How To Check The Network Adapter; Backing Up Pictures For User-Defined Status Displays - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Service Manual

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Communications Processors in the PC Stations

Note that you must also remove the hardware specified above from the PC stations of your

PCS 7 project.

Note

You must reconfigure the connections after the communications processors are removed.

Additional information

You can find information about suitable PCs and network adapters in the catalog overview

Process Control System PCS 7; Released Modules .

5.2.8

How to check the network adapter

Introduction

After you have installed the operating system on the PCs, you should check whether the

network adapters (communication processors or network cards) being used are recognized

by the operating system.

Procedure

1. Use the search box in the start menu to open the "Device Manager".

2. Open the "Network Adapters" folder in the tree view.

– The detected communication processors (CPs) are listed in the "SIMATIC NET" folder.

– The detected network adapters can be found in the "Network Adapters" folder.

3. Close the dialog box.

Additional information

● Documentation:

5.2.9

If prior to PCS 7 V8.1 you have used your own pictures when creating the status displays for

user-defined extended status displays, you should save these screens (EMF files) in a

separate folder.

Software update without utilization of new functions

Service Manual, 03/2016, A5E36200133-AA

PCS 7; Released Modules

Preparing for the software update

5.2 Preparatory tasks

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