PLC commissioning
6.1 General
Manual
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Commissioning Manual, 05/2008, 6FC5397–4CP10–4BA0
Loading into the PLC
The communication link from SIMATIC STEP 7 to the SINUMERIK 840Di sl PLC must be
checked and established before loading an example project.
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External link
That PG/PC is running on SIMATIC STEP 7, can be linked with the SINUMERIK 840Di sl-
PLC via one of the Ethernet interfaces of the PCU (Ethernet 1: company network or
Ethernet 2: Local network).
Configuring the PG/PC interface is described in Section "Commissioning" (Page 155).
Configuring the communication processor (CP 840D sl) of the SINUMERIK 840Di sl is
described in the Subsection "Parameterizing the communication processor (CP 840D sl)
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Internal connection:
A local SIMATIC STEP 7 installed on the SINUMERIK 840Di sl is linked via the preset
local "SOFTMC" communications link with the SINUMERIK 840Di sl PLC.