Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Function Manual page 170

Advantages of fault-tolerant components
4.7 SIMATIC Route Control stations
3. Select the SIMATIC PC station, select the menu command Edit > Object Properties and
enter the desired name (in the example, Route Control server).
4. Enter the Windows name of the computer to be used as the Route Control server in the
"Computer name" box.
5. In the component view, select the SIMATIC PC station and double-click the "Configuration"
object in the detailed view.
The hardware configuration of the SIMATIC PC station opens.
6. If the hardware catalog is not visible, select the menu command View > Catalog.
The hardware catalog opens.
7. In the "SIMATIC PC Station > Route Control ..." folder of the hardware catalog, select "RC
application" and insert it in the configuration table by means of drag-and-drop.
8. In the "SIMATIC PC Station > CP Industrial Ethernet" folder of the hardware catalog, select
the communication processor and drag it to the PC station.
The "Properties - Ethernet Interface" dialog box opens.
9. Set the required address on the bus for the CP.
Select the "Set MAC address/Use ISO protocol" check box and click "OK".
10.Repeat steps 8 and 9 for the second communication processor.
11.Select the menu command File > Save, exit HW Config and change to SIMATIC Manager.
12.In the component view of SIMATIC Manager, select the project into which you want to insert
the redundant Route Control server.
13.Select the menu command Insert > Station > SIMATIC PC Station.
A new SIMATIC PC station is inserted in the selected project.
14.Select the SIMATIC PC station, select the menu command Edit > Object Properties and
enter the desired name (in the example, Route Control partner server).
15.Enter the Windows name of the computer to be used as the Route Control partner server
in the "Computer name" box.
16.In the component view, select the SIMATIC PC station and double-click the "Configuration"
object in the detail window.
The hardware configuration of the SIMATIC PC station opens.
17.If the hardware catalog is not visible, select the menu command View > Catalog.
The hardware catalog opens.
18.Under "SIMATIC PC Station > Route Control ..." in the hardware catalog, select "RC
application (stby)" and insert it in the configuration table by means of drag-and-drop.
19.If redundant communication processors are installed for each PC station, repeat steps 8
and 9 for the second communication processor.
20.Select the menu command File > Save and exit HW Config.
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