardware configuration and

parameter assignment.

Actual configuration Actual configuration and parameter assignment

of existing hardware.

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 Inserting a Station

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 Starting the HW Configuration Editor

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 Generating a Hardware Setpoint Configuration

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 Addressing S7-300™ Modules

Slot No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Modules PS CPU SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM

Address 0.0
Address 0.7
Address 1.0
Address 1.7

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 DI/DO Addressing in Multi-Tier Configurations
PS IM 96.0 100.0 104.0 108.0 112.0 116.0 120.0 124.0
Rack
3 (Receive) to to to to to to to to
99.7 103.7 107.7 111.7 115.7 119.7 123.7 127.7

PS IM 64.0 68.0 72.0 76.0 80.0 84.0 88.0 92.0

Rack (Receive) to to to to to to to to
2 67.7 70.7 75.7 79.7 83.7 87.7 91.7 95.7

PS
IM 32.0 36.0 40.0 44.0 48.0 52.0 56.0 60.0
Rack to to to to to to to to
1 (Receive)
35.7 39.7 43.7 47.7 51.7 55.7 59.7 63.7

PS 0.0 4.0 8.0 12.0 16.0 20.0 24.0 28.0

CPU IM
Rack (Send) to to to to to to to to
0 3.7 7.7 11.7 15.7 19.7 23.7 27.7 31.7

Slot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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 Module Address Overview

“Address Overview”

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 Variable Addressing

2x

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 HW Config: Edit Symbolic Names, Monitor/Modify Variables

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 CPU Propertires: Cycle / Clock Memory

Double-click

Clock Memory Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Frequency (Hz) 0.5 0.62 1 1.25 2 2.5 5 10
Period (s) 2 1.6 1 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1

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 Saving the HW Setpoint Configuration and Downloading it in Module

Download
(only when CPU
is in STOP mode)

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 Uploading the Actual HW Configuration to the PG/PC

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 Exercise: Upload Actual Configuration to the PG/PC and Rename It

Result

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 Exercise: Adapting the ACTUAL Configuration

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 Exercise: Copy Block from "My_Program"

1.

2.

3.

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 Exercise: Assign Parameters to CPU Clock Memory and Test

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 CPU Properties

2x

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 CPU Properties: General

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 CPU Properties: Startup

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 CPU Properties: Retentive Memory

Relevant only if CPU

has no backup
battery

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 CPU Properties: Protection

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 CPU Properties: Diagnostics / Clock

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 CPU Properties: Communication

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