Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections STEP 7.pdf

2.3 How to Configure Central Racks
2.3.1 Creating a Station
Configuring Central Racks
Requirement
You must have opened the SIMATIC Manager and opened a project or created a
new project.
Procedure
A station can only be created directly beneath a project.
1. Select the project in the left half of the project window.
2. Select the menu command Insert > Station > SIMATIC 300-Station or ... >
SIMATIC 400-Station.
The station is created with a preset name. You can replace the name of the
station with a more relevant name of your own.
2.3.2 Starting the Application to Configure the Hardware
Requirement
You must have created a station (SIMATIC 300, SIMATIC 400).
Procedure
1. Select the "Station" object in the project window so that the "Hardware" object
becomes visible in the right half of the station window.
"Station" object
2. Double-click on the "Hardware" object.
"Hardware" object
Alternatively you can select the "Station" object and then the menu command
Edit > Open Object.
Result: A station window and the module catalog (if it was still open when you last
exited the application) appear on the screen. You can position racks and other
components in accordance with the station structure; select the components
required for the station structure from the module catalog ("Hardware Catalog"
window).
Opening More Stations
Using the menu command Station > New you can configure another station in the
same project; using Station > Open you can open an existing (offline) station
configuration for editing.
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