Commissioning; Basic Requirements - Siemens SINUMERIK 840Di sl Commissioning Manual

6.2

Commissioning

The PLC commissioning can be performed by:
● Creating an S7 project and loading the configuration.
● Loading an available series commissioning file.
6.2.1

Basic requirements

SINUMERIK 840Di sl
The SINUMERIK 840Di sl must be successfully booted to commission the PLC:
● NCK in the cyclic operation
● PLC in the status: RUN
SIMATIC STEP 7
SIMATIC STEP 7 is required in the following version:
● SIMATIC STEP 7 as Version 5.4, Service Pack 2
SIMATIC STEP 7 can either be installed directly on the SINUMERIK 840Di sl PCU or on an
external computer (PG/PC).
Communications link
Depending on which computer is running SIMATIC STEP 7, there must be one of the
following communications links between SIMATIC STEP 7 and the SINUMERIK 840Di sl
PLC:
● External computer (PG/PC): Ethernet
● PCU of the SINUMERIK 840Di sl: SOFTMC (Local communications link)
Manual
Commissioning Manual, 05/2008, 6FC5397–4CP10–4BA0
Creating an S7 project by using the basic PLC program supplied with SINUMERIK
840Di sl as well as the basic parameterization of MPI and PROFIBUS communication are
described in the Section "Create SIMATIC S7 project" (Page 160).
Creating or importing a series commissioning file is described in the Chapter "User-data
backup/series commissioning" (Page 541).
Note
The NCK and PLC status can be checked with:
• User interface 840Di startup
See corresponding online help
• Commissioning tool: SinuCom NC
See corresponding online help
• User interface HMI Advanced (option)
See Section "NC/PLC Diagnostics" (Page 486).
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