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[4] Click the Properties button. When the Properties dialog box appears, click the
Profibus tab.
[5] Clear the PG/PC is the only master on the bus check box.
[6] Record the value listed in the Timeout field. You will need this value for
configuring the Power Tool.
[7] Click the SAPI S7 tab and select the Search button. The Search Database
dialog box appears.
[8] Locate the binary connection database you created earlier and click OK to
save your database selection.
[9] Repeat steps 3 to 8 until all your communication processors are defined.
Once SIMATIC NET is configured, you are ready to configure the SI7 driver with the
Power Tool.
[1] Start the Power Tool and select Setup from the Options menu. When the
Power Tool dialog box appears, select the Advanced tab.
[2] Enter the timeout value you recorded earlier in the Global Timeout field. If
you need to change this value in the Power Tool, make sure you adjust the
timeout value in the PG/PC Interface program to match.
[3] Add a channel and select one of the communication processors you listed from
the Communication Processor field.
[4] Select a virtual field device for the selected communication processor from the
Virtual Field Device field.
[5] Enable the channel and add a device.
[6] Select a connection for the device from the Connection field.
[7] Enable the device and add the datablocks you need. Remember to enable each
datablock so that it can communicate with the process hardware.
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