Com247 Communications Software; Introduction - Siemens SIMATIC S5 Manual

5 COM247 Communications Software

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Introduction

The programming package COM247 which runs on the PG, provides you with user-friendly
port for programming and starting up the IP247, All the functions are executed by means of
menu displays (input fields) and function keys.
If you create machine data or machining programs for the IP247, you can store the data on the
programmer (PG), on the module (I P247) or on a floppy or hard disk (FD).
You start the COM247 software package by selecting the package from the Komi (command in-
terpreter). At the Komi level, a brief description of COM247 is displayed if you press function key
appears. This displays the logo of COM247, The COM247 version and the serial number are dis-
played. From this display you branch to the presets display with <Fl > (START).
in the presets display, you must select the drive on which the data blocks are to be read and
saved. If you move the cursor to the appropriate input field, you can select the drive using the
HELP key <F7>. Again using <F7>, you can select files on the previously selected drive. If
there is no file on the selected drive, you must enter the name of a new file here. In addition to
the file name, the fields "plant designation" and "generated by" must be completed. After entering
this data, you can change to the next display with function key <Fl > (BEGIN). A file with the re-
quired file name is then generated on the selected drive. The documentary information "plant des-
ignation" and "generated by" are saved in the file. If the specified file already exists however, the
fields are completed with the stored information. Using <F2> (ONLINE-OFFLINE) you can set
the operating mode, The two possible modes are online and offline. Online, the mode "SYSID
output" (BA 70) is executed and the fields are completed with the module data of the IP247. The
date and time are read from the hardward clock in the PG and entered in the fields "PG date-
time". The date and time can still be manipulated. Changes are, however, not transferred to the
hardware clock of the PG. If the hardware clock is wrong, it must be set with the PCP/M-86 pro-
gram "date" at the operating system level.
By pressing <Fl > (BEGIN) you branch to the basic display. In the online mode, the operating
mode "SYSID input" (BA 24) is executed when you change to the basic display, The module
data, module number, slot number and page address are transferred to the IP247. The slot num-
ber and page address are only used for documentation. You can only change the module num-
ber, on the other hand, when there are no machine data on the IP247. If there is machine data on
the IP247, whose module number is not identical with the entry "module no.", the error message
"correct MD - module number cannot be changed" is displayed in the error line.
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