Configuration Control (Option Handling) - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500/ET 200MP System Manual

Additional information
You can find additional information on configuration control in the section Configuration
control (option handling) (Page 237).
You can find additional information on multiple-use IO systems and on configuration control
for IO systems in the PROFINET with STEP 7
(https://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/49948856) function manual.
11.2

Configuration control (option handling)

Introduction
With configuration control (option handling), you handle various standard machine
configuration levels in one project. You do not need to change the hardware configuration or
the user program.
Operating principle of configuration control
Configuration control enables you to operate different configuration levels of a standard
machine with a single configuration of the S7-1500 automation system/ET 200MP distributed
I/O system.
• A station master (maximum configuration) is configured in a project. The station master
comprises all modules needed for all possible equipment components of a modular
standard machine.
• Provision is made in the user program of the project for various station options for the
different configuration levels of the standard machine and for selection of a station
option. A station option uses, for example, only some of the modules of the station
master and these modules are not inserted in the configured order.
• Manufacturers of standard machines select a station option for a configuration level of the
standard machine and does not have to change the project or load a changed
configuration.
You use a control data record you have programmed to notify the CPU/interface module as to
which modules are missing or located on different slots in a station option as compared to
the station master. The configuration control has no effect on the parameter assignment of
the modules.
The configuration control allows you to flexibly vary the centralized/distributed configuration.
As a precondition for this, the station option must be able to be derived from the station
master.
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