Transfer The Configured Data - Siemens SIMATIC C7-621 Manual

Display and enter values in screens

Transfer the configured data

Before the actual transfer, you need to perform three steps:
Save
Generate the project
Define the transfer parameters (once).
To save the project, select the menu item File → Save .
Then activate the menu item File → Compile to generate an executable file, which will run on the
OP, from the configuration file. During the generation process, a status window displays any
messages, warnings and errors relating to the configuration.
Finally, set the parameters for the transfer:
Select the menu item File → Settings → Transfer . The following dialog box appears:
Define the OP address in the dialog box (default is 1).
Note
The transfer parameters are stored; you do not have to set them again before each new transfer.
Then activate the transfer mode by resetting the C7-621:
Switch off the power supply to the C7-621.
Simultaneously press the keys
Hold down the above keys
and switch the power supply on.
Do not release the keys until the message "Flash Test" appears on the display. A message is
displayed after the start-up tests are complete and the SIMATIC C7 OP has been reset.
When the SIMATIC C7 has started up, press the ENTER key to select the system screens stored in
the firmware in English. Select System with the F4 key and OpMode with the F2 key. Simultaneously
press the keys SHIFT and Arrow Down to switch to MPI down and confirm the input with ENTER.
The message Ready for transfer appears on the C7-OP.
If you have not yet entered a password, you are now prompted to do so. Enter the digits 100 again
on the numeric keypad and press ENTER. Select MPI down again and confirm with ENTER.
Now activate the menu item File → Transfer to initiate the data transfer from PC/programming device
to the C7.
The C7 starts up when the transfer is complete. Press the ENTER key. If the start screen is displayed on
the C7, the transfer was successful.
26
ESC
and and
A 03/99
First Steps with the C7-621
6ZB5610-0AF02-0BA0