Creating The Step 7 Project; Step 7 Project Engineering On A Central Engineering Station - Siemens SIMATIC NET Manual

7 Example — OPC Application for Industrial Ethernet
7.3

Creating the STEP 7 Project

7.3.1

STEP 7 Project Engineering on a Central Engineering Station

In the requirements, we have already said that you require a STEP 7 project for
this example. Below, you will find a brief outline of how such a project is created.
1. Create a project in the SIMATIC Manager.
Insert a SIMATIC 400 station and a SIMATIC PC station.
2.
3. Create the hardware configuration including the network assignment and parameter settings of
the CPs.
4. Save and compile the configuration.
Result: The current configuration is saved in the project, system data blocks are created, the
XDB file is created and any system errors are displayed.
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