Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections STEP 7.pdf

Networking Stations
11.6.4 Creating and Assigning Parameters to a Network Connection
Requirement
Procedure
NetPro must be open and the existing configured stations must be visible.
1. Click on the symbol for the interface of a node ( ), hold the mouse button
pressed, and drag the mouse pointer to the subnet.
In the case of invalid connection options (for example, connecting an MPI
interface to an Ethernet-type subnet), the mouse cursor changes its shape to
indicate that the action is prohibited.
Prohibited action:
Result: The network connection appears as a vertical line between the
station/DP slave and the subnet. If the View > Reduced Subnet Lengths
menu command is selected, the subnet automatically increases in length so
that the network connection is located vertically above the interface.
2. Double-click the symbol for the network connection or the symbol for the
interface.
Result: The properties dialog box for the subnet node is displayed.
3. Assign the node properties (for example, the name and address of the node).
The following illustration shows the dragging movement of the mouse cursor when
the View > Reduced Subnet Lengths option is selected.
Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections with STEP 7
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