Configuring The System In Offline Mode; Overview - Siemens SIMOTION D410 Series Commissioning Manual

4.2

Configuring the system in offline mode

4.2.1

Overview

Introduction
In the case of offline configuration, the project is created while not all of the hardware
components (in particular drives) are available. In this way, a SIMOTION project can be
developed in the office environment to the point that there is a basic project specification,
including the program. At a later time, the finished project can then be loaded to the
SIMOTION D410 and tested together with the drive.
Prerequisites for offline configuration
● All components and their order number must be known for the offline configuration.
● You created a project in SIMOTION SCOUT and added a SIMOTION D410 to the project.
● You configured the communication between the programming device / PC and
Procedure
Steps involved in offline configuring:
● For details regarding calling up the Drive Wizard, refer to section Accessing the drive
● For configuring components, refer to section Configuring the components (Page 74)
● Downloading the project to SIMOTION D410, by means of the following options:
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wizard (Page 74)
– For downloading to the target system, refer to section Downloading the project to the
target system (Page 81)
– For downloading to the CompactFlash Card, refer to section Loading a project created
offline to the CompactFlash Card (Page 82)
– For downloading incl. sources and additional data, refer to section Downloading the
project incl. sources and additional data (Page 83)
– For archiving a project, refer to section Archiving a project on the CompactFlash Card
(zip file) (Page 84)
Note
During offline configuration, you can configure Terminal Modules such as the TM15,
for example.
Commissioning (software)
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