Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections STEP 7.pdf

Navigating with Cursor Keys and Calling Up Dialogs for Editing
Configuring Connections
You can use the UP ARROW and the DOWN ARROW keys to select a connection
in the connection table. The selected connection is highlighted.
If you use the RIGHT ARROW key or the LEFT ARROW key to navigate to the
field in the "Partner" column and you press ENTER, the Change Connection
Partner dialog appears. If you navigate to a different field (such as Local ID) and
you press ENTER, the "Properties - Connection dialog appears.
If you have selected multiple connections, that is, if you have highlighted several
columns (by holding down the CTRL key and selecting one column after another),
and by so doing have called up the accompanying dialog (Change Connection
Partner or Properties of the Connection), the dialogs of the highlighted connections
appear one after the other.
Changing the Properties of the Connection
If you want to change a connection that has already been configured, for example,
to set a different connection path (interface), proceed as follows:
1. Select the connection that you want to change.
2. Select the menu command Edit > Object Properties.
In the dialog box that appears, you can change the properties that can be
edited.
Changing local data only: As of STEP 7 V5.1, Service Pack 1, you can change
the local ID directly in the Local ID column of the connection table.
Go To Partner Station
As of STEP 7 V5.2 you can easily move to the connection table of a connection
partner when you edit the connection table:
1. Select a connection from the connection table.
2. Select menu command Edit > Go To Partner Connection.
This function is also available for interproject connections in the multiproject. The
project that contains the connection partner must be open.
Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections with STEP 7
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