Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections STEP 7.pdf

Export File
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Saving, Importing and Exporting Configurations
You can set what is stored in the exported text file and in what form it is stored
when you export (Station > Export menu command):
• Legible or Compact Format
Important: If you export the station configuration in order to read it in with other
STEP 7 versions, select the "Compact" option.
• The name of the file can be (*.cfg) freely selected
• With or without symbols
• With or without subnets
• Default values for module parameters can be left out (STEP 7 "knows" the
default values and adds them from the internal module data when you import)
Caution
If you export a station configuration with symbols, you can no longer import this file
with STEP 7 V5, SP 1 or an older STEP 7 version.
Procedure (Exporting)
1. Open a station configuration or save the station configuration you are currently
editing (Station > Save menu command).
2. With a station configuration open, select the menu command Station >
Export.
3. In the dialog box that appears, enter the path and name of the export file, the
format, and other options.
4. Confirm your settings with "OK."
Procedure (Importing)
Recommendation: Do not import an exported station configuration from the same
project. In this case, STEP 7 cannot resolve the network assignment. For the
import, select a different or new project.
1. Make sure that you have the same Windows language setting for the import as
for the preceding export. Different Windows language settings for export and
import may lead to errors during imports.
2. With an empty station configuration open, select the menu command Station
>Import
If no station configuration is open, a dialog box appears for the selection of a
project. In this case, navigate to the project into which you want to import the
station configuration.
3. In the dialog box that appears, navigate to the text file you want to import.
4. Confirm your settings with "OK."
On importing, STEP 7 checks the imported file for errors and consistency and
outputs messages.
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