Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections STEP 7.pdf

14.8 Uploading a Configuration from a Station
Requirement
Tips
Procedure
Downloading
You have used an MPI cable to connect the programming device (PG) to the MPI
interface of the CPU.
Upload stations to a newly created, empty project.
Stations that are dependent on other stations in a particular way (I slave on a DP
master station, receiver and sender in a configuration with direct data
exchange/lateral communication link) should always be uploaded together to one
project. Reason: Without the particular "partners" for a station of this type, the
project would remain inconsistent.
1. Select the menu command PLC > Upload.
The dialog box to open the configuration appears.
2. Select the project in which the configuration will be stored later and confirm
with "OK."
3. In the dialog box which then appears, set the node address, rack number, and
slot in the module from which the configuration should be read (generally
CPU). Confirm with "OK."
You can use the Station > Properties menu command to assign a station name to
this configuration and then store it in the default project (Station > Save menu
command).
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