Extended Hardware Parameters - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Operating Manual

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14.10 Extended hardware parameters

Note
Select "Update Configuration" from the context menu of the created PCS 7 Box hardware to
update the configuration, after adding/modifying the components in the hardware.
Result
The configured PCS 7 Box is created under the selected target object.
14.10 Extended hardware parameters
Configuration
The hardware configuration and the extended hardware parameters are transferred via the
Automation Interface. The data exchange of the extended hardware parameters can be
activated/deactivated, if e.g., for performance reasons, not all extended hardware parameters
are meant to form part of the data exchange. There are two options to control the exchange of
extended hardware parameters:
● In PAA you can decide whether the extended hardware parameters are to be used during
the transfer while importing/exporting. To do so, in the "Import/Export PCS 7" plugin,
activate or deactivate the option "Project > Hardware > Extended parameters" in the "Filter"
control group. See also chapter Exporting the hardware configuration (Page 170) and
chapter Importing the hardware configuration (Page 182).
● In the XML control file "AIaS7ExtHWParameter.xml" define which hardware parameters
form part of the data exchange.
In this XML file, an entry is available for each hardware parameter that begins with the
expression "<HWParameter name". In this entry there is the expression "used", via which
the data exchange of this hardware parameter is controlled.
– If the expression is "used="1"", the data exchange of this hardware parameter is
– If the expression is "used="0"", the data exchange of this hardware parameter is
Note
Functional scope
In PAA, the extended hardware parameters are only available to the assemblies supplied in the
database. This is visible in PAA in the "Automation extended" tab. In addition, no extended
parameters are supported at F-blocks.
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This file is in the "Program Files (x86)\SIEMENS\STEP7\S7DATA\AIS7AD" directory.
activated.
deactivated.
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