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11.15 Using the "unspecified CPU" to upload the hardware configuration
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11.15
Using the "unspecified CPU" to upload the hardware configuration
If you have a physical CPU that you can connect to the programming device, it is easy to
upload the configuration of the hardware.
You must first connect the CPU to your programming device, and you must create a new
project.
In the device configuration (Project view or Portal view),
add a new device, but select the "unspecified CPU"
instead of selecting a specific CPU.
STEP 7 creates an
unspecified CPU
.
After creating the unspecified CPU, you can upload the
hardware configuration for the online CPU.
•
From the program editor, you select the "Hardware
detection" command from the "Online" menu.
•
From the device configuration editor, you select the option
for detecting the configuration of the connected device
After you select the CPU from the online dialog, STEP 7 uploads the hardware configuration
from the CPU, including any modules (SM, SB, or CM). The IP address is
not
uploaded. You
must go to "Device configuration" to manually configure the IP address.