Connecting A Programming Device/Pc To Several Nodes - Siemens SIMATIC C7-626 Installation, Assembly, Wiring

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Connecting a Programming Device/PC to Several Nodes

Possibilities
This chapter shows you how to connect a programming device or PC to
several networked nodes via the MPI.
Two Installation When you connect a programming device/PC to several nodes, you must
Variants differentiate between two installation variants:
Depending on this, you connect the programming device/PC with the other
nodes as follows (see also Section 3.2):
Fixed installation of the
programming device/PC in the MPI
network
Programming device/PC connected
for startup and maintenance
purposes
C7-626 / C7-626 DP Control Systems
C79000-G7076-C626-01
Connecting a Programming Device / PC to a C7
Fixed installation of the programming device/PC in the MPI network
Programming device/PC connected for startup and maintenance purposes.
Installation Variant Connection
The programming device/PC is
linked directly into the MPI network
The programming device/PC is
connected to one node via a spur
line
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