Configuration Without S7-Pct - Siemens SIMATIC ET 200AL System Manual

3.1.2

Configuration without S7-PCT

Introduction
The following sections describe how you configure your IO-Link master without the S7-Port
Configuration Tool (S7-PCT).
Your options for configuration of the IO-Link system without S7-PCT are limited.
You can configure the port of the IO-Link master using STEP 7 or the GSD file, but you
cannot set any parameters of the lower-level IO-Link devices.
Configuration without S7-PCT
You can activate the following parameters in STEP 7 or the GSD file during port
configuration:
● Port Qualifier Information (PQI):
provides information on the status, such as process data of the IO-Link port; is
transmitted with the input data of the IO-Link device.
● Operating mode
– IO-Link Autostart:
– IO-Link Manual:
– DI:
– DQ:
– Disabled:
● Input Data Length:
Process data length of the input data
● Output Data Length:
Process data length of the output data
● Vendor ID
ID number of the device manufacturer. You can find the Vendor ID on the Internet
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109748852).
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The IO-Link master accepts each connected IO-Link device and starts it automatically.
The IO-Link master only accepts IO-Link devices that match the Vendor ID and Device
ID set below.
The connected IO-Link device is not started automatically.
The port is operating as a standard digital input.
The port is operating as a standard digital output.
The port is disabled.
Integration into the automation system
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