Course T300, Engineering an 800xA System

Exercise 8.1 Hardware Configuration

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Exercise 8.1 Hardware Configuration ........................................................................................................................................ 8.1-1
8.1.1 General Information................................................................................................................................................... 8.1-3
8.1.1.1 Objectives............................................................................................................................................................ 8.1-3
8.1.2 Exercise Steps ............................................................................................................................................................ 8.1-3
8.1.2.1 Add communication modules to the hardware tree............................................................................................ 8.1-3
8.1.2.2 Add IO modules.................................................................................................................................................. 8.1-3
8.1.2.3 Configure the controller...................................................................................................................................... 8.1-3
8.1.2.4 Allocate the IOs .................................................................................................................................................. 8.1-4

8.1-1

Course T300, Engineering an 800xA System

8.1-2

Engineering an 800xA System

8.1.1 General Information

In this exercise you will learn how to configure the hardware for the project and also
to connect IO channels to the variables in your application.

8.1.1.1 Objectives
The objectives of this chapter are:
Learn how to add the necessary communication modules to the hardware tree
Learn how to add the necessary IO modules to the tree
Configure the Controller and Ethernet IP Addresses ready for download of the
application
Learn about the special data types, BoolIO and RealIO for connection to IO
channels

8.1.2 Exercise Steps

8.1.2.1 Add communication modules to the hardware tree
This exercise differs of the hardware possibilities you have. The next steps are
designed for hardware configurations with a profibus master slave configuration.
Without profibus please take the modulebus from the controller and skip to section
8.2.2 Add IO modules.
1. Add a profibus master device CI854 to the controller Controller_1 of your
project.
2. For the profibus master please add a profibus slave device CI840

8.1.2.2 Add IO modules

Please note: This exercise differs of the hardware possibilities you have.
1. Open the modulebus of the controller Controller_1 (or open the profibus
slave device) and add the following modules to it:
Type
AI810
AO810
DI810
DO810

Position
1
2
3
4

8.1.2.3 Configure the controller

1. Set the System Identity of the controller Controller_1 to the IP-Address of
your controller hardware. If necessary connect the controller with your
computer. Start the IP-Config tool then and set a new IP-Address to the
controller hardware.

8.1-3

Engineering an 800xA System

Exercise 8.1 Hardware Configuration

2. Open the editor for the first Ethernet port of the controller Controller_1 and
set the IP-Address to the port as well.
Please note: If the System ID and the first Ethernet address differ, then the
first Ethernet address is set to the controller. This is a way how to set a new
IP-Address to the controller without IP-Config tool.

8.1.2.4 Allocate the IOs

Please connect the control variables for the ValveUni V1 to the IO channels. You
will find these as global variables of the application Tank1.
Variable
V1_FB0
V1_FB1
V1_Out1

8.1-4

Description
Feedback from deactivated position
Feedback from activated position
Output signal

Board Channel
DI810
1
DI810
2
DO810
1