PROFINET IO
Incorporating the Switch in the configuration
Open the "Simatic Manager" from Simatic S7.
Open your project.
Go to the hardware configuration.
Install the GSD(ML) file using Extras:Install GSD File.
Select the GSD file previously saved on your PC.
Simatic S7 installs the file together with the icon.
You will find the new Switch under Profinet IO:Other Field
Devices:Switching Devices:Hirschmann.. or under
Profinet IO:Other Field Devices:Network Compo
nents:Hirschmann...
Use Drag & Drop to pull the Switch onto the bus cable.
Figure 10: Adding a Switch from the Simatic S7 library
To give the Switch its name, select the Switch and in the menu bar
choose Target System:Ethernet:Edit Ethernet Partici
pants...
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3.1 Integration in Control System
Industrial Protocols
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