Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections STEP 7.pdf

Networking Stations
11.5 Importing and Exporting Stations in the Network View
Introduction
As of STEP 7 V5.1, Service Pack 1, in the network view, you can export and import
as a text file (ASCII file) those station configurations that have network data but do
not have connection data.
If you export several stations of a STEP 7 project that are networked with each
other and then import them into another project, these stations are again
networked with each other as they were in the original project.
Applications
• Can be distributed by means of electronic media (for example, e-mail)
• Can be read into future STEP 7 versions
• Export file can be printed out with word processing systems or processed
further for documentation purposes
Which Network Objects Can Be Exported Or Imported?
You can export and import SIMATIC 300, SIMATIC 400, SIMATIC 400H, and
SIMATIC PC stations.
What Is Exported/Imported?
With import and export from the network view, data can be exported/imported that
are required for configuration and parameter assignment of the modules, as well as
the network configuration.
The network configuration includes:
• Interface parameter assignments (for example, subnet screen and router
settings of an Industrial Ethernet interface, bus parameters of a PROFIBUS
interface)
• Assignment to the subnets
• Connections
Not included:
• Data that are managed by means of other applications (for example, programs,
global data)
• Connections
• CPU password assigned as parameter
• Data that apply to more than one station (for example, the linking of intelligent
DP slaves or configuration for direct data exchange)
Note
If your configuration contains modules from older option packages, it is possible
that not all data of the module are included in the export function. In this case,
check to see if the module data are complete after the import is finished.
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