Creating An Interface Module As Distributed I/O - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Operating Manual

Procedure
1. Select the central processing unit (CPU) in the Navigator.
2. Open the properties of the central processing unit (CPU).
3. In the "Name" field, enter the value in accordance with the slot number of the CPU in the
rack.
The slot number of the CPU depends on the number of power supply slots. If the power
supply uses only one slot, enter the value "2", else, if the power supply uses two slots, enter
the value "3".
See also
Information on identifying hardware components (Page 90)
Creating an interface module as distributed I/O (Page 109)
14.7.5

Creating an interface module as distributed I/O

Requirement
● A SIMATIC station with a CPU and bus system has been created.
See chapter Configuring a SIMATIC station (Page 107).
● The "Locations" tab is displayed in the Navigator.
Procedure
1. Select the "Plant" engineering object.
2. Select the "New > Field location" command from the context menu of the object.
The field location is created below the object.
3. Select the "New > Decentralized periphery > <desired object>" command from the context
menu of the field location.
For example, select "New > Decentral periphery > ET200M".
See also
Equipping interface modules with I/O modules (Page 110)
Assigning a field bus to a DP slave via a task (Page 117)
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